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Tuesday, 13 October 2026
United Nations
UN agrees first international text defining lethal autonomous weapons systems37dTransnational network fuelling Sudan's brutal war, UN report finds38dUN warns Israel's West Bank refugee camp displacements could constitute crimes against humanity38dUN General Assembly votes to replace Mercator map with more accurate world projection38dHaiti urges UN to renew anti-gang force ahead of December elections39d'Supersized' El Niño set to be strongest in decades, UN warns, as impacts already felt worldwide39dGuterres calls on world leaders to 'stop this madness' and pursue peace at SCO summit41dUN warns world will overshoot 1.5°C climate target but calls recovery pathway still possible41dBhutan hosts world's first 'conscious food summit' to address global food system failures42dLibya's rival factions sign UN-backed electoral roadmap in Tripoli42dHague court orders India to uphold Indus Waters Treaty and halt Kashmir hydropower work42dUN committee says countries are legally obliged to provide slavery reparations42dICC chief vows to defend court after US sanctions target top judges46dGaza ceasefire under strain as Israeli strikes draw sharp criticism at UN Security Council46dUN and Red Cross urge binding rules on autonomous 'killer robot' weapons before 'it is too late'48dTwo UN peacekeepers killed in ambush in South Sudan as civil war fears grow49dGuyana's Rodrigues Birkett takes lead in UN secretary-general race52dIndigenous protesters at COP17 desertification summit oppose US blockade in Ulaanbaatar53dTibetan exiles in New Delhi protest China's ethnic unity law with shaved heads and prayers53dTaliban releases two detained UN staff members in Afghanistan after more than a week53d