Health : WHO sounds alarm over surging antibiotic resistance worldwide (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Approximately one in six laboratory-confirmed bacterial infections in people worldwide in 2023 were caused by bacteria resistant to antibiotic treatments, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Haiti : Millions gripped by hunger as humanitarian crisis deepens (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The prolonged humanitarian crisis is driving rising hunger and malnutrition in Haiti, with women, children and displaced families being the hardest hit, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on 13 October.

UN : Rights body urges urgent action as South Sudan teeters on the brink (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The escalating political crisis in South Sudan is driving renewed armed violence and compounding already dire human rights and humanitarian conditions in the country, the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan warned on 13 October.