The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

UN chief, in Haiti, says 'not the time to forget' troubled nation

PORT-AU-PRINCE - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Haiti on Saturday for a lightning visit, saying "this is not the time to forget" the Caribbean nation mired in overlapping security, political and economic woes.

Bangkok Post · Jul 1, 2023

Putin claim that Russia funds Wagner group may make it easier to try him for war crimes

Admission that Russia paid 86bn roubles to Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mercenaries this year is potentially significant, say legal experts

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2023

The UN votes for MINUSMA peacekeepers to leave Mali

The UN Security Council has voted not to maintain MINUSMA, the UN peacekeeping force in Mali, as the mission ends on this day.

Radio France Internationale · Jul 1, 2023

Cricket opportunites must improve for sport to have any chance of tackling elitist tag

Column: At a time when cricket is facing calls to tackle its elitist issue, London is being deprived of access to the game

Evening Standard · Jul 1, 2023

‘Nowhere in Palestine is free’: West Bank villagers defenceless against rising settler violence

The killing of a young father during a rampage through his quiet village underlines the impossible options for Palestinians in the occupied territories

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2023

UNESCO moves to readmit United States after its 2017 withdrawal

The US will be officially readmitted once Secretary of State Antony Blinken accepts the invitation to rejoin.

Al Jazeera · Jul 1, 2023

France deploys 45,000 police to quell 'unacceptable' riots

PARIS - France on Friday deployed 45,000 officers backed by light armoured vehicles to tackle a fourth straight night of violent protests after the fatal police shooting of a teenager.

Bangkok Post · Jun 30, 2023

UN Security Council votes to end peacekeeping mission in Mali

The United Nations has voted to end its decade-old peacekeeping mission in Mali... The UN Security Council's decision comes two weeks after Mali's military leadership accused the 13-thousand strong Minusma force of failing to tackle a jihadist insurgency. In August last year, France withdrew its troops from Mali... that reopened…

France 24 · Jun 30, 2023

The week around the world in 20 pictures

Riots in France, the Wagner mutiny in Russia, the missile attack in Kramatorsk, Eid Al-Adha in Indonesia and Elton John at Glastonbury: the most striking images this week

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war: Russia reducing its presence at nuclear power plant, says Ukraine; Pope says war seems to have ‘no end’ – as it happened

Ukraine’s military intelligence directorate warns that staff are leaving Zaporizhzhia as Moscow has mined power units; Pope Francis calls for peace

The Guardian - AU · Jun 30, 2023