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In a reverse of stance, US says UN Palestinian refugee agency isn’t immune from lawsuits
The Trump administration has decided that the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees is not immune from being sued, reversing ...
UN says strikes in Yemen a growing risk to civilians
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is deeply alarmed by reports of strikes on a detention centre for African ...
BRICS Nations Discuss Shared Response to Trump Trade Policies
The BRICS group as a whole has come under fire from Trump, who threatened another 100% in tariffs if the bloc moves ahead ...
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Indigenous delegates at the UN raise alarm on voluntary isolated peoples
Deforestation in the Amazon is closing in around isolated communities, many of which lack official recognition by governments ...
US lists demands at UN as Syria seeks sanctions relief
The United States publicly spelled out at the United Nations on Friday the steps it wants Syria to take before Washington ...
Opinion
The United Nations Isn't Perfect. But Trump Still Needs It.
On this day 80 years ago, delegates from 49 countries arrived in San Francisco to begin drafting the United Nations Charter. At the time, President Harry S. Truman and leaders of ...
China deploys NGOs to quash criticism at U.N. organizations in Geneva
Dozens of self-described nongovernmental organizations active at the United Nations have hidden ties to Beijing, an ...
New Syrian foreign minister attends UN Security Council in first US appearance since Assad’s fall
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani raised his country’s new flag at the United Nations headquarters in New York and to ...
Young Cree leaders bring modern-day Treaty to United Nations forum
From Northern Quebec to the United Nations, Cree youth share insights on Indigenous self-governance at the United Nations ...
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Did Pope Francis ever visit New Hampshire? A look at his time in the United States
The last time the head of the Catholic Church visited New England was in October 1979, when Pope John Paul II stopped in ...
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United Nations says hunger taking a toll on Gaza's pregnant women
Daily bombardment and widespread hunger is taking a heavy toll on Gaza's most vulnerable residents, including pregnant women ...