Freshregimestrikesonabesiegedrebel-heldenclavenearDamascuskilled78civiliansonTuesdaydespitemountingWesternpressureonSyrianPresidentBasharal-Assad.Thebloodshedca
RussianForeignMinisterSergeiLavrovdiscussedpreparationsfortheSyriapeacecongressintheRussiancityofSochionJan.29-30withTurkishcounterpartMevlutCavusogluinaphoneca
TheUnitedNationshasallowedsexualharassmentandassaulttoflourishinitsofficesaroundtheworld,withaccusersignoredandperpetratorsfreetoactwithimpunity,theGuardianhasb
MyanmarpoliceopenedfireonacrowdofethnicRakhineBuddhistsastheytriedtoseizeagovernmentofficelateTuesday,inunrestthatleftsevendeadandinjuredaroundadozenmore,police
UNSecretary-GeneralAntonioGuterressaidTuesdaythathewillattendtheopeningceremonyoftheWinterOlympicsintheRepublicofKorea."IamalsoencouragedbythedecisionoftheDemoc
ChinahasreiterateditsfirmstanceonstrictlyadheringtoUNresolutionsandwillseverelypunishanyviolations,aspokeswomanforChina’sMinistryofForeignAffairssaidonFriday.Hu
Concludingthemainpartofits72ndsession,theUnitedNationsGeneralAssemblySundaytookanumberofkeyactions,includingapprovingaUNprogrambudgetofnearly5.4billionU.S.dolla
TheUSgovernmenthasannouncedsignificantcutsinitsUnitedNationsbudgetobligationsfor2018-19inwhatwillbeinterpretedasafurtherratchetingupofpressurefromtheTrumpadmini
Lookingbackontheyearof2017,theUnitedNations,whiletryinghardtoupholdinternationalpeaceandsecurityandcommittedtoglobalgovernance,haswithstoodstrainsofseveretradit
Violenceagainstwomenisaworldwideproblem.AsawarenessgrowsintheWest,manygroupsareconfrontingtheproblemhead-on.Butevensomeofthosetryingtohelp,findthattheproblemexi
TheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)issuedonSundayastrong-wordedstatementcondemningthelatestUNresolutiontoimposemoresanctionsoveritsnuclearandmissileprogr
ChinaassertedonThursdayitspositiononfightingterrorisminallformsadayafterIndiaraisedconcernsattheUnitedNationsSecurityCouncil(UNSC)thatsomeUNmembersarefailingto“
TheUnitedNationsGeneralAssemblyvotedonThursdayby128toninetodeclareUSPresidentDonaldTrump'smovetorecognizeJerusalemasIsrael'scapital"nullandvoid."Despitethehumil
AnoverwhelmingmajorityofnationsvotedinfavorofaUNGeneralAssemblyresolutioncallingontheUStowithdrawitsrecognitionofJerusalemasIsrael’scapital.Theresolutionpassed,
TheUnitedNationshasvotedoverwhelminglytocondemnDonaldTrump'sdecisiontodeclareJerusalemasIsrael'scapital.TheUNGeneralAssemblyvotedby128to9infavourofcallingAmeric
TheUnitedNationshasvotedoverwhelminglytocondemnDonaldTrump'sdecisiontodeclareJerusalemasIsrael'scapital.TheUNGeneralAssemblyvotedby128to9infavourofcallingAmeric
AnindependentUNhumanrightsinvestigatorWednesdayhasbeentoldthatshehashadheraccesstoMyanmarblockedjustbeforehervisit.YangheeLee,UNspecialrapporteursaidinastatemen