Expanding terrorist networks, mass displacement and the collapse of essential services in West Africa and the Sahel are a growing concern worldwide.

Ending hunger by 2030 would cost just $93 billion a year — less than one per cent of the $21.9 trillion spent on military budgets over the past decade, according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP). 

As UN Secretary-General António Guterres hailed Monday’s Security Council resolution paving the way for a consolidated ceasefire via a temporary International Stabilization Force in Gaza, UN aid teams warned that many Palestinian children in the enclave are in no shape to endure another harsh winter.

The UN Security Council adopted a resolution on Monday that endorses a peace plan for Gaza put forward by United States President Donald Trump and a temporary international force in the enclave following two years of war. 

Israel 16 November 2025 #2 nrafati Mon, 11/17/2025 – 23:26 Israel Mon, 11/17/2025 – 12:00 16 November 2025 Israel announced charges against an individual who allegedly passed information on army and air force bases to Iranian intelligence agents during the June 2025 war.

Lebanon 17 November 2025 #1 nrafati Mon, 11/17/2025 – 23:27 Lebanon Mon, 11/17/2025 – 12:00 17 November 2025 Hizbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem called on Lebanon’s government to “say no in defence of Lebanon’s rights, and let us all stand together in this position, even if there are still those who seek to control or […]

Bab 14 November 2025 #1 nrafati Mon, 11/17/2025 – 23:22 Bab al-Mandab, Yemen Mon, 11/17/2025 – 12:00 14 November 2025 The UN Security Council extended the mandate of targeted Yemen sanctions and the Panel of Experts focused on the Houthis. The U.S. welcomed the “new requirements for the Panel to report on the flow of […]

Saada 14 November 2025 #1 nrafati Mon, 11/17/2025 – 23:23 Saada, Yemen Mon, 11/17/2025 – 12:00 14 November 2025 The UN Security Council extended the mandate of targeted Yemen sanctions and the Panel of Experts focused on the Houthis. The U.S. welcomed the “new requirements for the Panel to report on the flow of dual-use […]

Tehran 16 November 2025 #1 nrafati Mon, 11/17/2025 – 23:24 Tehran Mon, 11/17/2025 – 12:00 16 November 2025 Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said, “There is no undeclared nuclear enrichment in Iran. All of our facilities are under the safeguards and monitoring [of the IAEA]… There is no enrichment right now because our facilities — our […]

Israel 16 November 2025 #1 nrafati Mon, 11/17/2025 – 23:25 Israel Mon, 11/17/2025 – 12:00 16 November 2025 Israel’s military killed a member of Hizbollah in southern Lebanon, asserting he was “responsible for communication between the terror organization and the residents of the area regarding financial and military subjects”.