https://www.globalissues.org/news/topic/124 2026-10-15T16:15:20-07:00 Global Issues Inter Press Service UN News https://static.globalissues.org/i/globalissues.png https://static.globalissues.org/i/globalissues/logo-feed.jpghttps://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/10/15/443552026-10-15T05:00:00-07:00

<p><img src="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Collections/Production%20Library/2026/08/28-08-2026-WHO-Ukraine-01.jpg/image1170x530cropped.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>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. </p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/10/15/44355">Read the full story, “Ukraine: Critical health supplies destroyed in ongoing Russian attacks”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>

https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/10/15/443512026-10-15T05:00:00-07:00

<p><img src="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Collections/Embargoed/13-01-2025-UNRWA-Gaza-15.jpg/image1170x530cropped.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>Amid a rise in lethal Israeli strikes, demolitions and violence in Gaza and the West Bank, the Security Council is holding an open debate on Thursday focusing on the current situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/10/15/44351">Read the full story, “Security Council LIVE: Deaths, demolitions spike in Gaza, West Bank”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>

https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/10/14/443472026-10-14T05:00:00-07:00

<p><img src="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Collections/Embargoed/21-05-2026_WFP_Haiti-09.jpg/image1170x530cropped.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>Haiti is living through one of the world’s most acute security crises. Armed gangs control large parts of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and are pushing into rural areas, terrorising communities, killing people, committing rape and other sexual assaults, kidnapping for ransom and extorting individuals and businesses.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/10/14/44347">Read the full story, “Haiti sanctions renewed: Starving the gangs of bullets”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>

https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/10/14/443452026-10-14T05:00:00-07:00

<p><img src="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Collections/Embargoed/16-02-2026-WFP-Gaza-02.jpg/image1170x530cropped.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>The UN and its partners are stepping up preparations in Gaza for the approaching cold and rainy season, even as attacks affecting civilians continue, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Wednesday.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/10/14/44345">Read the full story, “World News in Brief: Gaza braces for winter amid attacks, joint patrols in CAR, 90 cities commit to sustainable development”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>

https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/10/14/443422026-10-14T05:00:00-07:00

<p><img src="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Collections/Embargoed/2026/08/18-08-2026_Adobe_Libya_Tripoli.jpg/image1170x530cropped.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>The Security Council will hear the latest developments in Libya on Wednesday as it takes stock of the current situation as the country grapples for stability following years of strife, with a top UN official highlighting “encouraging progress”. Live coverage of the discussions is provided by the UN Meetings Coverage Section team.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/10/14/44342">Read the full story, “Security Council LIVE: Libya in the spotlight amid ‘encouraging progress’”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>

https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/10/13/443322026-10-13T05:00:00-07:00

<p><img src="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Collections/Production%20Library/2026/10/13-10-2026-UN-Ukraine-01.jpg/image1170x530cropped.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>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.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/10/13/44332">Read the full story, “Ukraine: Residents killed and dozens injured in attacks on Kharkiv and Kyiv”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>

https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/10/12/443272026-10-12T05:00:00-07:00

<p><img src="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Collections/Production%20Library/2026/10/12-12-2026_Colombia_Peace_VerificationMission.jpg/image1170x530cropped.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>Nearly 10 years after Colombia signed a historic peace agreement to end a decades-long insurgency, the deal is under strain from growing insecurity – and the UN’s top official in the country says it cannot be allowed to falter.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/10/12/44327">Read the full story, “Colombia peace deal must endure as insecurity grows, Security Council hears”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>

https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/10/12/443262026-10-12T05:00:00-07:00

<p><img src="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Collections/Production%20Library/2026/10/12-10-2026-WFP-Syria.jpg/image1170x530cropped.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>The Security Council is meeting on Syria as the country’s transition faces pressure on several fronts. Economic hardship is fuelling unrest, Israeli incursions continue in the south and sectarian tensions persist in Sweida, even as Damascus reports progress on its chemical weapons programme and talks about future elections. Millions, meanwhile, remain displaced. Follow live below and go here for full meetings coverage. </p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/10/12/44326">Read the full story, “Security Council LIVE: Syria’s fragile transition – economic strain, Israeli incursions and progress towards elections”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>

https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/10/12/443232026-10-12T05:00:00-07:00

<p><img src="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Collections/Embargoed/2026/10/12-10-2026-UNICEF-Sudan.jpg/image1170x530cropped.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>The risk of famine is growing in parts of Sudan already torn apart by war, as a severe El Niño drought makes life even harder in Greater Darfur and Greater Kordofan, the UN-backed global hunger monitor warned on Monday.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/10/12/44323">Read the full story, “Sudan: Drought and war push Darfur and Kordofan towards famine”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>

https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/10/11/443162026-10-11T05:00:00-07:00

<p><img src="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production+Library/06-11-2020_Riyadh_Saudi_Arabia_unsplash.jpg/image1170x530cropped.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned a Houthi missile attack on Riyadh’s main airport that Saudi authorities say killed 12 people and wounded more than 300.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/10/11/44316">Read the full story, “‘These attacks must cease immediately’: Guterres condemns deadly Houthi strike on Riyadh airport”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>