Russia vetoes Sudan ceasefire resolution at UN
Russia vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on Monday calling for an immediate end to hostilities in Sudan where a war between two rival generals has been raging since April…
UN committee says Israel warfare in Gaza ‘consistent with genocide’
Israel’s warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, a special UN committee said Thursday, as a Human Rights Watch report said Israel’s displacement of Gazans amounts to…
Iran tells UN nuclear chief it won’t negotiate under ‘intimidation’
TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Thursday that Iran will not negotiate under “intimidation” as he held crunch talks with the UN nuclear chief weeks before US President-elect Donald…
COP29: Pay up or face climate-led disaster for humanity, warns UN chief
BAKU, Azerbaijan – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told world leaders at the COP29 summit on Tuesday to “pay up” to prevent climate-led humanitarian disasters, and said time was running…
Israel tells UN it is cutting ties with Palestinian aid agency
Israel formally notified the United Nations of its decision to sever ties with the agency supporting Palestinian refugees, it said Monday, after lawmakers voted to ban the organisation vital to…
Greenhouse gases hit new record highs in 2023: UN
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 Monday. Levels of the three…
UN chief ‘shocked by harrowing levels of death, injury and destruction’ in north Gaza
UN chief Antonio Guterres said Sunday he was “shocked by harrowing levels of death, injury and destruction” in north Gaza, where Israeli forces are carrying out attacks they say aim…
Ukrainian President Zelensky rejects UN chief Guterres’ visit to Kyiv over Russia trip
President Volodymyr Zelensky has rejected a visit to Ukraine by Antonio Guterres over the UN chief’s participation in a summit hosted in Russia, a high-ranking source in the Ukrainian presidency…
UN seeks probe into reported mass killing of Afghans migrating to Iran
Reuters HERAT, Afghanistan – The United Nations’ mission in Afghanistan called on Thursday for an investigation into reports that a large group of Afghan migrants had been shot and killed…
Gaza unemployment surges to 80% as economy collapses, UN agency says
Reuters Unemployment in Gaza has soared to nearly 80% since the Israel-Hamas war erupted, with the devastated enclave’s economy in almost total collapse, the International Labour Organization said on Thursday.…