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Appears in 13 stories · Last updated Nov 2, 2026
Rights chief says Hebron crackdown raises 'serious concerns of ethnic cleansing'
Hebron's governor said Israeli forces withdrew from the city on November 2 after a 10-day siege, and that families forced from their homes could return, Al Jazeera reported. The withdrawal came after Israel blew up the homes of the two gunmen who killed two soldiers at a checkpoint and displaced almost 5,000 Palestinians.
Updated Nov 2
Condemned the attack; monitoring the Oleshky ceasefire
A Russian jet-powered drone hit a crowded platform at Dnipro's main railway station on October 29, killing 15 people and wounding at least 14, including an 11-year-old boy; 11 remained hospitalized on October 30, six in serious condition. The blast struck as a passenger train prepared to leave for Zaporizhzhia, and Russia hit the station at least twice more by October 30, injuring one woman.
Updated Oct 31
Tracking civilian casualties in Ukraine
A Russian glide bomb killed at least 33 people on two buses in Kramatorsk on October 8. The strike is part of a Russian campaign to knock out Ukraine's transport and power systems before winter.
Updated Oct 29
Monitoring civilian casualties and warning of famine
More than 100 people were killed in a drone strike on the Tangooj night market in Nyala on October 26, according to the Emergency Lawyers rights group, and the administration that runs the city has since put the toll at 188 dead and 356 wounded. Neither count has been independently verified.
Updated Oct 28
Convenor of the Global Grids Accelerator
More than 2,500 gigawatts of renewable and storage projects worldwide are waiting for a grid connection, nearly twice the generating capacity of the United States. The UN's Global Grids Accelerator, launched on September 23, is meant to turn government grid plans in Africa and Southeast Asia into projects that can be financed and built.
Updated Oct 27
Condemned the drone strikes and said it could not yet determine who carried out the Abyei attack
A drone strike on Amiet market in Abyei killed at least 153 people, Abyei's information minister said, more than double the first toll of 73 as fires kept burning. UN peacekeepers said they could confirm at least 80 deaths and were still checking, with others missing.
Updated Oct 26
81st session General Debate concluded; indirect talks continue
Iran's president and foreign minister attended the UN General Assembly in late September, and the visit led to indirect US-Iran talks through Qatar about reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Iran offered to reopen the waterway within seven days if Washington lifts its naval blockade, eases oil sanctions, releases frozen assets and ends hostilities on all fronts. President Donald Trump rejected that offer, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered Iran's delegation to leave New York early; Tehran denied being ordered out.
Updated Oct 20
As of September 2026: Documenting humanitarian crisis in Haiti
Harriett Cecilia Joseph built a life in Springfield, Ohio: a quality-control job, her own event-planning business. On a Monday in August, her work permit expired and her legal status vanished, the result of a Supreme Court ruling that let the Trump administration end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti.
Updated Sep 15
As of May 2026: Condemning the blockade and warning of humanitarian collapse
Cuba's national power grid collapsed for the fourth time in March on March 21, leaving more than 10 million people without electricity. The failure at the Nuevitas thermoelectric plant in Camagüey province triggered a cascading collapse across the entire system, which was restored by March 23.
Updated May 30
As of May 2026: Urging negotiations for successor framework
For fifty-three years, binding agreements constrained the world's two largest nuclear arsenals. That era ended on February 5, 2026, when the New START treaty expired at midnight without a successor. The United States and Russia now face no legal limits on their roughly 10,700 nuclear warheads, after President Trump rejected a Russian extension offer and directed work on a new pact including China.
Updated May 27
As of May 2026: Sets global development goals including SDG 1 (No Poverty)
In 1820, more than 80% of the world's population lived in extreme poverty. By 2019, that figure had fallen to 8.9% at the then-$2.15/day line, a decline of roughly 0.35 percentage points per year sustained over two centuries.
Updated May 22
As of May 2026: Potential competitor to Board of Peace for conflict resolution
The United Nations has been the primary venue for international conflict resolution since 1945. On January 22, 2026, President Trump launched an alternative: the Board of Peace, a body he chairs for life where permanent membership costs $1 billion and he holds sole veto power.
As of May 2026: Facing structural financial strain and arrears while coordinating global humanitarian response
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) cut its 2026 humanitarian appeal to roughly $33 billion in December 2025, down from the $47 billion requested for 2025. Governments had provided only about $15 billion in 2025 — the lowest level of support in a decade. Three weeks later, the United States pledged $2 billion to OCHA-managed funds, providing roughly two-thirds of the funding needed to reach 87 million people in the most catastrophic need.
Updated May 10
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