United Nations
UN Secretary General says Black Sea grain deal extended
The United Nations Secretary General on Thursday welcomed an agreement by all parties to extend the Black Sea grain deal to facilitate Ukraine's agricultural...
U.S. candidate beats Russian to head U.N. telecoms agency
The U.S. candidate Doreen Bogdan-Martin on Thursday decisively beat a Russian candidate to be the next Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union in an...
U.N. showdown looms as Ukraine calls for Russia to be stripped of veto rights
Ukraine demanded the United Nations punish Russia for its invasion and strip it of its security council veto as a showdown loomed on Thursday...
Overwhelming UN vote makes China’s Ukraine balancing act harder
An overwhelming vote by the United Nations on a resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine may increase the pressure on China to take a...
UN General Assembly to vote on demand Russia withdraw from Ukraine
The United Nations General Assembly is set to reprimand Russia on Wednesday over its invasion of Ukraine and demand that Moscow stop fighting and...
New COP26 draft weakens wording on fossil fuels
A new draft document from the United Nations climate summit, COP26 was published on Friday with a weakening of language around the phasing out...
Good omens hard to find as global climate talks open
World leaders began arriving on Monday at a U.N. conference critical to averting the most disastrous effects of climate change, their challenge made even...
Aide to Ukraine’s president survives assassination attempt
A top adviser to the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has survived an assassination attempt that officials suggest is tied to a political battle with criminal...
UN General Assembly: Romania’s president discusses pandemic and climate change
Romania's President Klaus Iohannis at the 76th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations discussed important topics such as human rights, climate...