Tag: United Nations

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is the leading institution dedicated to the humanitarian needs of the besieged people in the ...

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s emerging foreign-policy and national security team, China’s megaport project in Peru, and Israel’s strike on a humanitarian ...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is set to nominate New York Rep. Elise Stefanik to serve as his ambassador to the United Nations, multiple outlets report. Stefanik has accepted the offer, ...

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped New York GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik for the job of US ambassador to the United Nations, according to a report. Trump offered Stefanik the gig ...

From China’s mass internment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, to Syria’s torture and extermination of thousands of detainees, to Russia’s forcible transfer of civilians from occupied areas of Ukraine, no region ...

The possibility of a second Trump presidency has alarmed scientists and climate experts, especially as world leaders prepare to descend on Azerbaijan for this year’s international climate talks—known as COP29—which ...

Israel has always had a thorny relationship with the United Nations. In recent weeks, it has become even thornier, after the U.N. accused Israeli armed forces of having fired on ...

In May, China held military exercises around Taiwan that simulated the opening maneuvers of a full-scale invasion. China has launched ballistic missiles over the island, and incursions by Chinese fighter ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recent decision to veto SB-1047, a state bill that would set a new global bar for regulating artificial intelligence risks, was closely watched by policymakers and ...

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Israeli strikes on health workers and United Nations peacekeepers, Canada expelling six Indian diplomats, and North Korea destroying roads connected to ...