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Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached new record highs in 2023, locking in future temperature increases for years to come, the United Nations warned on Monday.

Levels of the three main greenhouse gases, the climate-warming carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, all increased yet again last year, the U.N.'s weather and climate agency said.

The UN Security Council (UNSC) is scheduled to meet on Monday following Israeli airstrikes against Iran, which were carried out in retaliation for an earlier attack by Tehran. The meeting, requested by Iran, has received backing from China, Algeria, and Russia, and is being chaired this month by Switzerland.

Four eyewitnesses have testified in Türkiye's investigation into the killing of Turkish-American activist Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank in September, stating that she was directly and deliberately targeted.

At the Third Parliamentary Summit, held in Riga, leaders and representatives from across Europe gathered to address the pressing security challenges facing the region, with a particular focus on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

Iran reported that an Israeli attack targeted military sites in the Islamic Republic on Saturday, resulting in the deaths of two soldiers. This strike occurred almost a month after Israel vowed retaliation for a missile barrage that sparked fears of a full-scale Middle East war.

Poverty makes people up to three times more likely to suffer from mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety compared to the wealthy, the United Nations has said in a report.

Competitive, consumption-oriented modern life is a threat to mental health, said a study compiled by the U.N. special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declared Türkiye's readiness to support efforts to reform the United Nations, calling for a more just and effective international system in a message marking the U.N.'s 79th anniversary on Thursday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) greets United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres during their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan on Oct. 24, 2024.

Mohammed Abu Ataoui, a commander from Hamas’ Nukhba force who led the murder and kidnapping of Israelis from a shelter near Kibbutz Re’im, was killed on Wednesday in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip, announced the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet on Thursday (October 24).

A Hamas hostage shocked the UN as she recounted the torture she endured in Gaza: “I was raped and hung upside down.”
Amit Soussana, a 40-year-old lawyer, delivered a speech at the UN Security Council, vividly describing the horrors she experienced as a hostage of Hamas.