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The first shipments of wheat should start flowing from Ukrainian ports next week under a landmarked deal agreed with Russia and Turkey, a top UN official said on Wednesday. The first 12 shipments that have left...

A fact-finding mission to learn the “truths” about a prison where scores of Ukrainian prisoners of war perished in a bombing raid last week was announced by the UN secretary-general on Wednesday. The attacks on the...

As the United States, Britain, and France urged Russia to stop “its hazardous nuclear rhetoric and behavior,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a warning that a miscommunication may result in nuclear war. Guterres cautioned that the...

Though there is considerable ambiguity regarding safe corridors, the UN is confident about grain exports from Ukraine. Reuters is a news source. The grain ship is slated to depart the port of Ukraine on Friday, according...

The UN human rights chief on Monday slammed the execution of four prisoners including a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi’s party and a prominent activist as “cruel and regressive”. “I am dismayed that despite...

The UN’s highest court ruled on Friday that a landmark case filed by the Gambia, accusing Myanmar of the genocide of minority Rohingya Muslims, can proceed. International Court of Justice president Joan Donoghue said the tribunal...

According to the United Nations, heatwaves like the one that is suffocating western Europe are getting more frequent, and the trend is expected to continue at least into the 2060s. According to the UN’s World Meteorological...

In order to address the growing global food crisis, Antonio Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations, called for bold and coordinated actions on Monday. “We face a real risk of multiple famines this year. And next...

Despite initial opposition from several Western nations, the United Nations Human Rights Council has now endorsed a resolution urging Myanmar to immediately repatriate the persecuted Rohingyas who are seeking refuge in Bangladesh. According to a press...

The number of people affected by hunger globally rose to as many as 828 million in 2021, an increase of about 46 million since 2020 and 150 million since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, according...