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As violence worsens in Haiti, United Nations orders evacuation of non-essential staff

The United Nations is ordering the evacuation of all non-essential international workers from Haiti, citing ongoing violence that has left workers vulnerable to kidnapping and attacks last week on U.N.-backed food warehouses across the country.

Miami Herald · Sep 24, 2022

US President Joe Biden says US will never recognise annexation as UN investigators find evidence of war crimes

US President Joe Biden says Russian referendums aimed at annexing four occupied regions of Ukraine are a sham, as UN investigators find evidence of war crimes including executions and torture.

ABC News · Sep 24, 2022

Fight to end virus pandemic takes place on UN's sidelines

While the coronavirus pandemic was not the main focus of the U.N. General Assembly, the conversations were still happening on the sidelines

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2022

Biden administration pushing for tough UN sanctions against Haiti gang leaders

WASHINGTON — The United States is preparing to circulate a resolution at the U.N. Security Council on Monday that would establish a new framework for sanctioning Haiti’s gang leaders, and is not taking international intervention off the table as the country spirals into lawlessness, a senior State Department official told…

Miami Herald · Sep 23, 2022

Pakistan's prime minister talks Kashmir, floods at UN

Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has appealed for a peaceful end to the dispute over Kashmir and deplored regional instability

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2022

HIV crashed her life. She found her way back to joy — and spoke at the U.N. this week

Diagnosed with HIV before her wedding, Bupe Sinkala didn't tell her husband and saw her marriage — and life — crumble. Now she's a community health worker advocating for her unsung profession.

WEKU · Sep 23, 2022

Iran marchers call for execution of anti-government protesters

Army signals it is prepared to crush dissent after unrest over death of Mahsa Amini in police custody

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2022

Abbas: Lapid's UN remarks "positive," but Israel "destroying" two-state solution

“We have no partner in Israel we can talk to," he said at the UN General Assembly.

Axios · Sep 23, 2022

Thousands call for ‘climate reparations and justice’ in global protests

Fridays for Future ‘strikes’ in about 450 places demanded rich countries pay for damage from global heating

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2022

Iran in New Internet Crackdown to Thwart Protesters

Iran has imposed tough and targeted restrictions on internet use to try to prevent protests and stop images of crackdowns on their demonstrations reaching the outside world, observers say. Activists have expressed alarm that the restrictions could allow the authorities to carry out repression "under the cover of darkness". The…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 23, 2022