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U.N. says Yemen’s Houthi rebels have agreed to stop using child soldiers

By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press

The Houthis signed what the U.N. describes as an "action plan" to end and prevent recruiting or using children in armed conflict, killing or maiming children and attacking schools and hospitals.

U.N. envoy hopeful that there’s a ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ for Yemen’s war

By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press

The U.N. special envoy for Yemen has told the Security Council that there's "a light at the end of the tunnel" in the more than seven-year war in the Arab world's poorest country.

U.N. General Assembly suspends Russia from Human Rights Council

By Edith M. Lederer, Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press

The U.N. General Assembly has voted to suspend Russia from the world organization's leading human rights body over allegations of horrific rights violations in Ukraine, which the United States and Ukraine have called tantamount to war crimes.

UN climate report warns governments are falling short on lowering planet’s temperature

By William Brangham, Alexis Cox, Tommy Walters

The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change laid out its latest report Monday stressing the critical need to implement dramatic cuts in greenhouse gasses to head off the worst impacts of climate change. Dave Roberts writes a newsletter and…

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We have the tools to save the planet from climate change. Politics is getting in the way, new IPCC report says

By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas

The report itself was delayed by negotiations over language and key issues, illustrating how each nation's priorities can thwart timely progress.

WATCH: IPCC warns Earth is ‘firmly on track toward an unlivable world’

By Frank Jordans, Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

A new report from the UN's top body of climate scientists is warning that temperatures will go beyond a key danger point unless countries worldwide cut greenhouse emissions faster than they are currently committed to doing.

Former UN prosecutor calls for global arrest warrant for Putin

By Associated Press

The Swiss lawyer who oversaw U.N. investigations in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia said there were clear war crimes being committed in Ukraine.

U.N. seeks record $4.4 billion for Afghans struggling under Taliban

By Jamey Keaten, Kathy Gannon, Associated Press

The head of the United Nations says nearly all Afghans don't have enough to eat and some have resorted to "selling their children and their body parts" to get money for food.

U.N. blames Russia for humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, urges aid

By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press

The U.N. General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a resolution blaming Russia for humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and urging an immediate cease-fire and protection for millions of civilians and the homes, schools and hospitals critical to their survival.

U.N. aims to give every person on Earth access to natural disaster early warning systems

By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press

The chief of the United Nations announced a project Wednesday to put every person on Earth in range of early weather-warning systems within five years.