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Amira Odeh Quiñones is a hydrologist and Caribbean organiser for the 350.org climate campaign group…
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Amira Odeh Quiñones is a hydrologist and Caribbean organiser for the 350.org climate campaign group El Niño, likely to be one of the strongest in modern history, has arrived on Caribbean shores. Drought is slowly creeping up on our islands. But unlike the fiery wildfires ravaging parts of Europe, there’s no smoke signalling the damage […]
About a quarter of the countries signed up to the Paris Agreement are still breaching its rules by failing to submit a new national climate plan, 18 months after the February 2025 deadline. Forty-five nations had not submitted a plan known as a nationally determined contribution (NDC), according to the Paris Agreement Implementation and Compliance […]
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Human Rights Groups Call for Systemic Transformation to Prevent History Repeating Itself FIFA’s current crisis spotlights the need for governance reforms and transparent systems to protect human rights, the Sport & Rights Alliance said today. Though Gianni Infantino’s FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) proposal has been rightly withdrawn, the growing calls for further measures should also […]
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Amira Odeh Quiñones is a hydrologist and Caribbean organiser for the 350.org climate campaign group El Niño, likely to be one of the strongest in modern history, has arrived on…
About a quarter of the countries signed up to the Paris Agreement are still breaching its rules by failing to submit a new national climate plan, 18 months after the…
9 mins read
Human Rights Groups Call for Systemic Transformation to Prevent History Repeating Itself FIFA’s current crisis spotlights the need for governance reforms and transparent systems to protect human rights, the Sport…
An Israeli attack that killed Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil and seriously wounded camerawoman Zeinab Faraj in south Lebanon on 22 April 2026 was a direct attack on civilians which should…
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The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control pledged to deploy a vaccine for a previous Ebola strain in the current DRC outbreak, with test cases indicating a potentially…
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Ebola in DR Congo sees record first-month caseload
The UN says the DR Congo has reported 1,000 Ebola cases, the most ever in the first month of any Ebola outbreak in Africa. Meanwhile, Kenya’s health minister says he is halting a US-backed Ebola quarantine center.
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Lebanon’s lose-lose: Is there another way out of conflict?
The new US-Iran peace deal seems to be forcing Lebanon to choose between Israel’s sphere of influence or Iran’s. It wants neither. But could there be a better alternative, achieved with the help of regional diplomacy?
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Poland, Ukraine: Dispute between two close allies deepens
Polish President Karol Nawrocki last week stripped Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Poland’s highest state honor. How did it come to this? And what has it got to do with next year’s election in Poland?
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Scotland: Sturgeon’s ex-husband Peter Murrell jailed for 5 years and 3 months
Peter Murrell pleaded guilty to embezzling funds in his role as chief executive of the Scottish National Party. He held the SNP’s purse strings while his then-wife, Nicola Sturgeon, was Scottish First Minister.
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Colombia: The ‘Tiger’s’ victory signals a rightward shift
With the election of Abelardo de la Espriella, an ultra-right-wing outsider has won the presidential runoff in Colombia for the first time. The tight victory marks a political shift and could trigger new conflicts.
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World News in Brief: UN launches Hormuz evacuation plan, UNICEF youth champion killed in Gaza, Lebanon ceasefire ‘largely holding’
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) will begin implementing an evacuation plan for more than 11,000 seafarers stranded in the Strait of Hormuz, the UN agency announced on Tuesday.
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Report details widespread use of sexual violence in Sudan war
A new UN human rights report issued on Tuesday details the brutality and scale of conflict-related sexual violence in Sudan since war erupted in April 2023 and its profound, long-term impacts on victims, families and communities.
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Central African Republic peace gains must be preserved: UN envoy
The Central African Republic (CAR) “has made remarkable and tangible progress towards lasting peace and security” in recent years, but security remains fragile in border areas, including with war-torn Sudan, UN Special Representative Valentine Rugwabiza told the Security Council on Tuesday.
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Israel continues to commit genocide, atrocity crimes by deliberately targeting Palestinian children, UN independent commission finds
Israeli authorities and security forces have deliberately targeted Palestinian children, resulting in genocide and atrocity crimes in the Gaza Strip and war crimes in the West Bank, a UN independent commission of inquiry said in its latest report released on Tuesday.
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New Security Council resolution upholds accountability for attacks against peacekeepers
The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Tuesday that calls for accountability for crimes committed against UN peacekeepers.