In the Ukraine conflict, landmine technology is setting a precedent for a new era of development. 3D printers are used to produce basic models of […]
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World News in Brief: 273 million out of school, deadly attacks on Ukraine, migratory species in danger
The 2026 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report finds that one in six school-age children are excluded from education, while only two in three complete secondary school. […]
Sudan: Hospital strike highlights surge in drone attacks on civilians
The Teaching Hospital in East Darfur’s capital, Al Deain, was struck late Friday, a new low in the brutal conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces […]
Haitian gangs expand reach as police are accused of ‘summary executions’
At least 26 gangs operate in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas with “alarming levels of violence.” Some 1.4 million people have been forced […]
UN calls for solidarity and political will to stamp out racial discrimination
The crowd gathered outside Sharpeville police station on 21 March 1960 “came armed not with weapons, but with conviction – not to divide society, but to claim their dignity within it,” […]
‘Hope’ for Haiti’s political future as some 300 groups reportedly register for upcoming elections
Elections have not been held since a protracted electoral cycle from 2015-2017 which brought the late President Jovenel Moïse to power. Haiti has not had […]
Middle East crisis: UN health agency releases emergency funds for Lebanon, Iraq, Syria
The funds based on donor contributions will help strengthen emergency coordination, trauma care and disease surveillance, the UN agency said on Sunday, while also ensuring […]
In Beirut, Guterres demands end to Middle East war: Civilians ‘deserve to live without fear’
Speaking to reporters in the capital Beirut following two weeks of widespread destruction triggered by the US and Israeli bombing of Iran, António Guterres noted […]
Myanmar at a ‘crossroads’: The world must not forsake civilians there, urges UN expert
Presenting his final report to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, the outgoing Special Rapporteur who examines conditions in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, urged governments […]
‘No one should be a hibakusha’: Young Japanese activist’s mission to share atomic bomb survivor stories
Suzuka Nakamura from the southern Japanese city of Nagasaki, which along with Hiroshima, was targeted by an atomic bomb at the end of the Second […]
