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UN envoy sees light at 'end of the tunnel' in Yemen's war

The U.N. special envoy for Yemen has told the Security Council that there's “a light at the end of the tunnel” in the more than seven-year war in the Arab world’s poorest country

The Independent UK · Apr 14, 2022

Experts: New Sanctions Unlikely To Deter North Korea From Nuclear Path

A U.N. Security Council Resolution banned North Korea’s exports of coal, iron, and seafood, but Pyongyang often manages to evade sanctions to sell these products by illicit means.

The News Lens · Apr 14, 2022

All you need to know on chemical weapons as Russia uses 'unknown substance' in Mariupol

Yesterday evening, a Ukrainian MP said Russia used an 'unknown substance' in the besieged city of Mariupol. She claimed the substance used could be chemical weapons. Here's everything you need to know

Daily Mirror · Apr 12, 2022

UN Security Council is powerless to help Ukraine – but it's working as designed to prevent World War III

A clearly anguished Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on April 5, 2022, castigated the U.N. Security Council members for their inaction on alleged Russian atrocities in Ukraine: “Are you ready to close the U.N.? Do you think that the time of international law is gone?” We asked Thomas G. Weiss, a…

The Conversation · Apr 8, 2022

UN demands urgent access to site of alleged Mali massacre in Moura

With strong backing from France, a UN envoy has demanded access to the Malian village of Moura, the site of an alleged massacre last month by local forces and suspected Russian fighters.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 8, 2022

Moscow rules: Why the west’s Middle East partners choose Putin over principle in Ukraine war

Gulf nations have refused to condemn the invasion or back western sanctions against Russia, underscoring deepening ties with Moscow as their faith in the US fades, writes Borzou Daragahi

The Independent UK · Apr 8, 2022

UN demands Mali allow peacekeepers into town where 300 died

The top U.N. envoy in Mali is demanding that the country’s military leaders allow U.N. peacekeepers to visit a town where Human Rights Watch says the Malian army and foreign soldiers suspected to be Russian recently killed an estimated 300 men, one of several alleged rights abuses denounced by the…

The Independent UK · Apr 8, 2022

Act or dissolve, Zelensky challenges UN, but Ukraine atrocities already pile pressure on Russia

In his first address to the UN Security Council since the Russian invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky this week called on the 15-member body to reform itself or face dissolution. That may be easier said than done. But the response to reports of Russian atrocities in Bucha, near Kyiv, highlights…

France 24 · Apr 7, 2022

US official warns to expect imminent North Korea nuclear test

North Korea is prioritising ballistic missile programmes at expense of its citizens, US special envoy says

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2022

India's condemnation of Bucha killings not a shift in ties with Russia-analyst

When India condemned the killings of civilians in Ukraine's Bucha at a meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday and sought an independent investigation, it did not mention Russia once.

Reuters · Apr 7, 2022