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World

UN Refugee Agency Warns Funding Crisis Could Leave 8.3 Million People Without Aid

With a $5.789 billion funding gap and only 32 percent of its 2026 budget received, UNHCR warns that protection systems in some countries are being pushed toward collapse.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20265 min read

World

UN Adopts First Global Declaration on Sea-Level Rise as 770 Million People Face the Tide

Adopted on September 24, the declaration affirms that maritime boundaries stay legally stable and statehood continues even as coastlines shift — a legal lifeline for low-lying nations.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20266 min read

Politics

Diplomacy at the UN: Patriot Licences and an Energy Truce Put Ukraine's War Back on the Table

Zelensky left New York with a US commitment to license Patriot missile production in Ukraine — and a proposed energy ceasefire that now waits on Moscow.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20266 min read

Opinion

The UN Heard AI’s Builders Warn of Catastrophe — and Washington Said No Anyway

The Security Council’s first-ever AI session exposed the real divide: not between the fearful and the complacent, but between two incompatible theories of how to keep powerful AI safe.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 202611 min read