In 1988, the UN forced Washington to its knees by moving to Geneva so Yasser Arafat could speak. Today, as the US blocks Palestinian leaders and arms Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the Assembly stays silent. Has the UN lost its courage?

From hornets that can wipe out entire hives in under two hours to wasps that hollow bees from within, invasive predators are undermining apiculture worldwide.

The deliberate persecution of journalists is spreading unchecked across the world. Without urgent and enforceable action, the UN risks abandoning its founding values of dignity, justice and truth.

For millions of Christian Zionists, the annihilation of Palestinians is not a crime to be condemned, but a sacred prophecy to be fulfilled. This is the story of the theological engine driving the war on Gaza.

In an age of abundant technology yet persistent functional illiteracy, world federalism asks what it truly means to be civilized and how global literacy can enable a continuous human renaissance.

Far from an aberration, Israel’s genocide is the fulfilment of its design. The era of two-state fantasies is over. Only a single, secular republic offers justice.

US sanctions UN investigator Francesca Albanese for speaking out on Gaza, punishing her for naming those profiting from violence while the world watches in quiet complicity.

As Trump and Netanyahu cosy up in Washington again with fresh talks on Gaza, one thing is certain: there is no Israeli atrocity, however diabolical, that the US will not back. Here I pick at Dorothy Shea’s narrative after yet another US veto blocking moves to put an end to the genocide.

UN-aligned recently partnered with FLED Nicaragua to translate their annual report from Spanish into English, highlighting the grave state of press freedom in the country. The assassination of retired Nicaraguan army officer and outspoken critic of President Daniel Ortega, Roberto Samcam, on June 19 while in exile in Costa Rica, underscores the urgency of the crisis and the critical need to raise international awareness.

Born from wildfire heat, pyrocumulonimbus clouds unleash lightning, fierce winds, and towering smoke plumes. As the climate warms, these explosive storm systems are becoming ever more frequent and deadly.

Despite the “business as usual” attitude of most of the world’s politicians and the people the media like to keep in the spotlight, the genocidaires are hurting. The protests, the immolations, the hunger strikes, the courageous acts of defiance… They are slowly taking their toll.

We, “the people”, need to mobilise; make sure our voices are heard; we need to stand up for every citizen of this planet and the planet itself...

Following a successful AGM, during which Adrian Liberto was confirmed as Chair and Partho Chatterjee as Vice-Chair, UN-aligned highlights some of the priorities for the remainder of 2025

Is Donald Trump to be taken seriously when openly speaking of denuclearization?

From bioenergy to oil recovery, construction materials to clean fuel… here are four ways to utilise carbon dioxide.