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- Extreme heat pushing global food systems to the brink, UN agencies warn April 22, 2026Extreme heat is pushing global food and farming systems to the brink, threatening the livelihoods of over a billion people as rising temperatures and more frequent heatwaves redefine how food is produced worldwide, a new UN report warns.
- Ceasefire extension offers diplomatic opening, but tensions persist in Strait of Hormuz April 22, 2026The United States’ decision to extend a fragile ceasefire with Iran has kept a narrow window open for diplomacy, but fresh security incidents in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday underscore the volatility of the situation and the risks to global shipping and regional stability.
- Earth Day: The battle to save a drowning Pacific island nation April 22, 2026As the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu battles rising sea levels that threaten to put large parts of the island entirely underwater by the end of this century, its citizens are making efforts to safeguard their future while preparing for the worst impacts of climate change.
- Long hours, stress and harassment are causing hundreds of thousands of early deaths, says UN labour agency April 22, 2026More than 840,000 people die each year from health conditions linked to risks such as long working hours, job insecurity, workplace harassment and bullying, according to a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO).
- Libya: UN mission chief laments lack of progress towards national renewal April 22, 2026Libya’s political leaders continue to lag in implementing a roadmap that leads to national elections and unified institutions, the UN Special Representative for the country told the Security Council on Wednesday.
- SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Regional war threatens Syria’s fragile transition April 22, 2026The Security Council is meeting now at a critical juncture for Syria’s fragile transition. While the Iran-US ceasefire has temporarily eased regional spillover from Lebanon and elsewhere, conditions remain volatile in Syria. The reported US military withdrawal now completed, marks a milestone, yet the chamber faces a country grappling with deep internal fissures and external […]
- World News in Brief: Insecurity in the Darfurs, 100 million live with landmine threats, Singapore execution moratorium April 22, 2026The United Nations is deeply alarmed by continued insecurity in the Darfur region of Sudan and the heavy toll it is having on civilians, Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Wednesday.
- Time to apply the brakes to runaway AI, says pioneer April 22, 2026If AI is “a very fast car with no steering wheel” then regulation must provide one, insists Nobel laureate and Artificial Intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton, the visionary scientist widely known as the “godfather” of the self-learning tech.
- Millions of desperate Sudanese return home amid dire conditions as war rages April 21, 2026Three years into the devastating conflict in Sudan, nearly four million displaced people have returned to their places of origin across the country, only to face “another struggle for survival”, the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday.
- Secretary-General hopefuls make their case in televised ‘interactive dialogues’ April 21, 2026The four candidates so far in the running to be the next UN Secretary-General will each have the chance to show why they are the best choice during a series of “interactive dialogues” taking place at UN Headquarters in New York this week.