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Wildfire smoke poses hidden health threat
Wildfires are often associated with the destruction they leave behind, but the smoke they produce can pose a serious health threat far beyond the fire zone, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned.
The climate pattern putting millions at risk: El Niño explained
El Niño is putting millions of lives at risk in eastern and southern Africa but the UN is ensuring that communities are better prepared to deal with its impact.
Fear grows as freedoms shrink in Uganda
Uganda is experiencing a growing climate of fear as increasing restrictions on fundamental freedoms leave opposition supporters, journalists, human rights defenders and civil society groups at heightened risk of abuse, according to the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR).
Middle East crisis: Humanitarian fallout ‘worsening by the day’
The humanitarian toll is mounting as fighting continues in the Middle East beyond strikes and counterstrikes between the US and Iran, the UN aid coordination office OCHA warned on Thursday, with civilians increasingly at risk and essential infrastructure disrupted in several countries across the region.
Bahrain 29 July 2026 #1
Bahrain 29 July 2026 #1 lalasor Thu, 07/30/2026 – 23:36 Bahrain Thu, 07/30/2026 – 12:00 29 July 2026 U.S. Central Command that it had conducted “a heavy wave of strikes against Iran”, targeting “military command centres, missile and drone facilities, coastal surveillance and defence sites and maritime capabilities”. The IRGC subsequently retaliated with strikes it said […]
Washington 29 July 2026 #3
Washington 29 July 2026 #3 lalasor Thu, 07/30/2026 – 23:35 Washington Thu, 07/30/2026 – 12:00 29 July 2026 U.S. Central Command that it had conducted “a heavy wave of strikes against Iran”, targeting “military command centres, missile and drone facilities, coastal surveillance and defence sites and maritime capabilities”. The IRGC subsequently retaliated with strikes it said […]
Tehran 29 July 2026 #3
Tehran 29 July 2026 #3 lalasor Thu, 07/30/2026 – 23:34 Tehran Thu, 07/30/2026 – 12:00 29 July 2026 U.S. Central Command that it had conducted “a heavy wave of strikes against Iran”, targeting “military command centres, missile and drone facilities, coastal surveillance and defence sites and maritime capabilities”. The IRGC subsequently retaliated with strikes it said […]
Hormuz 30 July 2026 #1
Hormuz 30 July 2026 #1 lalasor Thu, 07/30/2026 – 23:34 Strait of Hormuz Thu, 07/30/2026 – 12:00 30 July 2026 The IRGC that “the Strait of Hormuz is not reopenable as long as the excessive rhetoric and threats by U.S. officials and their interference in maritime movements in the region continues, and threats and interventions […]
Tehran 30 July 2026 #1
Tehran 30 July 2026 #1 lalasor Thu, 07/30/2026 – 23:33 Tehran Thu, 07/30/2026 – 12:00 30 July 2026 The IRGC that “the Strait of Hormuz is not reopenable as long as the excessive rhetoric and threats by U.S. officials and their interference in maritime movements in the region continues, and threats and interventions will make […]
Washington 30 July 2026 #2
Washington 30 July 2026 #2 lalasor Thu, 07/30/2026 – 23:32 Washington Thu, 07/30/2026 – 12:00 30 July 2026 The IRGC that “the Strait of Hormuz is not reopenable as long as the excessive rhetoric and threats by U.S. officials and their interference in maritime movements in the region continues, and threats and interventions will make […]
