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Europe 

Ukraine: Attacks on education threaten an entire generation, UNICEF warns

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It’s only 15 days into the new school year and already more than a thousand air raid alerts have sounded across the country, or more than 100 a day.  “Nobody hears them louder and deeper than children,” said Ricardo Pires, Deputy Spokesperson with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), speaking from just outside the classroom door to journalists in Geneva.  “An… Read More
Africa 

Russia-Africa Summit: Putin seeks to expand ties with the continent

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Russian President Vladimir Putin is hosting dozens of African leaders at a summit in Moscow as part of efforts to expand its influence on the continent. On Wednesday, he told delegates that Russia was Africa’s best partner, calling for an end to Western domination. “The era when the destinies of entire continents were determined by a narrow bloc of states… Read More
Africa 

Calls for slavery reparations grow louder as British king visits Caribbean

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British King Charles’ nine-day visit to the Caribbean is being overshadowed by increasingly vocal demands for reparations payments for its role in the slave trade. He did acknowledge the injustices of slavery on his first day in the Bahamas, saying Commonwealth leaders will discuss the issue at their summit next week, but stopped short of an apology. But demonstrators in… Read More
Pacific 

UNICEF says thousands of children require mental health support after Nepal floods

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Triggered by glacier collapse, the 26 August floods affected more than 84,000 Nepalis – including about 32,000 children – and damaged critical roads, schools, power grids and water systems across the Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading regions of northern Nepal. Local authorities report more than 1,300 killed and more than 5,000 still missing on the Nepal side of the border, and… Read More
Africa 

Civilians in Sudan’s El Obeid trapped between drones and incarceration

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They warned that the war is becoming more geographically extensive, technologically sophisticated and increasingly dangerous for civilians. “Thousands have been arrested by SAF security cells, detained and tortured in unofficial locations and in El Obeid Central Prison, kept under appalling conditions,” said Mona Rishmawi, an expert member of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan, during a press briefing. … Read More
Africa 

Africa Ebola outbreak passes 10,000 cases, mostly in DR Congo

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Africa’s latest outbreak of Ebola has passed 10,000 confirmed cases, the vast majority of them in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Congolese health authorities said on Tuesday, with almost 5,000 fatalities. According to the DRC’s figures, 10,060 people have been infected and 4,887 have died since the virus was first detected in May in the vast central African country’s… Read More
Africa 

Spain: Madrid mourns train crash victims as rescuers work through the night

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Last updated: 5 hours ago As night fell over the crash site near Urda, rescue teams continued working among the mangled carriages, using heavy cranes to lift sections of wreckage from the tracks. Footage shows a crane hoisting what appears to be part of a train’s wheel assembly, while emergency workers search the damaged carriages under artificial lighting. The disaster,… Read More
Human Rights 

‘Age must never diminish rights,’ UN independent expert warns

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Key points An estimated 664 million women were aged 60 or older in 2025, a number projected to reach 1.13 billion by 2050 A new report examines violence against older women as a distinct and intersectional issue rooted in discrimination, ageism and inequality ‘Invisible’ violence Reem Alsalem, Special Rapporteur on the causes and consequences of violence against women and girls,… Read More
Europe 

‘Nowhere is safe’: UN experts detail Ukraine war’s toll and Russia’s reach beyond its borders

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The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, presenting an update to the council, said repeated Russian strikes on energy infrastructure are leaving Ukrainian civilians more exposed as winter approaches following a brutal 2025–2026 season in which temperatures fell to 20°C below and millions endured long power and heating outages. Dangerous winter looms A 74-year-old woman in Kyiv, living in an… Read More
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