The UN has called for safe passage for trapped civilians out of the Sudanese city of el-Fasher after paramilitary fighters announced they had seized control of the army’s…
Read more UN pleads for safe passage for civilians trapped in war-hit Sudan citySAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica put forward Wednesday long-time diplomat and former Vice President Rebeca Grynspan as a candidate to be the next secretary-general of…
Read more Costa Rica nominates Rebeca Grynspan for UN secretary-generalUNITED NATIONS (AP) — Twenty-five years after a landmark U.N. resolution demanded equal participation for women in all efforts to promote peace, the United Nations chief said Tuesday…
Read more 25 years after landmark UN resolution, UN chief says women are too often absent from peace talksPresident Donald Trump returned to the United Nations on Tuesday to boast of his second-term foreign policy achievements and lash out at the world body as a feckless…
Read more Trump in speech to UN says world body ‘not even coming close to living up’ to its potentialUnited Nations Secretary General António Guterres has expressed dismay at “the rapidly deteriorating situation” in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur State. Guterres’ spokesman Stéphane Dujarric…
Read more Guterres concerned over deteriorating situation in Sudan’s El FasherFar-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has called for Israel to annex the Gaza Strip if Hamas refuses to disarm, the latest push by an Israeli official to…
Read more Israel’s Smotrich calls for phased Gaza annexation if Hamas does not disarmIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday he will give final approval for takeover of Gaza City while also restarting negotiations with Hamas aimed at returning all of…
Read more Netanyahu says he’ll push ahead with Gaza City takeover and renewed ceasefire talksUNITED NATIONS (AP) — They were sharing the world stage to discuss a plan to give young people more input in decisions that shape lives. And 26-year-old Daphne…
Read more At the UN, young people push to make sure the generational shift is faster — and more substantialThe U.N. secretary-general will tell the Security Council next week that both Israel and Hamas are violating children’s rights and leaving them exposed to danger in their war…
Read more UN will declare that both Israel and Hamas are violating children’s rights in armed conflictDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber’s controversial remarks that “no science” shows a fossil fuel phaseout is needed to hit climate goals may require “clarification,”…
Read more John Kerry shrugs off COP28 chief’s controversial fossil fuel remarksThe Israeli army bombed a convoy of ambulances near the largest hospital in Gaza on Friday, an attack that “horrified” United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The facility —…
Read more Israel bombs ambulance convoy near Gaza’s largest hospitalPortugal’s Foreign Minister João Gomes Cravinho on Wednesday said his government supported António Guterres’ position on the Israel-Hamas war, amid an escalating dispute between the United Nations secretary-general and Israeli authorities. “We…
Read more Portugal backs UN in bitter feud with Israel, which vowed to ‘teach them a lesson’CNN — Shortages of food, fuel and electricity in Gaza “are going to kill many, many people,” a senior aid official warned Friday, as Israel’s siege and bombardment…
Read more Gaza conditions worsen amid warnings that shortages could ‘kill many, many people’ | CNNPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. The ongoing blockade of Gaza has pushed the enclave’s 2.3 million people to the brink of starvation,…
Read more UN warns of Gaza catastrophe as Israel prepares ground invasionChinese president notes that he and Putin have met 42 times in the past decade and developed a ‘deep friendship’. Chinese leader Xi Jinping has told Russian President…
Read more Xi hails ‘deepening trust’ between China and Russia as he meets PutinWestern governments are urging Israel to show restraint in its military campaign against Hamas in Gaza, as fears grow that the conflict could spiral out of control. On…
Read more West urges Israel to show restraint amid escalation fearsBUDAPEST — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has accused other European leaders of fearmongering over the threat of climate change at the expense of ignoring the problem of…
Read more Hungary’s Orbán calls for less climate panic, more babiesThe Kremlin said on Monday that a U.N.-brokered deal to allow the safe passage of Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea is terminated, claiming that Russia’s conditions…
Read more Moscow kills off Black Sea grain dealUnited Nations Secretary-General António Guterres backed the reform of the U.N. Security Council and the international financial system to align them with the “realities of today’s world.” Both…
Read more UN chief backs reform of Security Council, global financial systemThe planet appears to be at a major crossroads when it comes to meeting climate-related goals. Discussions about how to mitigate the effects of climate change are closely…
Read more Green transition won’t be perfect and we’ll need natural gas, World Energy Council CEO says
