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Japan will serve as a nonpermanent member of the U.N. Security Council for two years starting in January 2023. It is Japan's first time to be elected to the role in six years and its 12th time overall, more than any other nonpermanent member.

The UN Security Council on Tuesday called on the Taliban to reverse policies targeting women and girls in Afghanistan, expressing alarm at the "increasing erosion" of human rights in the country. In the latest blow to women's rights in Afghanistan since the Taliban reclaimed power last year, on Saturday the…

Paris (AFP) - Banished from public consciousness for decades, the nightmare of nuclear warfare has surged back to prominence with Russia's invasion of Ukraine, highlighting the erosion of the Cold War global security architecture.

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - The UN Security Council on Tuesday called on the Taliban to reverse policies targeting women and girls in Afghanistan, expressing alarm at the "increasing erosion" of human rights in the country.

Ukraine's foreign minister told the AP that his government is aiming to have a summit, preferably at the United Nations with Secretary-General António Guterres as a possible mediator.

Ukraine called on Monday for Russia to be removed as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council and accused it of violating international law. "Ukraine calls on the member states of the UN... to deprive the Russian Federation of its status as a permanent member of the UN…

Moscow (AFP) - Moscow said Monday it had foiled a new Ukrainian drone attack on a strategic bomber military base hundreds of kilometres from their joint border, as Kyiv called for Russia's ouster from the United Nations.

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine was set Monday to demand Russia's exclusion from the UN Security Council as Moscow claimed to have foiled the deepest drone attack by Kyiv in its territory. 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday that persisting power shortages throughout the country meant that nearly 9 million people had no electricity. Read our live blog to see how all the day's events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+1).

Yangon (AFP) - A Myanmar junta court is expected to hear closing arguments for the last remaining charges against jailed democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday, after the UN Security Council called for her release.

The Directorate of Health in Idlib and other opposition-held Syrian region warned on Saturday that the failure to renew a United Nations resolution that allows the continued provision of humanitarian and medical assistance from Türkiye into northwest Syria will lead to a humanitarian disaster. Local and international humanitarian organizations called…