Peace News https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Extreme heat is rewriting food security. The best fixes are already within reach Time to apply the brakes to runaway AI, says pioneer Germany’s Merz: Climate protection must not hold economy back UK, France agree 3‑year deal to curb Channel crossings Nepal: Interior minister elected on anti-corruption platform steps down amid financial investigation Japan: South Korean arrested outside Yasukuni Shrine ceremony for war dead School’s out in Iran: No phone, no internet, no classes World News in Brief: Insecurity in the Darfurs, 100 million live with landmine threats, Singapore execution moratorium SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Regional war threatens Syria’s fragile transition Libya: UN mission chief laments lack of progress towards national renewal Long hours, stress and harassment are causing hundreds of thousands of early deaths, says UN labour agency Earth Day: The battle to save a drowning Pacific island nation Ceasefire extension offers diplomatic opening, but tensions persist in Strait of Hormuz Extreme heat pushing global food systems to the brink, UN agencies warn Earth Day 2026: Fix the System, Not the Symptoms Earth Day is an opportunity for communities to show the way on climate action Fossil fuel crisis offers chance to speed up energy transition, ministers say To avoid COP mistakes, Santa Marta conference must be shielded from fossil fuel influence Solar surge kept fossil electricity flat in 2025 as China and India made ‘historic’ shift EU: Failure to suspend EU-Israel Association Agreement shows contempt for civilian lives UK moves to ban smoking for everyone born after 2008 Lebanon war puts pregnant women at risk Mexican pyramid gunman had materials tied to Columbine shooting, officials say US in talks to send Afghan refugees to DR Congo Virginia voters approve plan that could boost Democrats’ seats in Congress Washington 21 April 2026 #3 Hormuz 21 April 2026 #2 Hormuz 21 April 2026 #1 Washington 21 April 2026 #1 Washington 21 April 2026 #2 Lebanon 21 April 2026 #1 Tehran 21 April 2026 #1 As Colombia elections near, Security Council calls for calm World News in Brief: Tackling the AI digital divide, deadly migration journeys, Lucy Hale named new WFP Goodwill Ambassador As Colombia elections near, Security Council hears calls for calm Long Wait for Results in Peru’s Elections Ratchets Up Tensions Nature’s last strongholds: Why UNESCO sites are a lifeline for a planet in peril Economic collapse pushes highly educated Gazans into the ‘survival economy’ Guterres urges countries to ‘unleash the renewables revolution’ Iran Crisis Monitor #2 Secretary-General hopefuls make their case in televised ‘interactive dialogues’ Millions of desperate Sudanese return home amid dire conditions as war rages MIDDLE EAST LIVE 21 April: Talks unclear; Hormuz tensions continue World News in Brief: AI diagnostics, humanitarian deal for DR Congo, rights abuse allegations in Belarus, Ukraine children bear heaviest burden To phase out fossil fuels, developing countries need exit route from “debt trap” Secretary General Agnès Callamard’s reflections on the state of human rights in 2025/26 Fiji: Death of man in military custody must be promptly investigated Amnesty International calls on states to stop predatory, anti-rights order from taking hold in pivotal moment for humanity Sudan war enters fourth year as child hunger crisis deepens China’s solar exports reach “gigantic” record in March as energy crisis bites