UN - Top Stories

1. As World Cup kick-off nears, a reminder of the power of sport to build bridges and break barriers

   The 2026 World Cup final will take place at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, a few miles away from UN Headquarters where, on Wednesday, elite athletes and sports administrators spoke about the power of football and other international sports to change the world for the better.

2. UN nuclear agency chief ‘deeply concerned’ by reports of latest attack on Iran power plant

   Reports of yet another projectile strike near the Bushehr nuclear power plant prompted Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), to register his deep concern on Saturday.

3. ‘We watched them die before our eyes’: Sudan health workers helpless amid medical shortages

   As violence forces tens of thousands to flee Sudan’s South Kordofan state, doctors in a key maternity hospital are facing impossible choices – with too few supplies, too many patients, and lives slipping away.

4. Deminers race to keep up with military technology

   In conflict zones where new technologies are making landmines more dangerous, deminers must innovate at the same pace to avoid being left behind, a leading UN mines expert has told UN News. 

5. World News in Brief: South Sudan rights, opioid guidelines update, DR Congo crisis continues

   South Sudan is evolving into a catastrophic human rights and humanitarian crisis, UN Human Rights Council-appointed independent experts warned on Thursday.