Peace News https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html 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 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 Ugandan military reports rescue of some 200 hostages from ADF militants in eastern DRC UK: Starmer says he would’t have appointed Mandelson as US envoy if he’d known he failed vetting process Amnesty International paints a grim picture FAA grounds Blue Origin’s New Glenn after orbital setback Washington 19 April 2026 #2 Tehran 19 April 2026 #2 Hormuz 19 April 2026 #1 Tehran 20 April 2026 #1 Washington 20 April 2026 #1 SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Emergency briefing on Ukraine amid escalating Russian attacks Gaza: Human development set back 77 years as recovery costs rise to $71 billion Time running out on development goals as finance dries up, UN warns Iraq in the Vice MIDDLE EAST LIVE 20 April: Uncertainty grows in the Strait of Hormuz French billionaire defiant as authors quit top publisher Malaysia: Fire in impoverished village destroys 1,000 homes