U.N. vote opposes Taliban constraints against females
A U.N. Security Council resolution calls on Afghanistan's de factor rulers to quickly restore the rights of women and girls.
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'Continuous advance' of climate crisis pushes 1.15° C. warming
Droughts, floods and heatwaves drove food insecurity and mass migration as communities on every continent were hit by massive costs, the World Meteorological Organization said.
UNICEF raises alert over lagging confidence in childhood vaccines
Public perception of the importance of vaccines for children fell during the pandemic in 52 of 55 countries studied.
International arms control at a 'crossroads' over nuclear threats
The NATO chief emphasized the need to negotiate new arms control arrangements, despite broad geopolitical worries.
G-7 pushes back against aggressive nuclear moves by Russia and China
The Group of Seven's nonproliferation directors expressed alarm that Russia, China and North Korea have all been pushing to expand their nuclear-armed capabilities.
Wanted on war crimes charges, Russian official appears before U.N.
Diplomats from other nations objected to the Russian-led U.N. Security Council session as an exercise in disinformation.
Putin, charged with war crimes, takes over U.N.'s most powerful arm
Russia's status as president of the U.N. Security Council is bound up in a frozen-in-time power structure dating to the end of World War II.
Stockpiles of nuclear weapons available for use increased in 2022
The number of nuclear warheads available to nations for deployment reached 9,576 at the start of 2023, up from 9,440 a year earlier.
Lost childhoods: Ukraine's most innocent victims in Putin's war
The global demands for peace grow as humanitarian aid workers emphasize the war's devastating effect on children.
Western leaders' tensions with Russia, China dominate summit
U.S. and Chinese diplomats met for the first time since the U.S. shot down what officials called a Chinese surveillance balloon.
Group of nations back first call for 'responsible' military uses of AI
The agreement emerged from high-level political talks among 85 countries on the sidelines of an international summit.
WHO's chief wants the pandemic declared over. Not all experts agree.
Despite the temptation to end the pandemic, some leading health experts say it would be better to keep up the pressure.
U.N. reauthorizes Turkish aid route into Syria's rebel-held northwest
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.
New multilingual tool helps organizations monitor threats
Journalists, lawyers, activists, fact checkers, regulators and others have been using a new tool to fight disinformation.
Researchers seek greater Indigenous peoples' voice in climate policy
Indigenous communities have long coped with climate uncertainties. Researchers suggest tapping that knowledge.
American elected as successor to Chinese head of U.N. telecom agency
ITU's next secretary-general will take over a key agency that regulates and sets standards for global telecommunications.