The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

New Poll Shows Iran War Reaching Iraq And Vietnam-Era Disapproval

Most Americans now say the United States made the wrong decision by using military force against Iran, a sharp warning sign for President Donald Trump as the war's economic and political costs deepen at home.

Latin Times · May 1

‘Cut up the credit cards:’ Members of Congress are getting brutal about ‘embarrassing’ $39 trillion national debt

“It’s only going to get worse until we cut up the credit cards and get serious.”

Fortune · May 1

‘A united region’: Central Asian nations meet to protect the Caspian Sea and biodiversity

Water scarcity, desertification and biodiversity loss were among the issues tackled at the Regional Ecological Summit.

Euronews · May 1

Danish treatment of Greenlandic mother may be ‘ethnic discrimination’, says UN

Exclusive: Newborn was removed from Inuit mother as a result of controversial now-banned parenting test

The Guardian - UK · May 1

북한 or 조선? South Korea debates what to call North Korea

For Seoul, what to call the North is difficult when you view it as a rebel-held region awaiting reunification

The Guardian - AU · May 1

UN votes to cut the peacekeeping force in South Sudan from 17,000 to 12,000

The U.N. Security Council has voted to reduce the ceiling for the peacekeeping force in conflict-torn South Sudan to 12,000 troops, down from 17,000

The Independent UK · Apr 30

Mali holds funeral for key junta figure killed in militant assaults

Mali's former defense minister Gen. Sadio Camara, who played a key role in the country's shift toward Russia, was buried in a ceremony broadcast on state television

The Independent UK · Apr 30

Bulletin world briefing: UN sounds nuclear alarm over Iran’s uranium stockpile

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The Independent UK · Apr 30

What is a just war? Inside the war of words between the Trump administration and the Catholic church​

Pope Leo’s words on Palm Sunday were pointed. “Jesus does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war”, he said during an address at the Vatican.

The Conversation · Apr 30

The US has long used economic coercion to achieve foreign policy goals — the war in Iran shows how that power has declined

Two months after the United States, along with Israel, launched a war against Iran, that conflict appears far from a lasting resolution.

The Conversation · Apr 30