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Syria transition gains ground with Kurdish deal, but violence and humanitarian strain persist

Syria’s fragile political transition has gained fresh momentum with a landmark agreement between Damascus and Kurdish authorities in the northeast, but renewed violence in the south, Israeli incursions and deep humanitarian needs underscore how precarious the path to stability remains, senior UN officials told the Security Council on Friday.

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‘Like a scene out of a horror movie’: UN report warns of war crimes in Sudan’s El Fasher

Paramilitary forces in Sudan unleashed “a wave of intense violence…shocking in its scale and brutality” during their final offensive to capture the besieged city of El Fasher last October, committing atrocities that amount to war crimes and possible crimes against humanity, according to a report released on Friday by the UN human rights office, OHCHR. 

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COP31 chief slams climate backsliding, but rejects priority focus on fossil fuels

Türkiye’s COP31 chief condemned the backsliding of global climate action as “unacceptable”, but said efforts to cut emissions in the coal-dependent nation should not come at the expense of economic growth. Murat Kurum, Türkiye’s environment minister, warned countries that flexibility in implementing climate targets “is now at zero”, speaking in Istanbul after a first strategy […]

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Climate action is “weapon” for security in unstable world, UN climate chief says

In an increasingly unstable world of “strong arms and trade wars”, climate action is the “not-so-secret weapon” that can deliver security, the UN climate chief said in his first speech of the year. Speaking in Istanbul alongside Turkiye’s COP31 president on Thursday, Simon Stiell warned that, while security is on most leaders’ lips at the […]

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Nepal: Publish Reports on Violent Crackdowns on Protests

Click to expand Image “Gen Z” activists hold a demonstration in Kathmandu, Nepal, in September 2025 under the slogan ”Don’t Forget the Blood of Martyrs,” demanding justice and accountability for those killed during past protest movements. © 2025 Photo by Safal Prakash Shrestha/NurPhoto via AP Photo  (London) – Nepal’s interim government led by Prime Minister Sushila […]