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Troops from the military junta reportedly attacked Kyauktaw town around noon on Monday, when more than 200 shops in the market were busy with traders, customers and transport workers.
Women and children were among the dead and at least 58 people were injured, many of them in critical condition. The number of victims is expected to increase.
UN Human Rights Chair Volker Türk said the attack raised serious concerns about respect for international humanitarian law, and described Myanmar as a country “plagued by extreme violence”.
He highlighted violations against the Rohingya in particular by the army and the opposition armed group Arakan Army.
Malaysia urges to stop deportations
The strike came hours before Malaysia began implementing plans to deport around 5,000 Myanmar nationals.
The plan follows an agreement between Myanmar’s military rulers and Kuala Lumpur, which Malaysia said would involve only voluntary repatriations.
United Nations refugee agency, UNHCRsaid it was not involved in identifying the repatriated people, who were reportedly being held in detention centers.
Türk urged authorities to immediately stop the process, and warned that conditions in Myanmar were “far from safe and sustainable”.
The UN Secretary General also made the call regarding the reported return of around 1,500 people, and UNHCR emphasized that no one should be sent back to a place where they are at risk of abuse or torture, and that ongoing violence in Rakhine shows that conditions for a safe and voluntary return do not exist.
Fletcher opened the fund ahead of the El Niño-induced drought in Africa
UN aid chief Tom Fletcher has released millions of dollars from Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to address the worst impacts of El Niño-induced drought in South Sudan, Zimbabwe and Chad.
In South Sudan, where more than two out of every three people – more than 10 million in total – already need help, $6 million will support early action against a worsening drought that Fletcher says will endanger lives and livelihoods.
The funds will help provide food, health, nutrition, protection, water and sanitation services.
In the Zimbabwe$4 million will be used for anticipatory action to secure food, health and nutrition support before drought arrives.
In the child$3.6 million will help 350,000 people prepare for dry conditions that could worsen food insecurity and weaken livelihoods.
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The funds are disbursed automatically once the trigger threshold is met, bringing funding for anticipatory action for drought in seven different regions of Chad to $8 million since the start of the year.
The funds will complement the Chadian government’s efforts and support early warning, cash transfers to vulnerable households, animal feed, malnutrition screening and treatment, disease surveillance and prevention and treatment of gender-based violence.
The UN has established a Global Emergency Fund to help people experiencing crises around the world. You can donate Here.
Israeli fire near UN site in Gaza as settler attacks continue in the West Bank
Israeli gunfire has been reported near UN facilities and humanitarian convoys in Gaza on several occasions in recent days, according to the UN humanitarian office (Ocha) on Tuesday.
No casualties were reported, but the UN stressed that civilians – including aid workers and humanitarian operatives – must always be protected.
Relief work continues. In the third week of September, protection partners provided mental health support, counseling and other services to approximately 13,000 Gazans.
They also distributed around 740 food packages, 6,000 adult diapers and 2,000 assistive devices including wheelchairs, as well as hygiene kits to more than 200 refugee families.
United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees, UNRWAsaid 1,394 Palestinians had been killed since a failed ceasefire in October 2025, citing local health authorities, and about 94 percent of the population needed housing assistance.
Attacks in the West Bank
Settler attacks continue to undermine the safety and livelihoods of Palestinians, OCHA said, adding to pressure on communities to flee their homes. Several houses were damaged in Jalud village, in Nablus province, on Monday evening.
Over the weekend in Tubas Province, water networks serving Palestinians were damaged and vehicles carrying water and produce were confiscated.
News reports said more than 100 settlers attacked Jalud, stopping al-Tubasi’s family from returning to the home that settlers had seized weeks earlier.
The family was reportedly escorted by Israeli troops after Israel’s High Court ruled earlier this month that they should be allowed to return.
Two of their homes were burned and Israeli security forces were also targeted, according to news reports.
OCHA has recorded more than 1,600 settler attacks this year – an average of 6.7 a day, up from five a day in 2025 – and more than 4,300 Palestinians have been displaced.
