A paramilitary group at war with Sudanโs military endorses a cease-fire during holy fasting month
A Sudanese paramilitary group battling the countryโs military in a nearly yearlong ruinous conflict has endorsed a resolution by the U.N. Security Council calling for a cease-fire during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
UN chief urges Sudan's warring parties to halt hostilities during Muslim holy month of Ramadan
The United Nations chief is urging Sudanโs warring parties to halt hostilities during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, warning that the nearly year-long conflict threatens the countryโs unity and โcould ignite regional instability of dramatic proportions.โ.
Most UN Security Council members demand Taliban rescind decrees seriously oppressing women and girls
More than two-thirds of the U.N. Security Councilโs members have demanded that the Taliban rescind all policies and decrees oppressing and discriminating against women and girls, including banning girls education above the sixth grade and womenโs right to work and move freely.
Live updates | Deadly strikes across Gaza as Israel makes plans to evacuate civilians from Rafah
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has ordered the military to draw up plans to evacuate civilians from the southern city of Rafah, ahead of an expected Israeli invasion into areas near the border with Egypt.
North Korea tests more cruise missiles as leader Kim calls for war readiness
South Koreaโs military said North Korea has fired multiple cruise missiles into waters off its western coast, extending a provocative series of weapons tests in the face of deepening tensions with the United States, South Korea and Japan.
UN chief warns that Israel's rejection of a two-state solution threatens global peace
The United Nations chief is warning Israel that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyauโs rejection of a two-state solution will indefinitely prolong a conflict that is threatening global peace and emboldening extremists everywhere.
At Davos, Blinken calls a pathway to a Palestinian state a necessity for Israeli security
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Israel cannot achieve โgenuine securityโ without a pathway to a Palestinian state, insisting such a move could help unify the Middle East and isolate Israelโs top rival: Iran.
UN appoints a former Dutch deputy premier and Mideast expert as its Gaza humanitarian coordinator
The Netherlandsโ former deputy prime minister and Mideast expert has been appointed the United Nations coordinator for humanitarian aid to Gaza, where there are more than 2 million desperate civilians in need of food, water and medicine.
Palestinians hope a vote in the UN General Assembly will show wide support for a Gaza cease-fire
The Palestinians are hoping that a vote in the U.N. General Assembly on a nonbinding resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire will demonstrate widespread global support for ending the Israel-Hamas war.
As COP28 nears finish, critics say proposal 'doesn't even come close' to what's needed on climate
Countries at United Nations-led climate talks in Dubai moved closer to reaching a final deal on Monday, but critics condemned a draft agreement as a watered-down document that won't stop dangerous climate change.
UN chief uses rare power to warn Security Council of impending 'humanitarian catastrophe' in Gaza
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has used a rarely exercised power to warn the Security Council of an impending โhumanitarian catastropheโ in Gaza and urged its members to demand an immediate cease-fire.
Live updates | Fighting in southern Gaza city as Israel widens its offensive
The center of Gazaโs second-largest city has seen fighting amid Israelโs widening air and ground offensive in the southern part of the territory that has displaced tens of thousands more Palestinians and worsened dire humanitarian conditions.
After a fast start, COP28 climate talks now in murky middle of hope, roadblocks
After a first-day blur of rare quick action and agreement, negotiators at a critical United Nations climate conference Wednesday are finishing up their first week in a more familiar place for them: the murky middle where momentum and roadblocks intertwine.
Don't ignore us: Backed by pope, poorer nations use COP28 summit to press rich world on climate
Leaders of developing nations launched into the second-day of a U.N. climate summit to press rich industrialized countries to share their knowhow to fight global warming and ease the financial burdens they face.
Takeaways from Friday's events at UN climate conference known as COP28
Friday was a day for speechmaking at the United Nations annual climate conference known as COP28, as heads of state each gave short speeches to deliver their views on the planetโs climate crisis, what their nation is doing and what they think others should do.
Climate contradictions key at UN talks. Less future warming projected, yet there's more current pain
Experts say the world is heading for considerably less warming than projected a decade ago, but that good news is overwhelmed by much more pain from current climate change than scientists anticipated.
'We absolutely need to act immediately,' says UN chief during visit to Antarctica ahead of COP28
Ahead of international climate talks, U_N_ Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited globally-important Antarctica, where ice thatโs been frozen for millions of years is melting due to human-caused climate change, sending the message that โwe absolutely need to act immediately.โ.
UN report says world is racing to well past warming limit as carbon emissions rise instead of plunge
A new United Nations report calculates that the globe is speeding to 2.5 to 2.9 degrees Celsius (4.5 to 5.2 degrees Fahrenheit) of global warming since pre-industrial times, set to blow well past the agreed upon international climate threshold.
US and Arab partners disagree on the need for a cease-fire as Israeli airstrikes kill more civilians
The United States and Arab partners are disagreeing on the need for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip as the Israeli military says the besieged enclaveโs Hamas rulers are โencountering the full forceโ of its troops.
Israel vows again to destroy Hamas, rejecting calls for a cease-fire in Gaza at a major UN meeting
Israel is vowing again to destroy Hamas, rejecting calls for a cease-fire at a high-level U_N_ meeting from the U_N_ chief, the Palestinians and many countries and declaring that its war against the extremist group in Gaza is also โthe war of the free world.โ.
Putin begins visit in China underscoring ties amid Ukraine war and Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Beijing on a visit that underscores Chinaโs support for Moscow during its war in Ukraine as well as Russian backing for Chinaโs bid to expand its economic and diplomatic influence abroad through its decade-old โBelt and Roadโ initiative.
UN airs concerns for civilians as Israel steps up military response in Gaza to deadly Hamas attacks
The United Nations is expressing growing concerns about humanitarian needs in Palestinian areas as Israel ratchets up a muscular military riposte and lockdown of Gaza after the weekend attack by Hamas militants who killed and kidnapped hundreds of civilians in Israel.
Israeli academics and artists call on Biden and UN to shun Netanyahu during his upcoming US visit
Thousands of Israeli academics and artists have urged U.S. President Joe Biden and United Nations Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres to shun Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his scheduled visit to the U.S. next week.
The first Africa Climate Summit opens as hard-hit continent of 1.3B demands more say and financing
The first African Climate Summit is opening with heads of state and others asserting a stronger voice on a global issue that affects the continent of 1.3 billion people the most, even though they contribute to it the least.
The UN is undertaking an unprecedented 6-month withdrawal of nearly 13,000 peacekeepers from Mali
The United Nations is in the throes of what Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres calls an โunprecedentedโ six-month exit from Mali on orders of the West African nationโs military junta, which has brought in mercenaries from Russiaโs Wagner Group to help fight an Islamic insurgency.
UN chief urges deployment of police special forces and military support to combat gangs in Haiti
The United Nations chief is urging the international community to deploy a multinational force comprising โpolice special forces and military support unitsโ to Haiti to combat gangs with sophisticated weapons and restore security to the impoverished Caribbean nation.
Agreement to reopen crossing to Syria's northwest will safeguard independent UN operations, UN says
The United Nations says the agreement it reached with Syria to reopen the main border crossing from Turkey to the countryโs rebel-held northwest for six months safeguards the independence of U.N. operations and allows it to provide aid to all parties.
UN chief welcomes Kenya's offer to `positively consider' leading police force to combat Haiti gangs
The United Nations chief has welcomed Kenyaโs offer to โpositively considerโ leading a multinational police force to help combat Haitiโs gangs and improve security in the violence-wracked Caribbean nation.
Putin woos African leaders at a summit in Russia with promises of expanding trade and other ties
Russian President Vladimir Putin has hailed Africa's growing role in global affairs and offered to expand political and business ties as he courted leaders from the continent at a summit in St. Petersburg.
July has been so blistering hot, scientists already calculate that it's the warmest month on record
July has been so hot so far that scientists calculate that this month will be the globally hottest on record and likely the warmest human civilization has seen, even though there are several days left to sweat through.
Putin promises no-cost Russian grain shipments to 6 African countries
Russian President Vladimir Putin has told leaders and officials from most African countries that his nation is making full efforts to avert a global food crisis despite concerns that its withdrawal from a deal allowing grain shipments from Ukraine will cause price spikes.
Exec tells first UN council meeting that big tech can't be trusted to guarantee AI safety
An artificial intelligence company executive told the first U_N_ Security Council meeting on AIโs threats to global peace that the handful of big tech companies leading the race to commercialize AI canโt be trusted to guarantee the safety of systems we donโt yet understand and that are prone to โchaotic or unpredictable behavior.โ.
UN ends aid to northwest Syria from Turkey after Security Council fails to renew approval
The U.N. Security Council has failed to approve either of two rival resolutions authorizing the delivery of humanitarian aid to Syriaโs rebel-held northwest from neighboring Turkey, officially ending the U.N. cross-border operation which had been vital to helping 4.1 million people.
UN warns its development goals for 2030 are in trouble and 575 million people will remain very poor
In a grim report, the U.N. is warning that at the current rate of global progress 575 million people will still be living in extreme poverty and 84 million children wonโt be going to school in 2030 โ and it will take 286 years to reach equality between men and women.
West clashes with Russia and Iran at UN over Tehran's uranium enrichment and drones for Russia
The United States and its Western allies clashed with Russia and Iran at the U.N. Security Council over Tehranโs advancing uranium enrichment and its reported supply of combat drones to Moscow used to attack Ukraine.
UN chief calls for coordinated global action on disinformation, hate and artificial intelligence
The United Nations chief says the proliferation of hate and lies on digital platforms and the threat that artificial intelligence can become an uncontrolled โmonsterโ demand coordinated global action.