It was the second time in two weeks that a strong hurricane had struck the Southeast, and Hurricane Milton left behind widespread destruction as it made landfall in Florida on Wednesday as a Category 3 storm.
A quarter of a million people, according to the UN, have left Israel’s attacks in Lebanon in the last two weeks in search of the relative safety of Syria. Having fled their country’s civil conflict for safety in Lebanon, the majority of them are Syrians who have returned home with no place to stay.
A wide view of United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in Libya .On the screen is Hala Bugaighis, Member of the Libyan Women, Peace and Security Advisory Group.
A small port in Turkey is serving as an alternate route for people fleeing Lebanon, as the majority of flights out of the country have been canceled and ticket costs have skyrocketed.
Sarah Kyabu Ntambwe, Executive Director of Change Your World, briefs United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Great Lakes region.
Clashes between Israel and Hezbollah along Lebanon’s border with Israel has escalated a year after the war that was started by Hamas’s attack on Israel. The UN estimates that the fighting has caused 200,000 people to be displaced as a result of a fresh humanitarian disaster.
Cultivating their own food has proven to be an unexpected source of solace for migrants waiting to enter the United States on Mexico’s northern border.
Israel’s last year of war has had an impact on everyone.In the wake of the October 7 Hamas attack, many people lost loved ones, while others had their homes and towns destroyed.
A new Bangladesh inquiry commission said Thursday it had found an infamous “secret” detention center at the military intelligence headquarters that people released from its 22 cells had chillingly talked about.
Riccarda Christiana Chanda, Second Deputy Permanent Representative, Senior Legal Adviser of Switzerland to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the Month of October, chairs the UN Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security.