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The World Health Organization said Wednesday it hoped that Covid-19 would no longer be a public health emergency in 2023, as it urged China to share information that could pinpoint how the pandemic started. As the third anniversary of the original outbreak rolls around, the WHO said the virus was…

Iran said Wednesday that officials from the UN nuclear watchdog would visit the country in the coming days to resolve the “ambiguities” over claims of secret activities. The United Nations Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has for months been calling on Iran to explain the presence of nuclear material…

Another soldier was seriously injured in the incident

The convoy came "under small arms fire" while travelling to Beirut and four soldiers were injured - one fatally

Two armoured utility vehicles carrying eight personnel was travelling to Beirut in Lebanon shortly after 9pm Irish time when the convoy came under fire

At least 20 men have gone missing from the island since August. But a culture of concealment around terrorism means families have been left to guess at their fate

An Irish soldier was shot and killed on a U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon and a second was in a critical condition after a hostile crowd surrounded their armoured vehicle, Ireland's defence minister said on Thursday.

Move to expel Iran from United Nations Commission on the Status of Women hailed by activists

The UN Economic and Social Council voted Wednesday to immediately oust Iran from the UN’s premiere global body fighting for gender equality because of its systematic violation of the rights of women and girls, a decision the United States hailed as “historic” and Iran claimed was based on “fabricated allegations.”

Rights groups say the National Unity Government, made up of elected members, must represent Myanmar at all UN bodies.

'Urgent action is required to address the loss of the diversity and abundance of insect life'