Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

Dismay as key cholera vaccine is discontinued

Exclusive: halt to production of Shanchol vaccine alarms WHO amid ‘unprecedented’ global outbreaks

The Guardian - UK

Why is a UN torture prevention committee visiting Australia?

From October 16 to 27, United Nations will pay a special visit to look at some of the hidden corners of Australian society.

The Conversation

UN chief: 20 leading economies must help developing nations

The United Nations chief has sent a letter to finance ministers and central bankers from the world’s 20 leading economies urging that they change course and steer a global economic recovery including developing countries that have been hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact of the war in Ukraine…

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Proposed UN resolution would sanction top Haitian gang chief

The U_N_ Security Council is negotiating a resolution that would impose an arms embargo, asset freeze and travel ban on influential Haitian gang leader Jimmy Cherizier, nicknamed “Barbeque.”

The Independent UK

Inside the French effort to counter Russian mercenaries in Africa

"We’re competing with a Russian effort to expel France and the West from Africa.”

Axios

Quiet or loud diplomacy?

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has forced countries around the world to make tough economic and diplomatic decisions. But in the latest vote on Wednesday at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on a resolution to condemn Russia's recent annexation bids in eastern Ukraine, Thailand abstained, a move that raises questions…

Bangkok Post

Families of missing Tunisian migrants desperate for information

In tonight's edition: Families of over 20 migrants drowned at sea call on Tunisian authorities to do more to recover the bodies of their loved ones. And on the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, the UN's weather and climate agency is sounding the alarm over disaster readiness, saying half…

France 24

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

U.N. Security Council considers Haiti sanctions, targeting 'Barbecue'

The U.N. Security Council is considering creating a sanctions regime to impose an asset freeze, travel ban and arms embargo on anyone who threatens the peace, security or stability of Haiti, according to a draft resolution seen by Reuters on Thursday.

Reuters

UN chief urges Yemen's warring parties to extend truce

The U.N. special envoy for Yemen is blaming Houthi rebels for the failure to renew a six-month-long truce

The Independent UK

Russia announces Kherson evacuation, raising fears city will become frontline

Deputy PM says residents will be helped to move away from southern Ukrainian region partly occupied by invaders

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine recap: Russia targets civilians as the world argues about how to end the war

Ever since Vladimir Putin sent Russian troops across the border into Ukraine, the role of the UN as global problem solver has come under scrutiny. Any attempts for meaningful action by the security council are immediately stymied by the fact that – as a permanent member – Russia can simply…

The Conversation

Exclusive-Russia is prepared to quit Black Sea grains deal, writes to UN with demands

Moscow has submitted concerns to the United Nations about an agreement on Black Sea grain exports, and is prepared to reject renewing the deal next month unless its demands are addressed, Russia's Geneva U.N. ambassador told Reuters on Thursday.

Reuters

Tigray's healthcare workers haven't been paid in over a year -- and bear the brunt of the war

Tragic stories of suffering and death have emerged from Tigray since 2020, when civil war erupted between the central Ethiopian government and the regional Tigrayan government.

The Conversation

Church of Scotland raise concerns over Liz Truss bid to move UK Israel embassy to Jerusalem

If the Prime Minister follows through it would be a break from decades of UK foreign policy and would follow in the footsteps of Donald Trump.

The National (Scotland)

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

WEKU

Only 4 countries side with Russia as U.N. rejects annexations in Ukraine

"The world had its say," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, calling Russia's push for annexation "worthless."

The Conversation

Ukraine war: latest UN vote shows world wants conflict to end – but can't agree on how to prevent Putin going nuclear

Each time the United Nations gathers to debate and vote on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it becomes more obvious that the vast majority of the international community condemns the invasion and wants the conflict to stop. But what is also becoming clear is that the world is hopelessly divided as…

Evening Standard

I won’t sing Bond but I will play him, says Ellie Goulding

Singer Ellie Goulding told us she is proud to use her “platform for good” as she won the Ally Award at the Attitude magazine ceremony in Camden last night. Goulding, right, was celebrated for supporting the LGBTQ community at the fun bash.

Miami Herald

‘Catastrophic situation’: Haiti’s gang violence spurs outbreak of cholera, other illnesses

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — When Haiti’s leading infectious disease specialist heard that cholera, the deadly waterborne disease that he and others had spent nearly a decade trying to eradicate in the impoverished country, was back, he was angry.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Reuters

Russia's Lavrov calls U.N. resolution condemning Ukraine annexation 'anti-Russian' - TASS

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that a United Nations resolution condemning Russia's annexation of Ukrainian territories was "anti-Russian" and that it had been achieved using "diplomatic terror", TASS news agency reported.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia Rejects Dictates, Attempts for Altering Kingdom’s Global Economy Protection Goals

Saudi Arabia, on Thursday, voiced total rejection of the statements issued towards the Kingdom following the OPEC+ decision to cut oil production. An official at the Foreign Ministry stated that the Saudi government has viewed the statements issued about the Kingdom following the OPEC+ decision announced on October 5, 2022.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lenderking, Grundberg Resume Mobilization to Extend Yemen Truce

The US Department of State announced that the US Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking will return to the region to support UN efforts to expand and extend the Yemeni truce. Lenderking’s return to the Middle East comes at a time when Houthi militias in Yemen have exhibited intransigence. Moreover,…

Al Jazeera

UN condemns Russia’s annexation move: How did countries vote?

A country breakdown of the UN General Assembly vote rejecting Russia’s annexations in Ukraine.

Bangkok Post

Thailand abstains in UN vote against Putin land grab

Thailand has abstained in a United Nations vote condemning the Russian annexation of four regions of Ukraine, saying the “increased politicisation of international principles” has become “counterproductive” to efforts to find peace.

The Independent UK

UN General Assembly votes to ‘condemn’ Russia’s ‘illegal’ Ukraine annexations

‘Today it is Russia invading Ukraine. But tomorrow it could be another nation whose territory is violated. It could be you’

The Guardian - UK

‘Time may be running out’: global debt crisis reaches critical point

Eclipsed by rich countries’ own problems, a crunch a decade in the making is coming to a head

1 … 1174 1175 1176 1177

People

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

United Nations General Assembly

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.