The number of people displaced worldwide passed a record 89 million last year, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says, warning that the intensification of a global food security crisis exacerbated by the Ukraine conflict could further increase that number.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has warned that the Ukraine conflict may cause a social and economic crisis around the world.

ussian President Vladimir Putin has warned the leaders of France and Germany against ramping up arms supplies to Ukraine, saying they could further destabilize the situation in the former Soviet state.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has warned of a “global food shortage” in the coming months due to the conflict in Ukraine.

Afghanistan is facing what UN agencies has described as "one of the world's worst humanitarian disasters". 

In this month’s report, Tomas Ojea Quintana, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in North Korea, said the worsening humanitarian situation in North Korea could lead to a crisis very soon.

The Venezuelan government and the US-backed opposition began negotiations in August; however, after a member of the governments negotiating team was arrested and extradited to the US, the talks have stalled.