Category: Europe

Many arrived in worrying condition at medical facilities in Kyiv on 31 October after being trapped by fighting, enduring months of severe shortages of food, medical supplies and other basic necessities, the agency said late on Sunday.  Working with its national partner Iskra Dobra – a Ukrainian humanitarian NGO – WFP provided hot meals to evacuees as soon as they arrived… Read More

Since the start of the academic year, “children have experienced an average of 34 hours of air raid alarms during school time, equivalent to more than 13 per cent of scheduled learning” up to 20 October, with some regions impacted by 60-plus hours of alerts, said UNICEF spokesperson Ricardo Pires. Meanwhile, the UN’s top aid official in Ukraine condemned Monday’s… Read More

The latest Russian attacks mark an increasingly deadly escalation in the ongoing war, with July marking the deadliest month for Ukrainian civilians since April 2022, according to the UN’s aid coordination office (OCHA). In the first six months of 2026, UN monitors confirmed 1,396 Ukrainian civilians killed and 7,978 injured – a sharp increase from the same period in both 2024… Read More

On the heels of the deadliest month for Ukrainian civilians since the early days of the war, Mr. Guterres expressed concern that recent strikes by both Russia and Ukraine have resulted in hundreds of civilian casualties, which represent “a clear violation of international humanitarian law.” “This latest series of attacks follows an alarming pattern of escalating strikes against populated areas, reportedly… Read More

Clearly unruffled to be the centre of attention as onlookers peered at them during a ribbon-cutting ceremony in their honour, the new arrivals strutted and pecked around their new home – a roomy aviary in leafy Ariana Park – where the global body’s European headquarters is located. In addition to the four classic blue peafowl now settling in, a rare,… Read More

Since Homer’s day, the Mediterranean has been much more than a beautiful body of water, where Odysseus journeyed home, encountering six-headed monsters, bewitching sirens and unpredictable gods.  Situated between Africa, Asia and Europe, the Mediterranean has been a highway connecting cities, civilisations and commerce, providing food and livelihoods while being central to culture, spirituality and the spread of ideas.  With… Read More

Since Homer’s day, the Mediterranean has been much more than a beautiful body of water, where Odysseus journeyed home, encountering six-headed monsters, bewitching sirens and unpredictable gods.  Situated between Africa, Asia and Europe, the Mediterranean has been a highway connecting cities, civilisations and commerce, providing food and livelihoods while being central to culture, spirituality and the spread of ideas.  With… Read More

Key points Attacks are part of intensifying Russian war on civilian targets  Frontline medical supplies destroyed in strike World Health Organization (WHO) tracker points to 70+ warehouse attacks to date In a statement condemning last week’s strikes on a UN warehouse in Dnipro, WHO reported that the facility had been first hit on Monday and twice on Friday.  “The warehouse… Read More

Investigators verified that at least 437 civilians were killed and 2,610 injured last month, marking “a new high” in casualties this year, with a 30 per cent increase compared to June and a 70 per cent increase compared to July 2025.  The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine is now in its fifth year, with no diplomatic solution in sight.   According… Read More

Research published by the United Nations University’s Institute for Water, Environment and Health found that seven in ten adults in England had seen a formal heat alert, yet 41 percent of them took no action to protect themselves.  The most common reason was not confusion, but disbelief: many simply did not see themselves as being at risk. Only 18 percent… Read More