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Security Council Urges Taliban to Reverse Restrictions on Women

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…

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A top Ukraine official hopes for a peace summit with Russia by the end of February

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.

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Ukraine Calls for Russia's Removal from Security Council

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…

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Millions of Ukrainians endure winter without electricity

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).

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Humanitarian Disaster Imminent in NW. Syria if Int’l Aid Stops

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…

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Moscow Renews Debates about Humanitarian Aid Delivery to Syria

Moscow has launched a new diplomatic battle at the UN Security Council, declaring its opposition to the extension of the international mechanism for the delivery of humanitarian aid to Syria for another six months. Damascus, like its major ally Moscow, also stepped up its opposition of renewing and extending the…

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UN Security Council resolution demands end to Myanmar violence

The only other Security Council resolution on Myanmar was in 1948, which recommended then-Burma’s entry to world body.

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Lives saved by aid exemption to deal with Taliban - UN aid chief

An exemption to allow the United Nations and aid groups to deal with sanctioned Taliban leaders to meet the humanitarian and basic human needs of the Afghan people has helped save lives, the U.N. aid chief told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday.

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How US sanctions turn people into ‘economic pariahs’ and why some call it a civil death

In Colombia, they call it “muerte civil,” civil death. In the United States, some lawyers prefer to call it purgatory, while others describe it as being closer to hell.

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UN Security Council likely to vote Wednesday on Myanmar

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council is likely to vote on Wednesday on a draft resolution demanding an immediate end to violence in Myanmar and urging its military junta to release all political prisoners, including ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, diplomats said.

Bangkok Post

UN Envoy: Signs of Libya’s Partition Grow, Election Needed

The UN special envoy for Libya warned Friday that signs of partition are already evident in Libya and urged influential nations to pressure the country's rival leaders to urgently finalize the constitutional basis for elections. The first anniversary of the vote’s postponement is coming up later in December, said Abdoulaye…

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North Korea fires off at least two suspected ballistic missiles, South Korea says

North Korea fired off at least two suspected ballistic missiles Sunday toward waters off its east coast, adding to a record number of launches this year that have ratcheted up regional tensions.

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North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile, South Korea says

North Korea launched a suspected ballistic missile Sunday toward waters off its east coast, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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2 Peacekeepers Killed, 4 Wounded in Mali Attack

Two UN peacekeepers from Nigeria were killed and four others wounded in an attack Friday on a peace patrol in the town of Timbuktu in northern Mali, the United Nations said. The UN Security Council said a member of Mali's security forces was also killed in the attack. UN spokesman…

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India, Pakistan foreign ministers trade heated barbs on ‘terror’

Pakistani minister calls India’s Modi ‘butcher of Gujarat’ after Jaishankar said Pakistan is ‘epicentre of terrorism’.

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Amid Russian pressure, UN report skirts question on Iran drones

An upcoming report to the UN Security Council does not accuse Iran of supplying Russia with drones for the war in Ukraine.

Axios

Israeli officials: Fearing backlash, Iran plans to limit range of missiles sent to Russia

Iranian ballistic missile deliveries to Russia could violate a UN Security Council resolution and trigger UN sanctions.

Reuters

Serbia to ask NATO to deploy Serb military, police in Kosovo - Vucic

Serbia will ask NATO peacekeepers to let it deploy Serbian military and police in Kosovo, in line with the provisions of a UN Security Council resolution which ended a war there in 1999, President Aleksandar Vucic said on Saturday.

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Russia Trying to Get Ballistic Missiles from Iran, Says Britain

Russia is attempting to obtain more weapons from Iran, including hundreds of ballistic missiles, and offering Tehran an unprecedented level of military and technical support in return, Britain's UN Ambassador Barbara Woodward said on Friday. Since August Iran has transferred hundreds of drones - also known as unmanned aerial vehicles…

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Russia trying to get ballistic missiles from Iran, says Britain

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UN aid chief: Gangs control about 60% of Haiti's capital

The U.N. humanitarian chief in Haiti says close to 60% of the capital is dominated by gangs whose violence and sexual attacks have forced thousands to flee their homes

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West presses U.N. chief to inspect drones used by Russia in Ukraine

The United Nations is examining "available information" about accusations that Iran supplied Russia with drones, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, as he faces Western pressure to send experts to Ukraine to inspect downed drones.

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UN Team Accuses ISIS of Using Chemical Weapons in Iraq

The United Nations Investigative Team for Accountability of ISIS (UNITAD) revealed in a report that the terrorist group used chemical weapons in Iraq. According to the report, which was submitted to the UN Security Council on Tuesday for discussion, ISIS used chemical weapons in the areas it controlled in Iraq…

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UN Complains about Syria’s ‘Procrastination’ in Eliminating its Chemical Program

The High Representative of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, complained about the Syrian authorities’ procrastination in responding to requests by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Technical Secretariat to complete the elimination of its chemical weapons program. She made her remarks on Monday…

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Ukrainian civilians facing test of survival: UN

UN humanitarian chief tells Security Council Russian attacks on infrastructure have created a ‘new level of need’.

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