World News in Brief: Rafah crossing reopens, gender inequality worsens global water crisis, rights...
The World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners supported the medical evacuation of nine adult patients, most with trauma injuries, for treatment unavailable in...
Middle East war shockwaves ripple through Asia-Pacific fuel and supply chains
The immediate impact is visible in sharp increases in transport costs, energy and fertilizer prices, alongside currency pressures and financial market volatility.“The most immediate...
Middle East war: ‘Force of the law’ must prevail over the law of force,...
António Guterres was speaking to reporters outside the European Council in Brussels, where he briefed regional leaders on the importance of continuing multilateral cooperation...
MIDDLE EAST LIVE 19 March: Civilians bear the brunt as strikes and displacement rise
The crisis in the Middle East continues, with ongoing strikes and rising humanitarian needs. The UN nuclear watchdog reported Wednesday that a projectile struck...
UN mourns constitutional lawyer-turned top crisis diplomat, Nicholas Haysom
The distinguished lawyer and diplomat from South Africa was appointed in January 2021 and had a long international career with a focus on democratic...
Humanitarian needs in Gaza deepen as aid access remains constrained
“Families face ongoing hardship” as access to essential aid remains limited and many continue living in overcrowded shelters and damaged homes, UNRWA outlined. Stocks of...
World News in Brief: Yemen appeal, Middle East war roils Somalia, needs grow in...
This number includes women and children and comes after more than a decade of prolonged conflict between internationally recognised government forces and Houthi separatist...
Middle East war risks undermining Syria’s fragile recovery, Security Council hears
Claudio Cordone, the Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Envoy for Syria, and Joyce Msuya of the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, briefed ambassadors alongside Syrian Olympic athlete Yusra Mardini, a Goodwill Ambassador with the...
MIDDLE EAST LIVE 18 March: Lebanon displacement tops one million as nuclear safety concerns...
The crisis in the Middle East continues, with strikes and counterstrikes reported across the region as the humanitarian toll rises. UN agencies warn that...
Nearly 5 million children are still dying annually before their fifth birthday: Here’s why
Most of these deaths are preventable with proven, low-cost interventions and access to quality health care, the report stresses.For the first time, the analysis...
‘No matter what’, UN Women vows to stay in Afghanistan, amid deepening rights crisis
The agency is operating in what it describes as the world’s most severe women’s rights crisis, where women are nearly four times less likely...
World News in Brief: West Bank displacement, Cuba fuel crisis, Sexual abuse safeguards, New...
According to the UN human rights office, UNHCR, more than 36,000 Palestinians were displaced in the year to October 2025 amid intensifying settlement activity...
Reimagining Public Safety and Law Enforcement—Action Agenda
Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com).
Action Items
I. Establish the Police Justice and Accountability Commission
To serve as a Think Tank to conduct research on local, state and...
Afghanistan: UN condemns deadly attack on rehab centre in Kabul
“A reported overnight strike on the Omid Drug Rehabilitation Facility in Kabul, managed by the Ministry of Interior, killed more than 400 people, and...
Middle East war risks pushing 45 million more people into acute hunger
“The Secretary-General asserts once more that the war in the Middle East must stop,” said António Guterres in a statement issued by the UN Spokesperson’s Office...
MIDDLE EAST LIVE 17 March: Crisis impact ripples across region
The crisis in the Middle East has entered its third week, with fighting continuing across the region and humanitarian needs rising. Oil prices continue...
‘Hope’ for Haiti’s political future as some 300 groups reportedly register for upcoming elections
Elections have not been held since a protracted electoral cycle from 2015-2017 which brought the late President Jovenel Moïse to power. Haiti has not had...
Deepfakes, voice cloning and weaponised AI: Global wake-up call to organised fraud
“The scammer was extraordinarily believable,” Kim Sawyer, a former university professor in Melbourne, said. “He had a British accent, used all the right financial...
World News in Brief: Deadly drone strikes in Sudan, families killed in West Bank,...
Two people were reportedly killed in a strike on the town of Al Rahad, southeast of El Obeid in North Kordofan, where a hospital...
Guterres urges action against ‘rising tide of anti-Muslim hatred’
As conflict and instability rage, “millions of Muslims around the world carry that pain with them,” said António Guterres marking the International Day to Combat Islamophobia:...
‘Glimmer of hope’ in Haiti amid shifting gang frontlines
At least 1.4 million people largely in the capital Port-au-Prince, have been forced to flee their homes due to gang violence, creating what the...
Middle East war’s ‘spiral of conflict’ drives mounting civilian toll
The fighting – which has included Iranian drone and missile attacks on Gulf States and Israeli attacks on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon after the...
MIDDLE EAST LIVE 16 March: UN scales up aid as crisis deepens into third...
The crisis in the Middle East has entered its third week, with fighting continuing across the region and humanitarian needs rising. Oil prices remain...
Middle East crisis: UN health agency releases emergency funds for Lebanon, Iraq, Syria
The funds based on donor contributions will help strengthen emergency coordination, trauma care and disease surveillance, the UN agency said on Sunday, while also...
