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... Despite Taliban ban, over 90 per cent of Afghans support girlsâ right to learn

Despite the ongoing ban on girls’ secondary education, more than 90 per cent of Afghan adults support girls’ right to be in class, according to a new alert from the UN’s gender equality agency, UN Women. 
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/08/1165744

... Sudan: Guterres calls for ceasefire in El Fasher, deplores relentlessâ militia attacks

The UN Secretary-General appealed on Friday for an immediate ceasefire in and around the besieged Sudanese city of El Fasher, where hundreds of thousands of civilians have been trapped for over a year.  
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/08/1165742

... The descent into a massive famineâ in Gaza has begun, relief agencies warn

Amid reports of increased Israeli military operations across Gaza City on Friday, UN aid agencies repeated urgent warnings of ongoing famine and a likely rise in preventable disease, linked to the dire living conditions in the war-shattered enclave.
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/08/1165741

... World News In Brief: Iran sanctions, Yemen floods appeal, new SDG advocates

The United Nations confirmed on Thursday that France, Germany and the United Kingdom have initiated a process that could lead to the reimposition of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme within the next 30 days.
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/08/1165740

... Sudan: A staggering 30 million are in need, as war grinds on

Humanitarians continue to push for more support for Sudan amid ongoing conflict, rising malnutrition and a cholera outbreak, a senior UN aid coordination official said on Thursday in New York. 
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/08/1165739

... The people of Haiti are in a perfect storm of suffering,â warns UN chief

State authority is crumbling across Haiti while gang violence engulfs the capital Port-au-Prince and beyond, “paralysing daily life and forcing families to flee,” UN Secretary-General AntĂłnio Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday.
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/08/1165738

... Security Council: UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon extended for a final timeâ

The UN peacekeeping mission which patrols the so-called Blue Line of separation between Israel and Lebanon received the unanimous support of the Security Council on Thursday to extend through 31 December next year.
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/08/1165736

... SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Haiti shamefully overlookedâ, warns Guterres

Haitians are enduring a “perfect storm of suffering” the UN Secretary-General AntĂłnio Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday as gang violence continues to paralyse daily life across the island. Around 1.3 million people – half of them children – have fled their homes and six million are relying on humanitarian assistance.
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/08/1165735

... Gaza death and destruction without parallel in recent timesâ: Guterres

UN Secretary-General AntĂłnio Guterres on Thursday renewed his call for a ceasefire in Gaza, greater humanitarian access and the release of all hostages, as the enclave faces yet another deadly escalation. 
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/08/1165734

... Ukraine: Toddler among four children killed in Russiaâs attacks on Kyiv

Russia’s latest deadly attacks on Ukrainian cities overnight including the capital, Kyiv, left four children dead and dozens injured, UN aid agencies reported on Thursday.
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/08/1165733

... A federal appeals court struck down the Trump administrationâs signature tariffs, finding that the president had gone too far in using emergency powers to rewrite U.S. trade policy

The decision is latest blow to a central prong of the president’s economic agenda.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/appeals-court-rejects-trumps-global-tariffs-aae2dc99

... The Trump administration said it is using an untested strategy to rescind $4.9 billion in foreign aid without congressional approval, sparking a Capitol Hill backlash

The White House turns to untested “pocket rescissions” to bypass lawmakers.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-foreign-aid-cuts-pocket-rescissions-abac7ba4

... A federal judge signaled that she will move quickly to rule on whether President Trump acted unlawfully in moving to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook

The court aims to decide soon whether the president acted unlawfully by trying to remove her from the U.S. central bank’s board.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/judge-weighs-fed-governor-lisa-cooks-bid-to-stop-trump-from-firing-her-95c6a733

... Republican Sen. Joni Ernst isnât expected to seek a third-term, after tussling with parts of President Trumpâs MAGA base and stumbling in her efforts to defend Medicaid cuts

While Iowa leans red, her move complicates GOP plans to keep control of the chamber.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/republican-sen-joni-ernst-decides-against-third-term-9126e6b0

... It isnât just Microsoft. Companies are adopting a new, harder-line playbook for dealing with political debate at work.

It isn’t just Microsoft—companies are adopting a new, harder-line playbook for dealing with political debate at work.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/workplace/workplace-employee-activism-company-response-7ef095f6

... Senate Republicans expressed alarm at the abrupt firing of the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and pushed to delay a vaccine meeting scheduled for next month

Susan Monarez’s removal has thrown the agency into turmoil and raised concerns about the Trump administration’s vaccine policies.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/cdc-director-refused-to-fire-leaders-approve-vaccine-recommendations-c777704c

... President Trump embraced the MAHA movementâs antivaccine supporters. Now a crisis is unfolding at the CDC under RFK Jr.âs leadership.

President Trump embraced antivaccine supporters. Now a crisis is unfolding at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under RFK Jr.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-rfk-jr-cdc-vaccine-politics-0d388544

... U.S. denies visas to Palestinian officials ahead of U.N. General Assembly

The move comes as U.S. allies prepare to recognize Palestinian statehood next month.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/29/palestinian-officials-us-visas-denied/

... New FDA coronavirus vaccine rules bring U.S. closer to other countries

But resignations by officials who say the Trump administration is undermining vaccine science and confusion over who can get shots have fewer parallels.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/29/fda-covid-vaccine-rfk/

... As Israel seeks to empty Gaza City, its residents weigh whether to leave

The Israeli military is trying to transfer nearly 1 million people from Gaza City. Many are wrestling with the costs and perils of moving to a massive encampment.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/29/israel-gaza-city-evacuation/