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An RSF drone strike on a United Nations base in Kadugli, South Kordofan, Sudan, kills six Bangladeshi peacekeepers and injures eight others.
2025-12-13

A new United Nations report finds 90 percent of the thousands of disasters over the last two decades are weather-related. The majority have been caused by floods, storms, heatwaves and droughts. Researchers with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) suggest the cost has been between $250 and $350 billion per year, i.e., total of $5 trillion-$7 trillion. The report concurs with findings of previous studies that weather disasters are on the rise compared to previous decades. Flooding, in particular, is becoming more frequent and more devastating as sea levels continue to rise.
2015-11-23

Clashes continue in Syria as United Nations observers are due to arrive in the country.
2012-04-15

The United Nations will send experts on a government-led humanitarian mission.
2012-03-15

Syrian uprising: At least 45 women and children are killed and burned in Homs after the United Nations visited Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to discuss the uprising.
2012-03-10

A United Nations official claims that Syrian government activities have caused "well over 7,500 deaths" in the Syrian uprising.
2012-02-29

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay calls for an immediate ceasefire and demands humanitarian access.
2012-02-28

25 people are killed across Syria by security forces, primarily in the cities of Homs and Idlib.
2012-02-15

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calls on the Syrian regime to "stop killing its own people".
2012-01-15

The UN Convention on Biological Diversity places a ban on geoengineering projects and experiments.
2010-10-29