Overnight World Report · October 14, 2026, 12:40 AM CDT
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- Today’s top news: Great Lakes region, Yemen, Sudan, Cyprus, Libya (via DPPA)
Today’s top news: Great Lakes region, Yemen, Sudan, Cyprus, Libya.
Great Lakes region This morning, the Security Council heard a briefing from the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region, Huang Xia.
He said that diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict in eastern Congo – in eastern DRC, have continued to make progress, including on the disarmament of the FDLR and the work of the Expanded Joint Verification Mechanism Plus.
At the same time, Mr. Xia warned that the security and humanitarian situation in the eastern DRC continues to deteriorate, with ongoing hostilities, growing regional tensions, and the continued spread of Ebola.
He stressed that the need to sustain efforts to build confidence, strengthen regional cooperation, and ensure that peace processes are more inclusive, including through the meaningful participation of women and youth groups.
Yemen The United Nations remains deeply concerned about the ongoing military escalation in Yemen and Saudi Arabia.
The UN is also alarmed by the intense hostilities across multiple front lines, particularly in Taiz, which is having a devastating humanitarian consequences for civilians, and call upon the parties to exercise restraint and prevent any further escalation.
The UN continues to urge them to uphold their obligations under international humanitarian law and to refrain from direct attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure and take constant care to spare both civilians and the infrastructure they use.
There is no military solution to this conflict.[1]
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