Published On 31 Oct 202631 Oct 2026 The United Nations has closed its political mission in Somalia, ending more than three decades of efforts to help the country rebuild after civil war. The United Nations Transitional Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNTMIS) ceased operations on Saturday after completing a two-year transition requested by the Somali government,…
Reducing conflict is the single most effective way to tackle global hunger, the new head of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), Luke Lindberg, said on Wednesday, noting that conflict drives two thirds of the acute food insecurity affecting 266 million people worldwide. “Conflict is a man-made situation. It is something that we can solve,”…
While Israelis go to the polls this week in one of the most consequential elections in years, many Palestinians in the West Bank have been confined to their homes or neighbourhoods as a wave of Israeli military operations around Hebron continues. The West Bank city has been in a state of lockdown since two Palestinian…
New York — UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell’s remarks at the United Nations Security Council – As delivered “Mr. President, Excellencies, distinguished colleagues … “Thank you to Greece for convening this important meeting, and to our fellow colleagues for their remarks and their critical leadership. “Thirty years ago, Graça Machel’s landmark report on the impact…
The UN Security Council holds a meeting on Haiti, and the attack on UN-backed forces, is expected to dominate the discussions Published On 19 Oct 202619 Oct 2026 International forces in Haiti are working to establish contact with four Salvadoran soldiers who went missing after violent gangs attacked their armoured vehicle with explosives on Sunday….
As the Middle East conflict disrupts global trade and financial markets, middle powers must unite to drive diplomatic solutions in an increasingly fractured, two-tier multipolar world order. The US-Israel war on Iran, which began on 28 February 2026, has had consequences far beyond the Middle East. The breakdown of the June 2026 Islamabad Memorandum of…
Sunday’s strike on King Khalid International airport kills a Pakistani national. Published On 12 Oct 202612 Oct 2026 A projectile has struck Saudi Arabia’s King Khalid International airport, killing one person and injuring 11, according to the country’s civil aviation authority. The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) identified the deceased in Sunday’s attack as…
The Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which Yemeni government forces are trying to take back from the Houthis, is located not far from Djibouti and other African states. In September, one of the major conflicts in the Middle East came within sight of Africa, as Iran-backed Houthi rebels captured Yemen’s Perim Island. The island forms the narrowest…
Sanaa, Yemen – The Yemeni government’s new military offensive against the Houthis is testing more than the balance of forces in the country – it is also testing whether the government can persuade powerful tribes in Houthi-controlled areas that the balance of power is beginning to shift. For years, many of the tribes hostile or wary…
Israel says that work has begun on a development project around an outdoor pool in the occupied West Bank filled after settlers illegally diverted water from a Palestinian village over the summer. Instead of restoring the water to the village of Fasayil, near Jericho, Israeli authorities are working to formalise what has now been termed…
