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So many crises in the trans-Atlantic world are coming to a head that it is almost overwhelming: The financial sector faces an imminent new collapse—yet governments remain silent and do nothing. President Obama, with his veto of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism (JASTA) bill, has sided with Saudi Arabia against the victims of the 9/11 attacks, and thus exposed himself to possible impeachment.

More than 100,000 people living in the poor rural areas of the Kyrgyz Republic are expected to benefit from improved access to quality water and sanitation services thanks to US$23.5 million in financing for the Sustainable Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Development Project, approved on September 30, by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors. US$12.92 million of this financing is a concessional credit, while US$ 10.58 million is a grant.

On September 30, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced the launch of the new Special Drawing Right (SDR) valuation basket including the Chinese renminbi (RMB), and the new currency amounts that will determine the value of the SDR during the new valuation period.

Children ouside their tent in the western part of Aleppo city, Syria.

A boy from the al-Hamadaniyah neighbourhood in Aleppo, Syria.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets with President Shimon Peres of Israel.

Colombians are “bidding farewell to decades of flames and sending up a bright flare of hope that illuminates the world,” United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on 26 September in Cartagena, welcoming the signing by the Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People's Army (FARC-EP) of a peace deal ending more than 50 years of conflict.

The OSCE-supported two-stage Canine Explosive Search Training Programme co-organized by the Austrian Ministry of Internal Affairs, the OSCE Programme Office in Astana and the US Embassy in Kazakhstan concluded on 27 September in Astana.

A delegation from the civil liberties committee visited Lebanon to find out how the country was dealing with the refugee crisis

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) meets with Nicos Anastasiades (left), President of the Republic of Cyprus, and Mustafa Akinci, Leader of the Turkish Cypriot Community.