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19 January 2026

A migrant family, including a woman with a large backpack and a small child, walks through a temporary shelter area at the Lajas Blancas reception centre in Darien, receiving aid from IOM staff.

Rising hunger and displacement pose growing economic risk, UN tells Davos

As global leaders gather at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, UN agencies are warning that rising hunger and displacement are not only humanitarian emergencies but growing threats to global economic stability.

Humanitarian Aid

Only in exceptional circumstances and with incontrovertible evidence of intentional murder does international law permit the death penalty. (file)

'Alarming' increase in use of death penalty last year, despite global trend towards abolition

Despite a downward trend in the use of the death penalty globally, 2025 saw an 'alarming' increase in the number of executions in a small number of retentionist countries, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) warned on Monday.

Human Rights

A young girl in a red shirt digs holes in the dry earth to create shelter for her family in a displacement camp in Tawila, Sudan, following violence in Al Fasher.

Sudan: Atrocities 'repeated town by town', ICC prosecutor tells UN Security Council

Atrocities in Sudan's Darfur region are spreading from town to town in an organized campaign of violence that includes mass executions, rape and ethnic targeting, amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court told the UN Security Council on Monday.

Law and Crime Prevention

A Sudanese refugee, recently arrived in Libya, walks in Alkufra, the main entry point to the country.

World News in Brief: Food insecurity in Lebanon, Libya migrants freed, UNHCR tackles multiple emergencies – despite cuts

Since 2026, nearly 17 percent of Lebanon's population has been living in a state of major food insecurity – a situation that is likely to worsen in the coming year.

Humanitarian Aid

An IOM team sets up an emergency shelter for newly displaced families in a remote desert site in Marib, Yemen.

Yemen: Children are dying and it's going to get worse, warns aid veteran

In Yemen, renewed political instability and economic woes linked to the war threaten to complicate the already difficult task of helping vulnerable people suffering from deepening hunger, illness and displacement, the UN's top aid official there said on Monday.

Peace and Security