Breaking News Headlines Today

News from UN News

Your destination for news from UN News. See how UN News’s media bias impacts the breaking news stories of today.

Ground News has come across 785 headlines reported on by UN News during the past 3 months.

UN News’s aggregated media bias check is unknown. Ground News is unable to assign a bias rating and does not have ratings available from Ad Fontes Media, All Sides, and Media Bias/Fact Check.

We’ve assigned a rating of Very High factuality to UN News. You can read more about how we’ve determined UN News’s credibility and reliability as a news source here: https://groundnews.lakegeneva.lib.wi.us/rating-system.

Information about UN News

Where is UN News located?New York, United StatesUN News's Website UN News's Twitter UN News's Wikipedia

Media Bias Ratings

Do you disagree?

Edit bias

Learn more about Media Bias Ratings.

Factuality

Learn more about Factuality Ratings

Reveal Factuality Ratings by upgrading to a Premium account.

Tap Upgrade to explore subscription options to meet all your reading needs.

Ownership

Learn more about Ownership categories

Reveal Ownership Data by upgrading to a Vantage account.

Tap Upgrade to explore subscription options to meet all your reading needs.

U.N.: Syrian factions committed ‘widespread and systematic’ attacks on civilians in coastal violence

43% Left coverage: 21 sources

A U.N.-backed commission that investigated sectarian violence on Syria’s coast earlier this year found that there was “widespread and systematic” violence against civilians perpetrated by some government-affiliated factions, but found no evidence that it was directed by the central government.See the Story

Blindspots

Blindspot:

48 sources

Palestinian Lives Lost in the Pursuit of Food Aid in Gaza, in Photos

Left56%

Center31%

Right13%

Authorities Search for Migrants Missing After Shipwreck in Italy

34% Center coverage: 6 sources

Humanitarian organizations warn that the central Mediterranean route remains one of the world’s deadliest migration corridors, with thousands dying each year in desperate attempts to reach Europe.Immigration · Lampedusa See the Story

UN's Haiti appeal has received lowest funding of any response plan, coordinator says

40% Center coverage: 10 sources

The United Nations' Haiti appeal for 2025 has received the lowest funding of any response plan worldwide, the organization's humanitarian coordinator for the Caribbean nation said on Tuesday, as armed gangs continue to paralyze transport routes and fuel hunger.Politics · Haiti See the Story

‘Humanitarian Work, a Moral Obligation’: Retired Doctor Returns to Face the ‘Silent Threat’ in Gaza

Dr. Younis Awadallah, a paediatrician who is almost 70 years old, does not hesitate to say that “humanitarian work cannot be retired.”Polio · Gaza See the Story

‘Hell on Earth’: Desperation in Haiti as Human Rights Violations Abound

People in Haiti are living through “hell on earth,” according to William O’Neill, the UN’s designated expert on human rights in Haiti. Armed gangs – predominantly in the capital Port-au-Prince – are parasitically extracting financial resources from the population and perpetrating horrific acts of violence, he says – but they’re just one cog in a larger cycle of impunity, corruption and violence.United Nations · Port-Au-Prince See the Story

UN Rejects Plans by Sudan’s Paramilitary Group for a Rival Government Amid Civil War

43% Left coverage: 14 sources

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday rejected plans by Sudan’s paramilitary group to establish a rival government in areas it controls…UN Security Council · Sudan See the Story

Fears of Fishy Fraud Rocked Seattle Seafood Sellers. Was It a Big Deal?

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Estimates value Washington's salmon harvest at close to $14 million annually, and Seattle has deep ties to Alaskan salmon fisheries. And some are passionate about eating only wild-caught fish.Fishermen See the Story

Syria: UNICEF calls for safe access to children in Sweida as needs mount

Humanitarians must be able to reach families affected by the “deeply alarming” recent violence in Syria’s Sweida region who need food and other basics to survive, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday.UNICEF · Syria See the Story

Safety on and off the pitch: Closing down child trafficking in sport

Saido, a Somali refugee, started playing basketball when she entered the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. Basketball was, for her, a way to access community and confidence.International · Kakuma See the Story

News from UN News