African nations accused UN of seeking to impose cultural norms
Moscow’s said in a statement The Hague-based court is not a 'truly independent and authoritative judicial body'
Pyongyang says it is focused on US policies, not people
Many are on edge waiting to see if Trump follows through on threats to renegotiate or cancel several major international agreements
Stephen O'Brien tells Security Council that more than 21 million Yemenis — 80 percent of population — are in need of humanitarian assistance
The grinding war in Syria this week registered a new low, when the United Nations reported that an airstrike that killed dozens of students and teachers was the deadliest attack on a school in nearly six years of fighting. U.N. Special Envoy for Education, Gordon Brown, called for the U.N. Security Council to refer the attack on the school in Idlib, Syria to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for investigation. If the attack is deemed deliberate, it could be a war crime.
Russia has denied that its planes were in the airspace over the school where 22 children were killed
In eastern Aleppo, more than 400 people were killed and 2,000 more wounded over the past month; UN says ‘too many of them were children’
'No reason to vote to defend a failed policy we oppose' Obama administration official says
Empowerment for women and girls is the mission for the animated superhero, who turned 75 Friday; not everyone agrees with the choice
Canada calls a meeting to work around the U.N. General Assembly stalemate
Organization has expressed continued concern for civilians in city, fearing that as many as one million could become displaced during battle
Up to 1 million civilians may try to flee, as Iraqi and Kurdish forces move to liberate the country's second-largest city from IS
Members of the United Nations widely praised the nomination of former Portugal PM Antonio Guterres to the body's top job
Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein has previously criticized populist politicians for using fear to attract supporters
At issue, no election date set as President Joseph Kabila’s second and final term under country’s constitution draws near
Saturday's attack killed more than 140 people and injured more than 500 others
Moscow instead offers alternate formula allowing Russian and Syrian airstrikes to continue unchecked; effort is rejected as 'a cynical sham'
VOA U.N. Correspondent Margaret Besheer talks to Antonio Guterres about his vision for the role of U.N. secretary-general.
Antonio Guterres, 67, was country’s PM 1992-2002, led UN refugee agency 2005-2015; approval by General Assembly expected next week
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