United Nations climate negotiators directed the world yesterday to transition away from planet-warming fossil fuels in a move the talks chief called historic, despite critics’ worries about
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres used a rarely exercised power to warn the Security Council yesterday of an impending “humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza and urged its members to
The World Health Organization says it has made an official request to China for information about a potentially worrying spike in respiratory illnesses and clusters of pneumonia in
The U.N.’s most powerful body must support governments seeking to legally declare the intensifying crackdown by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on women and girls “gender apartheid,” the head
Russia’s top diplomat denounced the United States and the West on Saturday as self-interested defenders of a fading international power structure, but he didn’t discuss his country’s
It’s Day 3 of the U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting that brings world leaders together at U.N. headquarters in New York. Here are the highlights of
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said yesterday that Russia is “weaponizing” everything from food and energy to abducted children in its war against Ukraine — and
More than 30 Atlantic countries on four continents committed yesterday to bolster coordination on economic development, environmental protection, maritime issues and more, the White House said.
Iran has slowed the pace at which it is enriching uranium to nearly weapons-grade levels, according to a report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog seen by The
Chinese leader Xi Jinping defended China's record to the top U.N. human rights official today (Wednesday), saying each nation should be allowed to find its own path based on its
Russian President Vladimir Putin received no support from members of the U.N. Security Council at an emergency meeting today (Macau time) for his actions to bring separatists in eastern Ukraine
President Xi Jinping today (Monday) called on the world to increase cooperation, and work together to address the challenges and global problems facing humanity (full text below). Xi made the remarks
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sharply criticized the “wildly uneven and unfair” distribution of COVID-19 vaccines yesterday , saying 10 countries have administered 75 percent of all vaccinations and demanding a
Facing a world in turmoil from multiple crises ranging from wars in the Mideast and Africa to the deadly scourge of Ebola and growing Islamic radicalism, leaders from more than
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