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Experts say fact Russia managed to secure more than 80 votes shows it still has some friends in international arena

At the annual meeting of world leaders last year, the United Nations chief sounded a global alarm about the survival of humanity and the planet

From the ashes of World War II, three institutions were created as linchpins of a new global order

Over the past 75 years, the United Nations has sent more than 2 million peacekeepers to help countries move away from conflict, with successes from Liberia to Cambodia and major failures in former Yugoslavia and Rwanda

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Monthly rotation of presidency of 15-member council has been unaffected by Ukraine war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington on Wednesday marks a high point in ties between Ukraine and its most important ally, putting the spotlight on a relationship strengthened by Russia's invasion, but not without some friction along the way.

It was Antonio Guterres' strongest and most striking speech since he took the helm of the United Nations in 2017, The secretary-general not only sounded a global alarm to world leaders about the survival of humanity and the planet, but he used very undiplomatic language in calling out those he…

World leaders are gathering at the United Nations this week under the shadow of Europe’s first major conflict since World War II