Ten years ago, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2286 on health care in armed conflicts. The situation is even worse compared to 10 years ago. Today, we mark not an achievement – we mark a failure. As violence Read More

Access to safe and regular migration pathways continues to support economic growth and development worldwide, according to a new report from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) released today during the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) week in New York. Read More

May 3 is World Press Freedom Day. World Press Freedom Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1993 following a Recommendation adopted at the twenty-sixth session of UNESCO's General Conference in 1991 commemorating the Windhoek Declaration for a Read More

The Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly (WHA79) will convene from 18 to 23 May 2026 in Geneva, Switzerland, at the Palais des Nations and at the World Health Organization (WHO).  The Health Assembly’s provisional agenda contains approximately 68 items and sub-items; Read More

Violence linked to organized crime, economic shifts, changing migration policies, rising returns and deportations, and the growing impact of climate-related hazards are set to reshape migration across Latin America and the Caribbean, according to a new report by the International Read More

The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Australia for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem. Trachoma, the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness, no longer represents a public health problem in the country Australia marks a significant milestone in Read More

The World Health Organization (WHO) wrapped up Exercise Polaris II, a 2-day (22 and 23 April) high-level simulation exercise, based around an outbreak of a fictional new bacterium spreading across the world. Bringing together 26 countries- Bangladesh, Brazil, Brunei, Colombia, Read More

Southwest Airlines has joined (International Air Transport Association) IATA’s Schedule Data Exchange Program (SDEP). with this, the number of contributing airlines reach to 190 in IATA that represents over 360 airlines accounting for some 85% of global air traffic Launched Read More

Smoking is injurious to health. Smoking damages human's various organs, reduces reproductive health and likely creates various risks to others through secondhand smoke. It can reduce life expectancy, damage lungs could cause heart disease, stroke, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Read More

Nearly 8,000 migrants were reported dead or missing worldwide in 2025, bringing the total since 2014 to more than 82,000, according to new data released today by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). At least around 340,000 family members are Read More