- yesterday
Morocco keeps ceasefire pledge as UN Western Sahara mission winds down
King Mohammed VI chaired a working session in Rabat on 4 November to plan the next stage after the Security Council failed to renew the MINURSO mandate on 30 October. Russia had vetoed a US draft backing Morocco's autonomy plan.
- 2d ago
North Korea tells EU to 'mind its own business' over UN human rights resolution
Pyongyang's UN mission called the EU's draft resolution on North Korean human rights a 'farce' and a 'politically motivated provocation'. South Korea has decided to co-sponsor the draft, which goes to a UN committee vote later in November 2026.
- 3d ago
UNEP report: developing countries need 305 billion dollars a year for adaptation
UNEP says developing countries will need about 305 billion dollars a year by 2035, and even a tripled flow of public finance would cover only 20% to 29% of that. The report arrives ahead of COP31 in Antalya.
- 3d ago
Brazil unveils two voluntary roadmaps to phase out fossil fuels and end deforestation by 2030
Brazil's COP30 presidency presented the two roadmaps in Brasília on Tuesday, 3 November, nine weeks before COP31 opens in Antalya. Neither document carries a mandate from governments, and neither sets targets or deadlines.
- 4d ago
Samaras hits back at Mitsotakis, denying he whitewashed Turkey with a friendship treaty
Former prime minister Antonis Samaras answered Kyriakos Mitsotakis's Alpha Radio interview on Tuesday, 3 November 2026, rejecting criticism of his government's dialogue with Turkey in 2012-2014 and defending its record in Athens.
- 4d ago
PASOK leader Androulakis attacks Mitsotakis over Turkey-Libya memorandum, Cyprus cable
On Monday, 2 November, PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis said the prime minister had only done his duty at the UN and called for a 'New Helsinki' framework with Turkey.
- 4d ago
Poland's UN envoy Krzysztof Szczerski quits post early with Sikorski's approval
Krzysztof Szczerski asked Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski to shorten his UN mission, and the ministry says Sikorski agreed. Szczerski is due to finish before the end of November 2026, the third exit among ambassadors appointed under Law and Justice.
- 5d ago
UN reports warn glacier and sea-ice losses may be irreversible above 1.5C warming
Two UN reports published on Monday, 2 November 2026, say that passing 1.5C of global warming would bring significant and often irreversible damage to glaciers, sea ice and permafrost. Copernicus estimates the threshold could be exceeded around 2030.
- 5d ago
IOM says over 300,000 displaced in Yemen as fighting escalates in the west
Fighting in western Yemen has displaced more than 300,000 people, with most of the movements recorded in the two months before the report. Aden hosts over 56,000 displaced people, and the UN migration agency is seeking 45 million dollars.
- 6d ago
Israeli strikes kill at least eight in Gaza, including five police, ministry says
Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least eight people on Sunday, 1 November, including a child and five police officers, according to hospitals and Hamas-run authorities. The deaths came despite a US-brokered ceasefire that has been in force since October 2025.
- 6d ago
North Korea tests cluster warhead for tactical ballistic missiles, plans full arsenal by year-end
Pyongyang says the warhead can devastate a target zone of 12 to 13 hectares and that its units will be able to use all four warhead types before the end of the year. The announcement follows about ten short-range missile launches on 29 October and a September border explosion that wounded three South Korean soldiers.
- 6d ago
Mitsotakis says Turkish-Libyan memorandum cannot erase Greek islands' rights, extends fuel subsidy
In his Sunday weekly review, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the fuel subsidy now runs to 15 November and that over €323 million in state aid is being returned from 141 unfinished investment plans.
- 6d ago
Bolivia declares national emergency as El Niño drought and floods hit 63 communities
President Rodrigo Paz signed the decree on Saturday, 31 October 2026, as drought affected just over 78,000 families in six of nine departments and flooding remained a threat.
- 6d ago
Yemeni minister says Houthis tortured UN staffer to death, UN rights chief demands probe
A Yemeni UN staff member held by the Houthi rebels since June 2024 has died in custody, a Yemeni government minister said. UN human rights chief Volker Türk has demanded an independent investigation, and more than 70 UN staff are still held by the rebels.
- Oct 31
Turkey nominates Feridun Sinirlioğlu for UN secretary-general as Security Council vote stalls
Ankara sent a nomination letter dated Friday, 30 October, after a seventh straw poll ended without a clear front-runner. Feridun Sinirlioğlu is currently Secretary-General of the OSCE.
- Oct 31
COP17 in Yerevan ends with 2030 nature targets reaffirmed but funding still unresolved
Nearly 200 countries agreed to speed up the 2030 biodiversity targets at COP17 in Armenia, but they failed to settle how the money will be raised. Greenpeace called the summit disappointing.
- Oct 30
UN ends Western Sahara peacekeeping mission after Russia and US veto each other
The UN mission MINURSO, in place for 35 years, has closed after the Security Council failed to renew its mandate on Friday, 30 October. Morocco welcomed the outcome, while Algeria and the Polisario Front voiced regret and concern.
- Oct 29
Greece abstains on UN vote to lift US embargo on Cuba, as support falls to 130 votes
The UN General Assembly backed ending the US embargo on Cuba on Wednesday, 28 October, by 130 votes to 17. Greece abstained for the first time, and the yes count was the lowest in decades.
- Oct 29
Mitsotakis tells UN Security Council Turkey-Libya memorandum is illegal
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told the UN Security Council that the Turkey-Libya memorandum breaches the law of the sea, and displayed a map of the region to make his case.
- Oct 29
UN reports fourfold rise in Afghan opium poppy cultivation despite Taliban ban
Cultivation rose to 43,000 hectares in 2026 from 10,000 a year earlier, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, which blames deepening poverty for farmers defying the Taliban ban.
