UNITED NATIONS

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky called for the United Nations to visit the site of a missile strike on a shopping mall in the city of Kremenchuk, as he addressed the UN Security Council on Tuesday.

Ailing oceans in state of 'emergency', says UN chief

The Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN should rethink its approach to engaging with Myanmar and demand specific actions and timeframes to end hostilities in the military-ruled country, a United Nations expert said on Thursday.

Biodiversity conference moved from China to Canada: UN

Rich countries have made a dangerous dash for fossil fuels in response to the Ukraine war, the U.N.

UN rights chief Bachelet won't seek second term

As the United Nations tries to broker a path for grain from Ukraine and temper worries about a global food crisis, hundreds of mines laid along the Black Sea present a practical nightmare that will take months to resolve even after any agreement.

U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths is in Moscow on Thursday and Friday to discuss clearing the way for exports of grain and other food from Ukraine's Black Sea ports, a U.N.

The U.S.-drafted U.N. resolution would extend a ban on ballistic missile launches to include cruise missiles or "any other delivery system capable of delivering nuclear weapons."

Germany's foreign intelligence service has intercepted radio communications between Russian soldiers wherein they could allegedly be heard talking about killing civilians in Ukraine.

As many as four million people in Somalia face the risk of starvation and the situation is only deteriorating as the country faced its third consecutive dry season, the United Nations' climate report has warned.

After the takeover of Afghanistan in August last year, the Taliban had promised they would respect the rights of women "within the limits of Islam," but things on the ground say otherwise.

An 18-month-old boy was killed in shelling by Russian forces in the southern city of Mariupol on Saturday. The heart-wrenching visuals of his mother carrying his lifeless body as the shelling continued in the besieged city left people in tears.

The United Nations on Wednesday condemned the junta's crackdown, which has seen more than 2,000 arrested.

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention will be able to launch an investigation once they have analysed the videos.

Princess Latifa made a number of unsuccessful dramatic attempts to flee the country, but was brought back.

Video footage shot by AFP shows what appears to be a missile striking the airport apron, which moments before had been packed with crowds, and exploding into a ball of intense flames.

With vaccines on the move there is light at the end of the tunnel -- but Slaoui warned the situation will "get worse" before it gets better.

Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Security Council has held few meetings devoted to the virus.

"I have been identified as a contact of someone who has tested positive for #COVID19," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a tweet.

The new ceasefire, backed by international mediators, was struggling to hold on Monday as both sides accused each other of fresh attacks.