World News in Brief: ‘No safe place in Ukraine’, IAEA calls for Iran nuclear inspections, Kenya hosts thousands of Ethiopians fleeing clashes
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) on Tuesday urged continued international support for Ukraine’s population as Russian airstrikes intensify and humanitarian needs grow in advance of another bitterly cold winter. The “relentless” attacks are targeting critical energy infrastructure, leaving millions without heat and electricity, and limited access to […]
Commission launches T-MED Investment Platform with up to €4.5 billion in EU guarantees
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission launched the T-MED Investment Platform, to mobilise large-scale investment in renewable energy and clean technologies across the Mediterranean. The platform is a key component of the Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy and Clean Tech Cooperation Initiative (T-MED), a flagship initiative of […]
EU-Latin America: parliamentary dialogue in the face of global instability
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. Next week, in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, EU and Latin American parliamentarians will assess the bilateral relationship and future challenges, in a context of growing instability. On Wednesday and Thursday (28-29 October), the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat) will hold its 17th plenary […]
A better equipped Erasmus+ 2028-2034 to address the EU’s strategic challenges
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. MEPs want a bigger budget for Erasmus+, the EU’s programme for learning mobility, to make it more accessible for young people of different economic, social and geographical backgrounds. With 454 votes in favour to 34, and 93 abstentions, MEPs adopted their mandate for […]
MEPs debate October EU summit and need for an ambitious 2028-2034 budget
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. On Wednesday, plenary assessed the October EU summit results, focusing on a strong EU long-term budget and competitiveness in a debate with Presidents Costa and von der Leyen. Reporting a fruitful meeting by heads of state or government, European Council President António Costa […]
2027 EU budget: focus on transport, energy, research, climate and agriculture
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. MEPs want a 2027 budget that reinforces the EU’s key priorities for the final year of the EU’s current long-term budget cycle. On Wednesday, Parliament set the overall level of commitment appropriations for 2027 (legal promises to pay in the same year or […]Commission greenlights Germany’s final payment request for €6 billion under NextGenerationEU
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission positively assessed Germany’s fourth and final payment request worth €6 billion under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the centrepiece of NextGenerationEU. With this payment request, Germany has implemented all the reforms and investments included in its recovery and resilience […]
AI on track to ‘crowd out’ human decision-making in warfare
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. Artificial intelligence is already being widely used on the battlefield, and the role of human judgment in military operations is shrinking rapidly, the head of the UN’s independent disarmament research institute warned on Tuesday. In a briefing at UN Headquarters in New York, […]
AI, green energy and economic transitions risk leaving vulnerable communities behind, UN warns
This article is published in association with United Nations. Rapid transformations – from artificial intelligence and digital technologies to renewable energy and demographic shifts – are reshaping economies worldwide, creating new opportunities but also threatening to deepen socio-economic inequalities, a new UN report warned on Thursday. Benefiting from these changes often requires specialised skills and […]
Could your brain data be used against you? UN calls for limits on neurotechnology
This article is published in association with United Nations. Brain signals recorded by a gaming headset or a wellness gadget could one day be used as evidence against you in court, according to a new UN report which warns that neurotechnology is outpacing the laws meant to protect human rights. Presenting the Secretary-General’s report to […]
Commission launches RAISE pledging initiative to boost AI support for researchers across Europe
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, at the European AI in Science Summit in Dublin, the European Commission launched the RAISE (Resource for AI Science in Europe) pledging initiative for AI in Science Enablers. This initiative aims to mobilise private-sector and philanthropic support for European researchers working across […]
Commissioners Kubilius and Lahbib strengthen global disaster risk management through space technologies
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. On the occasion of the International Day for Disaster Risk Management, the European Commission is convening the very first cross-regional dialogue ‘From Space to Grassroots: Strengthening Community Resilience to Natural Hazards through Space Technologies’. The dialogue marked the start of a process to […]Eurobarometer survey highlights growing use of AI in European companies
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. European businesses rely increasingly on artificial intelligence (AI). That is what the results of the latest Eurobarometer survey showed, published today. The publication coincides with the European AI Innovation Month that brings together policymakers, industry, public sector, and research to discuss and showcase […]
World News in Brief: ‘No safe place in Ukraine’, IAEA calls for Iran nuclear inspections, Kenya hosts thousands of Ethiopians fleeing clashes
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) on Tuesday urged continued international support for Ukraine’s population as Russian airstrikes intensify and humanitarian needs grow in advance of another bitterly cold winter. The “relentless” attacks are targeting critical energy infrastructure, leaving millions without heat and electricity, and limited access to […]
Four in five domestic workers lack formal job protections, UN finds
This article is published in association with United Nations. An estimated 66.5 million domestic workers – representing more than four out of five domestic workers worldwide – were informally employed in 2025, a new report by the UN’s labour organisation has found. This makes them more than twice as likely as other employees to lack […]
Gaza: Families brace for fourth winter in tents as aid operations remain stymied
This article is published in association with United Nations. Families in Gaza are bracing for a fourth winter in tents and makeshift shelters as UN aid operations face mounting obstacles, with transport suspended on Tuesday due to Israel’s closure of the key Kerem Shalom crossing for election day. The UN project services agency in the […]
West Bank: Hebron crackdown displaces thousands, Türk warns of ethnic cleansing
This article is published in association with United Nations. Israel’s “aggressive operation” in the West Bank city of Hebron raises serious concerns of ethnic cleansing, UN human rights chief Volker Türk warned on Monday, as the number of Palestinians forced from their homes passed 3,000 on the eve of Israeli elections. The UN aid coordination […]
West Bank: Guterres alarmed as Israel imposes sweeping closures after deadly Hebron attack
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN said on Friday it was “extremely alarmed” by intensifying violence in the occupied West Bank, as Israel moved to seal off the territory following a deadly attack on its soldiers in Hebron. Two Israeli soldiers were killed and at least five injured when gunmen […]
‘Connect the dots’ between street protests and global turmoil, urges Guterres
This article is published in association with United Nations. The international community must combat inequality and stop wars from expanding to ensure a safer world for all, the UN Secretary-General said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters in New York ahead of a visit to Egypt, António Guterres addressed growing public discontent in Europe and beyond, […]
Migrants paid up to $500 million in smuggling fees on European sea routes
This article is published in association with United Nations. The price tag for smuggling on European sea routes reached up to half a billion dollars last year, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the UN migration office, IOM, reported on Wednesday. Key points Almost half of migrants trying to get smuggled into […]
Global warming will breach 1.5°C – but deep, fast cuts can still bring it back
This article is published in association with United Nations. With global temperature rise set to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, countries “must pull out all the stops” and urgently cut emissions to minimize the overshoot and return to the internationally agreed threshold by the end of this century. The recommendation comes in the Emissions Gap […]
‘Season of fear’: Escalating Israeli attacks on West Bank olive farmers, deadly strikes on Gaza
This article is published in association with United Nations. Israeli attacks on war-torn Gaza over the weekend killed at least six Palestinians, including children, despite a year-old ceasefire agreement. Meanwhile, in the occupied West Bank, settler violence continued through the ongoing olive harvest, with UN independent experts on Monday urging Israel to protect Palestinian farmers. […]
COP17: The world has a plan to save nature. Is it working?
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Secretary-General has called for an end to the “war on nature”. On Monday, governments gathering in Yerevan, Armenia, will have to confront a more practical question: are they doing enough to win the peace and put the world’s biodiversity goals back on track? COP17, […]
Ukraine: Critical health supplies destroyed in ongoing Russian attacks
This article is published in association with United Nations. Ongoing and deadly Russian attacks across Ukraine are causing serious healthcare disruption, with more than $1.5 million-worth of medicines and supplies destroyed in four separate strikes on warehouses used by the UN there since July. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 21 warehouses have been […]
World News in Brief: West African migrant crossings, Argentina takes UK to maritime tribunal, farming in Gaza, mental health update
This article is published in association with United Nations. Fewer people from West Africa are reaching Europe by sea, but the journey has not become safer, the UN migration agency (IOM) said on Tuesday. Arrivals from Mali, Senegal, Guinea and The Gambia fell by 59 per cent in the first half of 2026 compared with […]
Ukraine: Residents killed and dozens injured in attacks on Kharkiv and Kyiv
This article is published in association with United Nations. Russian attacks in recent days on on Ukraine’s two largest cities have again killed and injured civilians, damaged homes and civilian infrastructure, the UN aid coordination office (OCHA) said on Tuesday. Aid workers and rescuers were on the ground in Kyiv and Kharkiv following aerial strikes that […]
‘Efficiency has limits’: UNHCR chief warns refugee protection is buckling under cuts
This article is published in association with United Nations. The money is running out faster than needs are growing: with 117 million men, women and children now forced from their homes, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has received just $3 billion of the $8.5 billion it needs this year – and its chief, Barham Salih, warns […]
Rise in poverty is ‘a wake-up call for the world’, UN development chief says
This article is published in association with United Nations. The number of people living in “multidimensional” poverty has risen for the first time in 15 years, reaching 1.2 billion, as families struggle to meet their basic needs. The finding comes in the 2026 update of the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) published by the United Nations […]
Sustaining livelihoods amid crisis in Gaza
This article is published in association with United Nations. Nidaa, Hanaa and Hanin have different stories, but share a common thread: the determination to build something of their own and keep it going despite extraordinary challenges facing them in war-ravaged Gaza. Following the devastation of the past three years, productive capacity in Gaza has been severely […]
World News in Brief: Russian attacks continue in Ukraine, Gazans shelter in flood-prone areas, keeping sight of eye health
This article is published in association with United Nations. UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Thursday he was appalled by a wave of attacks that have killed civilians across Ukraine over the past four days. They include a strike on two public buses in Kramatorsk on Thursday, that left at least 30 civilians dead, […]
Ukraine: UN condemns latest attacks and calls for civilian protection
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine on Wednesday called for an end to attacks against civilians following further overnight strikes by Russian forces that reportedly killed at least 19 in the Chernihiv Region. Among the dead in Pryluky were five children, three of them babies, according to the […]
Israeli demolition in East Jerusalem displaces 69 Palestinians
This article is published in association with United Nations. Sixty-nine Palestinians – more than half of them children – were displaced on Tuesday after Israeli authorities green lit the demolition of their residential building in the At Tur area of East Jerusalem, the UN aid coordination office (OCHA) has reported. This is the highest number of […]
‘The clock on AI regulation is ticking’, warns UN rights chief
This article is published in association with United Nations. The world is running out of time to put guardrails on artificial intelligence, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned Monday, as a “ruthless race” between companies and countries raises concerns about human safety and even humanity’s survival. Speaking in the UK at an AI […]
Ukraine war ‘a human rights catastrophe’ that must end, says Türk
This article is published in association with United Nations. Human Rights The war in Ukraine is a human rights catastrophe that is “growing and intensifying by the week” and threatening an even greater disaster across the region, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Friday. Addressing the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Mr. […]
Palestinians yearn for ‘a return to normal life’, says top Middle East peace envoy
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN is continuing efforts to support Palestinians in Gaza amid major challenges to humanitarian access, reconstruction and the restoration of essential services, according to Ramiz Alakbarov, Acting UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process. Speaking to UN News on the margins of the UN […]
Lebanon: One in five children goes to bed hungry, says UNICEF
This article is published in association with United Nations. Four in five households in Lebanon struggle to afford basic necessities today, with children increasingly going without food, missing school and being pushed into work as conflict compounds years of economic crisis. “I wanted to buy clothes for my children, but I could not. I also wanted […]
World News in Brief: Deadly Myanmar strikes as Malaysia begins deportations, new emergency funding released, Gaza and West Bank update
The UN chief on Tuesday strongly condemned an airstrike that reportedly killed at least 50 people at a market in Myanmar’s Rakhine state and called for those responsible to be held to account. Forces from the military junta reportedly hit Kyauktaw township around midday on Monday, when the market’s more than 200 shops were busy […]
