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President Trump Returns to Georgia with a Record of Results

Today, President Donald J. Trump returns to the Peach State with a proven record of America First results that put Georgia workers, families, seniors, and communities first. Under the leadersh...

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Pre-COP Leaders’ Event in Fiji and Tuvalu

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will travel to Fiji and Tuvalu from 5 to 7 October 2026 for the Pre-COP Leaders’ event.  At COP30, Australia secured the role of COP31 President of Negot...

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‘Need for UN has never been greater,’ UN chief says, proposing slimmer $3.3 billion budget for 2027

“The challenges before us are profound,” Mr. Guterres told the General Assembly’s Fifth Committee, comprising all 193 UN Member States that handle administrative and budgetary matters at UN He...

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WHO scales up Ebola readiness in 22 countries across three continents

The UN agency’s eastern Mediterranean region comprises 22 countries and territories. Intensified support is being given to Djibouti, Somalia and Sudan, which have been identified as priority c...

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‘Ebola takes the people children depend on’: UNICEF

The update comes as regional neighbour Kenya confirmed its first case and death from the disease, believed to have come from DRC. “

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Kenya races to trace all contacts after first Ebola death, WHO official says

Speaking in Nairobi on Wednesday, WHO Representative Dr. Neema Rusibamayila Kimambo said the coming days would be de...

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Darfur: Healthcare needs outstrip resources as Security Council extends Sudan sanctions

The agency’s top official in Sudan, Dr. Abdinasir Abubakar, visited hospitals, health centres and laboratories in every Darfur state except East Darfur during a 10-day mission in September.

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UN chief ‘gravely concerned’ by renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia, warns against escalation

In a statement issued on Friday night in New York by his Spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, the UN chief urged all parties to cease hostilities and called on the signatories of the Pretoria Agre...

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Sudan: Drought and war push Darfur and Kordofan towards famine

In a new alert, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) said fresh evidence shows malnutrition getting worse in several hotspots. Aid is not keeping up, held back by a severe l...

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DR Congo: Cholera cases spike amid fight against Ebola

The provinces of South Kivu, North Kivu and Haut-Katanga account for nearly 60 per cent of reported suspected cases.Transmission remains high in provinces where cholera is endemic.

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WHO urges vigilance after Kenya confirms second Ebola case

The patient, a 39-year-old man, is a relative of Kenya’s first case – related to the ongoing deadly outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – who died in hospital on 5 October. ...

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Security Council LIVE: Sudan’s war spreads as drones and hunger take a deadly toll

20 million people face acute hunger, 200,000 at catastrophe levels Famine risk rising in parts of Darfur and Greater Kordofan More than 700,000 displaced people in Tawila short o...

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One day behind bars: Students and incarcerated women break prison stigma in Thailand

Weo, a prisoner at the Central Women’s Correctional Institution in Bangkok, prefers to sew by hand. She tried the sewing machine, but noticed that her mind was calmer when threading with her f...

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ICC unseals four arrest warrants over Taliban persecution of women and girls

In a decision on Monday, judges un...

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In Islamabad, Guterres calls for end to US-Iran conflict

“From Islamabad, I want to send a loud and clear message to all parties,” António Guterres 

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From drought to deluge: ‘Super’ El Niño’s expanding reach

More than 347 million children in nearly 100 countries and territories are expected to experience unusually wet or dry conditions between October and December 2026 due to El Niño, increasing t...

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