- A U.N.-backed report shows droughts inflict widespread damage globally, driven primarily by the escalating effects of human-caused climate change and amplifying influence of the 2023-2024 El Niño phenomenon.
- Up to 11.6 million refugees and displaced people are in jeopardy of losing critical humanitarian aid this year, UNHCR announced, attributing the crisis to severe budget cuts. This figure represents approximately one-third of all people the organization assisted last year
- The U.S. Congress has voted to approve President Trump's requested $9 billion rescissions package, slashing more critical foreign aid and federal funding for public broadcasters
- United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced the formation of an independent scientific panel of experts to study the physical and societal consequences of nuclear war.
- As Europe's two nuclear-armed powers with permanent seats on the U.N. Security Council, France and the United Kingdom, along with Germany, say they have agreed to possibly trigger a "snapback" mechanism that would reimpose United Nations sanctions on Iran by the end of August.
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