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- Somalia: U.S. airstrikes hit a record high
- India: Kerala State Declares End to Extreme Poverty
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- The Decline of Programs to Combat Violence Against Women
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- ICJ Holds Public Hearings on the Right to Strike
- How Climate Finance Burdens Low-Income Countries
- Number of displaced people in the Sahel reaches 4 million
- Mekong Forests: Deforestation in Protected Areas Is Worsening
- Ecuador: Violent Mass Protests Drag On
- UAE Expands Bases Around the Red Sea
- Anti-Government Protests Continue in Madagascar
- Four Caribbean countries begin full freedom of movement for citizens
- Colombian mercenaries operating in conflict zones
- Central Sahel countries announce withdrawal from the International Criminal Court
- Fossil Fuel Production Expansion Plans at Odds with the Goals
- Israeli military attacks Yemeni newspaper
- Sri Lanka Suffers Under Imposed Austerity Measures
- People Killed for Defending Land and the Environment
- United Nations Releases Gender Snapshot
- Global military spending surges to a record $2.7 trillion
- The Carbon Credit System Under Scrutiny
- Botswana Sees Sharp Decline in Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission
- UNHCR to cut 2026 budget by 20% as aid cutbacks worsen
- More Than 1 Billion People Suffer From Mental Health Issues
- African Union Endorses the Let’s Fix the Map Campaign
- Multidimensional Poverty in Mexico Has Declined Significantly
- Piracy Surges in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore
- Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization Countries Agree to the Bogotá Declaration
- Conflict-related sexual violence surged in 2024
- Thailand: At a Crossroads on Accepting Foreign Workers
- Libya: Will Local Council Elections Lead to Democracy?
- Escalating Armed Conflict in Pakistan
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- UN Assessment of Food Systems: Global Hunger Disparities Revealed
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- Peru: 4 Tons of Mercury Seized, the Price of Illegal Gold Mining
- Nigeria: Record Levels of Hunger and Stalled Aid
- Renewable Energy: Toward Even Lower Costs
- French forces complete withdrawal from Senegal
- The Hague Group Announces Sanctions and Legal Action Against Israel
- Discrimination Against Women Still Remains in Japan’s Nationality Act
- Sandstorm Affects 330 Million People
- Bihar, India: Concerns Over Voter Re-Registration
- Malawi Suffers from Africa’s Worst Inflation
- Haiti: Criminal Gangs Control 90% of the Capital
- Romania: Will the appointment of the first Roma cabinet minister advance inclusion policies?
- 104 Companies Most Involved in Environmental Conflicts
- Vietnam: Death Penalty Abolished for Eight Crimes
- Anti-government protests spread across Kenya, prompting international concern over police violence
- Colombia: Historic Labor Reform Law Enacted
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- UN Ocean Conference Opens: Will Ocean Conservation Move Forward?
- There Are Still Over 100 Million Child Laborers
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- Anti-government protests spread across Panama
- Samoa Passes Marine Protection Law on an Unprecedented Scale Among Pacific Island Nations
- Disaster losses are 10 times higher than previous estimates
- Are Rohingya women in refugee camps being coerced into contraception?
- Brazil–Africa: South–South Cooperation in Agriculture
- India: A Blow to the Long-Running Anti-Government Movement?
- Global emergency: Tropical forest loss worst on record, driven mainly by fires
- Equatorial Guinea–Gabon: International Court of Justice Judgment on an Island Dispute
- Severe food crises and malnutrition have risen worldwide for six consecutive years
- Surge in attacks by armed groups in West Africa
- United Nations: Crisis Due to Funding Shortages
- Global Human Development Index growth hits a 35-year low
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