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…
World Sep 11 UN chief: World is at `pivotal moment’ and must avert crises U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a dire warning that the world is moving in the wrong direction and faces “a pivotal moment” where continuing business as usual could lead to a breakdown of global order and a future of perpetual…
World Aug 16 WATCH: U.N. Security Council urges inclusive talks on new Afghan government The U.N. Security on Monday called for an immediate end to violence in Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover of the country and inclusive talks to form a new Afghan government that includes women.
Politics Jun 23 U.S. votes against U.N. resolution condemning embargo on Cuba The U.S. has voted against a U.N. resolution that condemned the American economic embargo of Cuba for the 29th year, maintaining the Trump administration's opposition and refusing to return to the Obama administration's 2016 abstention.
World Jun 18 U.N. assembly condemns Myanmar coup, calls for arms embargo Supporters had hoped the 193-member world body would approve the resolution unanimously by consensus, but Belarus called for a vote. The measure was approved with 119 countries voting "yes," Belarus voting "no," and 36 countries abstaining.