Tag: United Nations

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Following staff detentions, the UN suspends humanitarian...

The United Nations has suspended humanitarian operations in northern Saada after rebels detained eight more U.N. staffers, during...

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Stefanik meets with senators as Trump's UN ambassador nominee,...

Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., met with 10 senators in two days this week while on the road to confirmation as President-elect Donald...

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UN peace exhibit features slogan calling for Israel to...

A Global Peace Flag exhibit at the United Nations headquarters in NYC features a slogan that many Israelis regard as an explicit call...

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Israel's UN ambassador claims that UNIFIL disregarded the...

Amid fighting between Israel and Hezbollah terrorists, the U.N. is facing criticism that its peacekeeping force has failed to stop...

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India Calls United Nations ‘An Old Company’

India’s External Affairs Minister, S. Jaishankar, sharply criticized the United Nations (UN) on Sunday, calling it an “old company”

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UN's 'Pact for the Future' full of empty promises, will...

A U.N. expert argued that the organization has not established itself as a reliable body that can tackle the issues it has raised...

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UN ambassador announces $60M in aid, police resources for...

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield announced an additional $60 million in humanitarian aid for Haiti while...

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US-China policy failures highlighted on Tiananmen Square...

The naïve U.S. desire to try and shape China's emergence on the global scene may have ultimately proven its undoing as Beijing failed...

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United Nations slammed for holding meeting to honor 'Butcher...

Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi died earlier this month, along with Iran's foreign minister and other high-ranking officials, when...

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UN experts say South Sudan is close to securing a $13 billion...

South Sudan is close to securing a loan of $13 billion from United Arab Emirates company Hamad Bin Khalifa Department of Projects,...

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Two former UN officials are accused of plotting to sell...

Canadian police said Tuesday that two former UN employees in Montreal have been charged in a conspiracy to sell military equipment...

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A tropical cyclone makes landfall in northern Madagascar,...

18 people have been killed and four people are missing this week in Madagascar after a tropical cyclone made landfall on the north...

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Brazilian foreign minister calls for UN reform at G20 kickoff

Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira called Wednesday for reforms to the U.N. and other institutions as it kicked off its presidency...

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UN appoints independent review of UNRWA amid allegations...

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres announced the appointment of an independent review to assess UNRWA and allegations its workers...