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In 2024, Asia’s average temperature was about 1.04°C above the 1991–2020 average, ranking as the warmest or second warmest year on record, depending on the dataset.

"We have this notion that we need to put the local actor in the front. No, they're already there ... And I think we need to have the courage to follow the local actors who are already there."

Three years on, Sudan’s war relentlessly targets women and girls. "The scale and brutality of violations are beyond anything we’ve previously seen", says a gender-based violence specialist in Sudan.

Between January and June 2025, Save the Children recorded more than 478 cases of GBV, including over 172 against children, most of them rape cases, which was a 249% increase from a year ago.

The food security situation is expected to worsen between September 2025 and February 2026, with about 5.38 million people likely to be classified in IPC Phase 3 or above.

With only 8.3% of the 2025 humanitarian response plan funded—and as the Atlantic enters a particularly active hurricane season—the situation in Haiti remains deeply concerning.

This consignment includes antiretroviral drugs, tuberculosis treatments, and testing kits – offering immediate relief to thousands of patients who had been cut off from care.

At present, just 40 per cent of drinking water production facilities remain functional in Gaza (87 out of 217). Without fuel, every one of these will stop operating within weeks, warned UNICEF.