UN has warned that the number of people pushed into hunger because of drought in the Horn of Africa could rise from 14 million to 20 million by 2022 as delayed rains worsen extreme drought.

The UN General Assembly has voted to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council in response to Russian forces’ alleged killings of civilians in Ukraine.

Israel fired on a target in the Gaza Strip, in response to a rocket attack, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said early on Tuesday.

Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov has accused Russian troops of the massacre of civilians in the town of Bucha, as 340 bodies have been recovered, according to Ukrainian media reports.

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) says the war in Ukraine has created immense human suffering, but it is also putting the fragile recovery of global trade at risk, and the impact will be felt across the planet.

Gazprom, Russia’s majority state-owned multinational gas company, says it planned to transmit nearly 108.3 million cubic metres of gas to Western Europe on Monday.

UN Development Programme (UNDP) on Monday launched a plan to provide immediate economic help and longer-term assistance to the millions left struggling to meet basic needs, in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

An Indonesian court on Monday sentenced a teacher, Herry Wirawan to death for raping 13 girls at an Islamic school.