I'm calling it! With this lovely story on a hot dog in a castle, the "silly season" has officially begun! reuters.com/world/hot-dog-…

This opens the gates for any other government to do the same says Mariana Katzarova on US sanctioning the UN expert on the occupied Palestinian territories reuters.com/business/aeros…

“There is always the fear—fear of more bombing, fear of losing someone, fear of being ordered to move again.” Manar, an UNRWA colleague in #Gaza, shares how displacement, hunger, and exhaustion have become daily life. Listen to her story. #CeasefireNow

Hostage mothers fear Israel’s planned #Gaza offensive will endanger their sons, one of whom is already visibly malnourished - reuters.com/world/middle-e…

Shelter supplies still aren’t getting into #Gaza despite Israel’s promises, say aid groups reuters.com/world/middle-e…

A man holds the equipment used by Palestinian cameraman Hussam al-Masri, who was a contractor for Reuters, at the site where he was killed along with other journalists and people in Israeli strikes on Nasser hospital, in Khan Younis, August 25, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled

First Congo, then #Myanmar and now the UN inquiry into Israeli violence are stymied by the #UN liquidity crisis reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

Pressure mounting on UN Human Rights chief Volker Turk to call the Gaza war a #genocide - this time from within his own ranks. reuters.com/world/middle-e…

Tariffs cause 'unprecedented' disruption to global trade rules, WTO chief says reut.rs/3JGQkKp reut.rs/3JGQkKp

White House quietly drops WTO from list of funding cuts - reuters.com/world/white-ho… W/⁦Olivia Lienhardt Le Poidevin⁩ and ⁦Emma Farge⁩

Turns out the crowd-funding #WHO staffer trying to help the institution with the gaping hole in their budget left by #Trump, has become a victim of job cuts linkedin.com/posts/taniacer…

I went to interview Swiss doctors who are doing a hunger protest over Gaza in #Bern calling for a more critical stance reuters.com/business/healt…

Swiss doctors have begun a rotating hunger protest outside parliament, accusing the government of hiding behind neutrality and staying silent on the Gaza war. They’re urging tougher action like sanctions on Israel and demanding the country recognise a Palestinian state.

Navi Pillay's report which concluded that Israel had committed genocide in #Gaza is also her swan song. I was lucky enough to clinch one of her last official interviews. reuters.com/world/middle-e…

The US and Israel have complained to UN senior officials about UN staff being impartial on the Gaza war amid protests over killings of aid workers in #Geneva reuters.com/world/europe/u…

Hundreds protested the killing of #Gaza UN staff in Geneva today but in NY a vigil was disallowed by UN management amid U.S. and Israeli pressure usnews.com/news/world/art…

The #UN budget for next year aims to save half a billion dollars but, for now, it mostly spares its own elite from the cuts reuters.com/world/un-cuts-… #UNGA

Babies in incubators, including one "born" prematurely because he had to be extracted from his dead mother's womb, seen at risk as #Gaza City operation steps up reuters.com/world/middle-e…

Thousands marched in #Geneva Thursday night for #Gaza, with police using water cannons and tear gas to control the crowd reuters.com/world/police-u…

The US did not take a stance in #Geneva negotiations ahead of a decision on a new #UN probe for #Afghanistan at the #HRC60 but the govt says it will not tolerate any "unlawful jurisdiction" over US troops reuters.com/world/asia-pac…