World Nov 08 U.N. humanitarian chief says over 3 million in Myanmar need 'life-saving' aid Martin Griffiths also urged donors on Monday to respond to the U.N. appeal, saying less than half of the $385 million required has been raised since the military ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.
World Oct 28 U.N. calls on Sudan military to restore civilian government The U.N.'s most powerful body also said it is ready "to support efforts to realize Sudan's democratic transition" and the peoples' aspirations "for an inclusive, peaceful, stable, democratic and prosperous future."…
World Oct 14 U.S. wins seat on U.N. Human Rights Council once shunned by Trump The United States has won a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council that former president Donald Trump denounced and quit.
World Oct 14 Yemen economy is collapsing, humanitarian crisis rising The U.N.'s deputy humanitarian chief says Yemen’s economy is collapsing, its humanitarian crisis is worsening, and the conflict in the Arab world’s poorest nation is growing more violent.
World Sep 24 Iran foreign minister says country will return to nuclear talks 'very soon' Former President Donald Trump denounced the nuclear accord and withdrew the U.S. from the agreement in 2018. Biden and his team have made a U.S. return to the deal one of their top foreign policy priorities.
World Sep 23 16 million Yemenis 'marching' toward starvation due to war, UN says The head of the U.N. food agency says 16 million people in Yemen are marching toward starvation and more funding is needed.
World Sep 22 WATCH: 2021 United Nations General Assembly - Day 3 At a ministerial meeting of the Security Council, the officials urged the U.N.’s most powerful body to do more to address the security implications of climate change and make global warming a key part of all U.N. peacekeeping operations.
World Sep 22 Taliban face uphill battle in efforts to speak at U.N. meeting The Taliban are challenging the credentials of the ambassador from Afghanistan’s former government and asking to speak at the General Assembly’s high-level meeting of world leaders this week.
World Sep 21 WATCH: 2021 United Nations General Assembly - Day 2 Racism, climate change and the world’s worsening divisions will take center stage at the U.N. meeting of world leaders, a day after Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that the world was "on the edge of an abyss.”…
World Sep 19 As leaders reconvene at UN, climate and COVID top the list With the coronavirus pandemic still raging in many parts of the world, leaders from more than 100 nations are heading to New York this week for the United Nations' annual high-level gathering — a COVID-inflected, semi-locked down affair that takes…