UN Financing for Development Forum opens amid debt and investment pressures

Qatar announced an agreement between Israel and Hamas, mediated with Egypt and the United States. The planned first phase included a ceasefire, hostage and prisoner releases, and increased aid. The...

The first phase of the agreement began, allowing a pause in fighting and an increase in aid deliveries. The ceasefire offered temporary relief after extensive destruction, while the underlying...

The UN reported that laws barring UNRWA’s work in Israel and restricting official contact were taking effect. Since the agency provides essential services to Palestinian refugees, the measures...

The extraordinary Arab summit in Cairo endorsed a plan for early recovery and reconstruction while rejecting displacement of Palestinians from their land. It offered a regional political alternative...

Israel resumed airstrikes and blocked aid into Gaza, ending the truce that began on 19 January. The return to large-scale violence exposed the vulnerability of negotiated pauses where no political...

The World Health Assembly’s Committee A approved the negotiated agreement for plenary adoption. Developing states had pressed for equity in access to medicines, technology and pathogen benefits,...

Member states adopted the first WHO Pandemic Agreement by consensus. It establishes a framework for cooperation on prevention, preparedness and response; a pathogen access and benefit-sharing annex...

Israel began a series of strikes on Iranian territory, including sites and people connected to Iran’s nuclear programme and military. NAM’s October ministerial declaration condemned the attacks and...

The United States attacked three Iranian nuclear facilities during the Iran-Israel conflict. The strikes escalated the war and sharpened disputes over sovereignty, pre-emptive force and the role of...

A ceasefire halted direct exchanges between Iran and Israel after US strikes. The episode renewed NAM arguments against unilateral force and for peaceful settlement, but left regional security and...