2023

The number of people displaced from their homes worldwide is estimated to have exceeded 114 million, the United Nations said Wednesday – a record figure.

In late October, shortly after Sudan’s conflict passed its six-month mark, UN Women organized a conference with Sudanese women peacebuilders in Kampala, Uganda.

Thousands of women’s lives have been marked by tragedy since three major earthquakes and their aftershocks rocked western Afghanistan’s Herat province.

The US House of Representatives elected Republican Mike Johnson, a conservative with little leadership experience, as its speaker on Wednesday after a turbulent three weeks that left the rudderless… Read More »Republican Mike Johnson elected House speaker, ending weeks-long standoff

In southern Gaza, 44-year-old Hayam Farahat is navigating life with her family amid the ongoing war.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday oversaw ballistic missile drills remotely, the Kremlin said, hours after Russia moved to revoke its ratification of a landmark… Read More »Putin oversees Russian rehearsal of ‘massive retaliatory nuclear strike’

Briefing by Ms. Sima Bahous, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director, to the UN Security Council annual open debate on women, peace and security,… Read More »Speech: A call for urgent, transformative action

Gebisa Ejeta, 73, receives the National Medal of Science for developing an improved sorghum hybrid.

Since Israel imposed a blockade on Gaza in the wake of Hamas’s October 7 terrorist attack, many Gazans in search of medical care for their… Read More »‘It’s been 12 days’: Stuck in the West Bank, Gazans anxiously await news from loved ones

High altitude, an Italian debut in Florence and a finale on the French Riviera are on the itinerary of the 3,492km route for the 2024… Read More »Tour de France 2024 to follow ‘dazzling’ route from Florence to French Riviera