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Diplomats from other nations objected to the Russian-led U.N. Security Council session as an exercise in disinformation and cynical misuse of its mandate to maintain peace and security.
Russia's status as president of the U.N. Security Council, despite its leader waging an illegal war on Ukraine and facing war crimes charges, is bound up in a frozen-in-time power structure dating to the end of World War II.
The number of nuclear warheads that are available to nations for deployment reached 9,576 at the start of 2023, up from 9,440 a year earlier, according to a watchdog's new report.
The global demands for peace grow as humanitarian aid workers emphasize the war's devastating effect on children.
U.S. and Chinese diplomats met for the first time since the U.S. shot down what officials called a Chinese surveillance balloon.
The agreement emerged from high-level political talks among 85 countries on the sidelines of an international summit.
Despite the temptation to end the pandemic, some leading health experts say it would be better to continue living with the official designation, which keeps up the pressure on authorities and civilians alike to act with caution.
The border crossing allows the United Nations and other humanitarian organizations to provide food, medicine and other basic items to the 4.1 million mainly displaced inhabitants of Syria's northwest Idlib province.
Journalists, lawyers, activists, fact checkers, regulators and others have been using a new tool to fight disinformation.
Indigenous communities have long coped with climate uncertainties. Researchers suggest tapping that knowledge.
ITU's next secretary-general will take over a key agency that regulates and sets standards for global telecommunications.
Obstructed by Russia's demands, the U.N. Security Council agreed to a six-month entension for cross-border humanitarian aid deliveries to Syria.
Assassination and unlawful deportations are some of the methods that regimes use against activists and dissidents.
A UN report finds wildfires are burning longer and hotter, and will likely become more frequent in some areas.
Prompted by its own paralysis over Syria and Ukraine, the U.N. moved to prevent abuse of power by Russia and other permanent Security Council members.
The U.N. health agency and other international organizations began airlifting emergency supplies to Afghanistan through neighboring Pakistan and its airline.
