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UN warns Cuba blackouts deepening humanitarian crisis

Cuba's national power grid collapsed for the third time in nine days on Tuesday, July 14, leaving approximately 10 million people without electricity as the U.S. fuel blockade continues to devastate the island's energy infrastructure.

Venezuela earthquake death toll reaches 3,535 as rescue teams withdraw

Twelve days after twin earthquakes devastated north-central Venezuela, the death toll has climbed to 3,535, with over 16,740 injured and roughly 17,000 left homeless, according to figures released Monday by the Venezuelan government. International rescue teams that had been combing…

UN chief calls for ‘killer robot’ ban at first global AI dialogue

UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned Monday that artificial intelligence is "advancing at runaway speed" and called for sweeping global governance measures — including a ban on lethal autonomous weapons and new protections for children — as 193 nations gathered in…

Trump’s Gaza board warns of funding gap in UN report

President Donald Trump's Board of Peace has warned that the gap between funding pledges and actual disbursements for Gaza's reconstruction must be closed "with urgency," according to a May 15 report to the United Nations Security Council viewed by Reuters…