Afghanistan hunger hits record: 15.9 million face acute food insecurity, 19.2 million by winter
Afghanistan hunger has hit record levels, with 15.9 million people in acute food insecurity, the IPC says. WFP and FAO warn 19.2 million may be hit by April.
WHO Ukraine warehouses hit four times since July, destroying $1.5 million of medicines
WHO Ukraine warehouses were hit in four strikes since July, destroying over $1.5 million of medicines, as attacks on health care top…
Kenya Ebola: second case confirmed in relative of first patient, WHO says no community spread
Kenya Ebola update: a 39-year-old relative of the first patient tests positive for Bundibugyo virus in quarantine. WHO says there is no…
WHO: lead poisoning causes over 3.5 million deaths a year, yet half of countries lack paint limits
Lead poisoning is linked to over 3.5 million deaths a year, WHO says, and fewer than half of countries have binding limits…
COP17 biodiversity report: fewer than half of national nature targets on track, Guterres warns
COP17 biodiversity report: fewer than half of national nature targets are on track, and only 26% of land would be protected by…
World Social Report 2026: UN warns AI and green energy shifts could leave millions behind
World Social Report 2026 from UN DESA warns that AI, digital and green energy shifts could deepen inequality, and urges reskilling and…
UN report on neurotechnology warns brain data from gadgets could be used against people in court
Neurotechnology is outpacing human rights laws, a UN report warns, as brain data from gaming or wellness headsets could end up as…
Artemis II heat shield: NASA finds just 9 char-loss spots against 103 on Artemis I
Artemis II heat shield worked as expected, NASA's analysis finds, with only nine spots of char loss compared with 103 on Artemis…
El Nino 2026: NASA satellites track what may be the strongest El Nino since 1950
El Nino 2026 could be the strongest since 1950, with NOAA giving an 83% chance. NASA satellites show a hotter, higher and…
Hurricane Isaias: NASA night images show lights going out across Florida Panhandle, then returning
Hurricane Isaias knocked out power along the Florida Panhandle, NASA night-light images show. Lights faded in Pensacola and Destin and recovered by…
Haiti sanctions renewed for a year as UN Security Council targets the flow of guns to gangs
Haiti sanctions renewed for one year: the UN Security Council keeps its arms embargo, travel ban and asset freeze as gang violence…
DR Congo cholera cases top 125,000 as the country also battles an Ebola outbreak, WHO warns
DR Congo cholera: WHO reports more than 125,000 suspected cases and 3,644 deaths since January 2025, as an Ebola outbreak strains the…
Yemen fighting cuts off food aid to 800,000 people as WFP warns of catastrophe in Taiz
Yemen fighting has cut off WFP aid to about 800,000 people, with 600,000 in Taiz out of reach, as the agency warns…
WHO Eastern Mediterranean meeting: Tedros says 117 million people in the region need aid
WHO Eastern Mediterranean committee in Cairo: Tedros says 117 million people need aid and noncommunicable diseases cause two-thirds of deaths in the…
Gaza winter: UN steps up preparations as attacks continue and aid stays restricted
Gaza winter is close: OCHA says fuel, tarpaulins and winter clothing are not enough as strikes go on and access stays restricted…
Anil Menon spacewalk: NASA to preview the last two ISS solar array installs on 20 October
Anil Menon spacewalk: NASA will brief on US spacewalks 100 and 101 on 20 October, when Menon and Joshua Kutryk fit the…
Artemis III update: NASA to brief on its Moon timeline and next year’s test flight on 23 October
Artemis III update: NASA will brief on 23 October on its plan to fly four astronauts in low Earth orbit next year…
NASA Moon battery: solid-state SPEARS cells built to survive the lunar South Pole cold
NASA Moon battery: SPEARS solid-state cells worked down to minus 80 C in tests and survived 100 C to minus 170 C,…
Treble Clef in space: NASA’s Chandra finds a black hole outburst and cluster crash behind the shape
Treble Clef radio shape explained: NASA's Chandra and eROSITA show a black hole outburst and a galaxy cluster collision created the musical-looking…
Hurricane Simon weakens to 75 mph off Mexico as Baja California Sur told to stay alert
Hurricane Simon weakens to 75 mph off Mexico's Pacific coast; NHC says Baja California Sur should monitor it, days after it passed…
UN budget 2027: Guterres proposes slimmer $3.3 billion plan, says need for UN ‘never greater’
UN budget 2027: Guterres proposes $3.3 billion, $40.8 million less than 2026, with UN80 job moves to Nairobi and a call on…
Kharkiv attack kills four, injures 41 as Russian missiles also hit Kyiv, UN says
Kharkiv attack: a Russian strike destroys a residential building, killing four and injuring 41, while Kyiv is hit by ballistic missiles, the…
800 million young people face a future without jobs, UNDP warns as it launches two new initiatives
800 million young people in developing countries may find no jobs in 15 years, UNDP chief Alexander De Croo warns, launching two…
Disaster housing losses hit $228 billion a year, UN says on Disaster Risk Reduction Day
Disaster housing losses reach $228 billion a year, the UN says on Disaster Risk Reduction Day. Homes make up 43% of direct…
CRS-35 launch: SpaceX Dragon carries final ISS solar arrays and 6,300 pounds of cargo
CRS-35 launched on 13 October with 6,300 pounds of cargo and the final ISS roll-out solar arrays. Dragon docks on 15 October.…
Christina Koch named NASA acting deputy chief engineer, ends her spaceflight career
Christina Koch becomes NASA's acting deputy chief engineer from 1 November and will no longer fly. The Artemis II astronaut and ISS…
Griffin-1 Moon lander clears shake, roar and vacuum tests at NASA JPL ahead of launch
Griffin-1, Voyager Technologies' Moon lander, passed vibration, 153-decibel acoustic and thermal vacuum tests at NASA JPL ahead of a Falcon Heavy launch.
Sentinel-3C sends first images of Italy and Greenland two weeks after launch
Sentinel-3C, the new Copernicus satellite, sends its first images of Italy, the Arctic and the Caribbean plus Greenland ice height data two…
West African migrants reaching Europe fall 59%, but routes are deadlier, IOM says
West African migrants reaching Europe by sea fell 59% in the first half of 2026, IOM says, but deaths barely dropped as…
Farthest fast radio burst traced to a tiny dwarf galaxy by Webb, hinting at a magnetar origin
Farthest fast radio burst, FRB 20240304B, traced by NASA's Webb to a small star-forming dwarf galaxy 3 billion years after the big…