Drone strikes on Sudan's power, water and fuel are cutting off care and aid, UN official says
Hundreds of aid trucks are stranded by fuel shortages, the UN's top official in Sudan said.
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Haitian gang leader asks UN to mediate as El Salvador sends troops to search for missing soldiers
The UN said receiving the letter is not an endorsement of its contents.
Six in seven killings of journalists go unpunished, UNESCO says
A confirmed 189 journalists and media workers were killed in 2024–2025, the most since 2014–2015.
Western Sahara talks continue through the UN envoy; parties react to the mission's end
Morocco, the Frente POLISARIO, Algeria and Mauritania held direct talks this year for the first time in seven years.
The refugee camps near Tindouf, and a disputed count
About 80% of people in the camps are food-insecure, the World Food Programme reported.
Landmines east of the berm: what was left to clear in the UN mission's last report
24 of 68 known minefields remained, according to UN figures to Aug. 15.
What the UN mission in Western Sahara watched, and what stops with it
The mission monitored a 1991 ceasefire; the Frente POLISARIO declared an end to its commitment in 2020.
Where the UN mission in Western Sahara was posted
Nine team sites on both sides of the berm, a headquarters in Laayoune and a liaison office in Tindouf.
Update: UN mission in Western Sahara ends and begins winding down
The UN 'stands ready' to keep supporting peace efforts, Secretary-General António Guterres said.
UN rights chief demands probe into death of UN staffer held by Houthis in Yemen
Mohammad el Shami had been detained since June 2024; 71 UN personnel were held as of mid-October, the UN said.
More than 28 million in Congo lack enough food, UN-backed monitor says
Conflict, displacement and the Ebola outbreak are driving the crisis, the IPC alert said.
More than 300,000 remain displaced in Lebanon, UN says
Close to 970,000 people have returned to the south, often to damaged homes, the UN said.
Security Council fails to renew UN mission in Western Sahara after Russian veto
The mandate of the mission, set up in 1991 to prepare a referendum, was due to expire Saturday, Oct. 31.
Update: Congo's Ebola cases top 10,000, the second-largest outbreak on record
Nearly 5,000 people have died; candidate vaccines are in trials, and Kenya has recorded nine cases.
Lagarde to step down as European Central Bank president on Feb. 7, 2027; bank holds rates
Her successor will be appointed by the European Council, the bank said.
Myanmar's conflict deaths since the 2021 coup pass 100,000, UN rights expert tells General Assembly committee
UN investigators described bombings of a monastery and a church complex this month.
Greenhouse gases reached record levels in 2025, UN weather agency says
Carbon dioxide averaged 426.8 parts per million, the World Meteorological Organization said.
More than 3,000 displaced in Hebron operation, UN says, as rights chief raises concerns of ethnic cleansing
The operation began after an attack on an Israeli checkpoint near Hebron killed two soldiers on Oct. 23.
Update: Nurse killed while responding to an Ebola alert in Congo; Kenya releases 20 contacts from quarantine
UN officials condemned the killing in Tshopo province; eight of Kenya's contacts have tested positive, WHO said.
UN aviation agency urges countries to coordinate air traffic to cut holding patterns and delays
Air traffic management delays cost Europe an estimated $2.3 billion or more in 2025, EUROCONTROL estimates.
Deep magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes in the Bonin Islands region; no tsunami threat, warning centers say
Preliminary estimates put it at magnitude 7.0; USGS's reviewed magnitude is 6.5, at a depth of about 490 km.
Update: Magnitude 5.9 quake strikes near Tibet's Oct. 22 epicenter; China puts the earlier quake's toll at 16 dead
USGS's PAGER alert for the new quake is green; China says the Oct. 22 quake injured 76 and damaged or destroyed 339 homes.
Drone strikes killed at least 306 people in Sudan in three weeks, UN rights office says
Strikes attributed to both sides hit homes, markets, hospitals and displacement sites; a separate Oct. 19 attack in Abyei killed more than 80.
Update: Ebola cases in Congo pass 9,700 as WHO says the outbreak is reaching ever more remote areas
WHO counts 4,727 deaths; in Kenya, some contacts of the country's first case finish quarantine on Oct. 25.
Magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes off Vanuatu; the tsunami threat passed within an hour, the warning center said
The quake came amid a week of activity in the same patch of sea, where USGS lists 59 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or larger since Oct. 19.
Update: Nepal's August glacier flood killed more than 1,500; recovery needs put at $4.8 billion
A UN flash appeal for $50 million has raised less than half.
France reports the first known human case of Shamonda virus; the patient died
The livestock virus is thought to spread through midge bites; French authorities said no risk to the general public had been identified.
Update: Ebola reaches an eighth Congo province as WHO traces Nigeria's first case
The outbreak declared in mid-May has recorded 9,552 confirmed infections and more than 4,600 deaths.
Correction: Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes at sea northwest of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
Oct. 22, 2026 — An earlier version of this story gave the location as about 204 km west-northwest of Port-Olry and the depth as 10 km, from an early USGS solution. USGS's reviewed solution places the quake about 197 km northwest, at a depth of about 16 km.
The corrected story: Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes at sea northwest of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
UN agencies appeal for help as WMO warns this El Niño could be the strongest on record
The UN's relief chief said some 50 million people could face increased hunger.
Magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes the Tibetan Plateau in China, USGS says
USGS's loss model puts likely economic losses at its orange level and says some fatalities are possible; official casualty reports were not yet available.
UN report says warming will pass 1.5°C, but deep, fast cuts could bring it back down by 2100
UNEP's Emissions Gap Report 2026 says current policies point to 2.8°C of warming this century.
UN warns against an early peacekeeper exit as Sudan's war spills into the Central African Republic
The Security Council must decide before mid-November whether to renew the UN mission's mandate.
Nigeria confirms its first case of Ebola from the Bundibugyo virus, WHO says
Nigeria is the fifth country to detect the disease since an outbreak was declared in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in mid-May.
Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes at sea northwest of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
USGS's PAGER alert for the quake is green, its lowest level.
WFP cuts food aid in Gaza by about a third, affecting some 500,000 people as winter nears
The agency says it needs $450 million to sustain operations in Gaza and the West Bank through next March.
Haiti's gangs are adapting to security operations, UN tells Security Council, as elections stay on hold
Elections planned for Dec. 13 have been postponed indefinitely, and the UN's top official cautioned against new dates without a feasibility assessment.
UN condemns drone strikes across Sudan that killed and injured civilians
Strikes on Oct. 19 hit a market in Abyei and several locations in Khartoum, the UN said.
Update: COP17 biodiversity talks open in Yerevan with a first global review of progress
The UN's biodiversity chief said billions of people depend on progress made over the next two weeks.
Update: COP17 biodiversity conference opens Oct. 19 in Yerevan
Governments will review progress under the 2022 global biodiversity framework.
IOM: shelter supplies reaching Gaza will fall short as winter rains begin
Around two million people still need shelter help, and most durable materials fall under Israel's dual-use restrictions, the agency said.
UNICEF: more than 340 children killed in Gaza since the ceasefire was announced
Seven children were reported killed in the past two weeks, and UNICEF warned that wastewater could flood homes when winter rains come.
UN monitors: at least 328 civilians killed in Ukraine in September as attacks on energy intensify
The head of the UN's monitoring mission said the first two weeks of October were among the deadliest periods for civilians in years.
Update: Guterres tells biodiversity summit that progress on protecting nature is 'far too slow'
He said $30 is spent destroying nature for every dollar invested in protecting it.
Update: WHO steps up Ebola readiness in Djibouti, Somalia and Sudan after cases in Congo, Uganda and Kenya
No Ebola cases have been reported in WHO's Eastern Mediterranean region, but conflict and displacement make preparation harder.
Update: Israel tells the Security Council that Hamas must disarm and 'the ideology behind October 7 remains alive'
Israel's representative said the Council has still not designated Hamas a terrorist organization three years after the attacks.
Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes near Khuzdar in southwestern Pakistan
The U.S. Geological Survey issued a yellow alert, the second of four levels, in its estimate of losses.
Fewer than half of countries' biodiversity targets are on track, UN report finds before COP17
Current commitments would protect about 26% of land and 12% of the ocean by 2030, short of the 30% goal.
WHO urges faster action on lead exposure, which it links to more than 3.5 million deaths a year
Fewer than half of countries have confirmed binding controls on lead paint, the agency said ahead of Lead Poisoning Prevention Week.
Russian strikes destroyed $1.5 million in medical supplies at UN-used warehouses in Ukraine, WHO says
WHO has recorded 400 incidents affecting health care in Ukraine this year, 21 of them targeting warehouses.
UN envoy tells the Security Council Gaza's ceasefire 'exists in name only' for some Palestinians
Speakers at the quarterly debate also raised alarm over settler violence and expansion in the West Bank.
Magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes 143 km beneath Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula
The U.S. Geological Survey located the quake 76 km northeast of Ozernovskiy at an intermediate depth of 143 km.
Hunger in Afghanistan reaches the highest level on record, global monitor says
15.9 million people face acute food insecurity, and the number is expected to rise to 19.2 million in the winter lean season.
Update: Kenya confirms a second Ebola case, a relative of the country's first patient
The man was among quarantined contacts; officials are still trying to reach six airline passengers.
Update: Security Council condemns Houthi strikes on Riyadh's airport and Saudi energy sites
The Council's statement puts the airport toll at 13 killed and more than 300 wounded.
UN experts urge Colombia's Ecopetrol to pay reparations after a war crimes ruling
Colombia's peace tribunal found state agents and a director of the state oil company responsible for abuses in Barrancabermeja.
Aid groups prepare Gaza for winter as strikes continue, UN says
OCHA said fuel, tarps and winter clothing were brought in but fall short, with access restricted to more than 64% of Gaza's land.
Security Council renews Haiti sanctions for a year, with Russia abstaining
The arms embargo, travel ban and asset freeze target those fueling gang violence; nine people and two groups are listed.
Cholera spreads in Congo as the country fights Ebola in the east, WHO says
More than 51,000 suspected cases and 1,487 deaths have been reported in 21 provinces this year.
Update: Fighting cuts off food aid to 800,000 people in Yemen, World Food Programme says
The agency said it cannot reach more than 600,000 people in Taiz who depend on aid, and wheat flour stocks there are nearly gone.