The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

Liz Truss urges India to help counter Russian attack on Ukraine

India has abstained in a series of votes in the United Nations on the issue

Wales Online · Mar 30, 2022

Russians start to withdraw from Chernobyl

WASHINGTON: Russian forces have begun to pull out of the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power site, a US defence official said Wednesday, a day after Moscow said it would scale back attacks on two key Ukrainian cities.

Bangkok Post · Mar 30, 2022

Liz Truss’s India visit made awkward by presence of Russian counterpart

Foreign secretary wants Narendra Modi to loosen ties with Russia – but Sergei Lavrov is also visiting

The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2022

As Russia breaks promise, figures show more than four million Ukrainians are now refugees

More than four million people have fled Ukraine since the start of the invasion and 1189 civilians have been killed, according to the latest United

The New Daily · Mar 30, 2022

Ethiopia pushes to block U.N. funding for abuse inquiry

A United Nations General Assembly budget committee is due to vote Thursday on an Ethiopian push to block funding for an independent investigation into abuses in the country's conflict, diplomats said.

Reuters · Mar 30, 2022

Timeline: Week five of Russia’s war in Ukraine

Ukrainian and Russian negotiators meet in Turkey as Russia says its forces near Kyiv and Chernihiv are regrouping.

Al Jazeera · Mar 30, 2022

What’s at Stake in France’s Presidential Election

The French will head to the polls in April for a presidential election that will determine who will run the European Union's second-largest economy, and its only member with a permanent UN security council seat, as war rages on the bloc's doorstep. Who will win? The incumbent, President Emmanuel Macron,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 30, 2022

Michael Gove meets Edinburgh Ukrainian Club members

The Secretary of State for Housing and Communities said he discussed how to make the Homes for Ukraine scheme ‘even better’.

The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2022

UN experts seek to verify mass graves for migrants in Libya

Investigators commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body on Wednesday painted a grim picture for migrants in Libya, just days after saying they were looking into claims that mass graves have been found at a human trafficking center in the African country’s northwest

The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2022

UN honours Warne with conservation grant

The United Nations will establish an animal conservation grant in memory of Australian cricket great Shane Warne.

AAP · Mar 30, 2022