More than 2,200 people died in Mediterranean in 2024, UN finds
Figure includes hundreds of children, who make up one in five migrants trying to reach Europe fleeing war and poverty More than 2,200 people either...
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Debris from North Korean missile found in Kharkiv, say UN sanctions monitors
Report to United Nations security council says remnants of Hwasong-11 violate arms export embargo on Russian ally The debris from a missile that landed in...
UN names veteran EU official Astrid Schomaker as new biodiversity chief
German’s appointment to head Convention on Biological Diversity follows global failure to meet any targets on protecting ecosystems The next UN biodiversity chief will be...
French security experts identify Moscow-based disinformation network
Network operating in western Europe is ‘paving way for new wave of online manipulation’ in crucial election year, French agency says French military and cybersecurity...
UK ‘in violation of international law’ over poverty levels, says UN envoy
Exclusive: Special rapporteur Olivier De Schutter to urge ministers to increase welfare spending on visit to country this week Poverty levels in the UK are...
Russia fails to win back seat on human rights council after UN vote
Country was suspended from body last year after Ukraine invasion but scale of support for readmittance will worry Kyiv and allies Russia has been defeated...
Sergei Lavrov dismisses Ukraine peace plan and UN effort to revive grain deal
Russian foreign minister says Zelenskiy’s 10-point proposal to end the war and resumption of exports from Black Sea are ‘not realistic’ Russia’s foreign minister has...
Zelenskiy calls for Russia to lose UN veto power; UN chief says ‘humanity has opened gates of hell’ on climate – live
Ukrainian president says war impossible to stop while Russia vetoes all efforts at peace; Guterres condemns world leaders’ inaction on climate crisis The Iranian president,...
Biden warns UN against allowing Russia to ‘brutalize’ Ukraine without consequence – live
US president gives UN general assembly address about Russia-Ukraine war, China and global inequality; Zelenskiy to address summit in person Guterres says countries such as...
Zelenskiy vows to be heard as he prepares for first in-person UN address since Russia’s invasion
Ukraine president visits wounded soldiers in New York and questions Russia’s right to a security council seat ahead of key speech at UN general assembly...
