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Zimbabwe

WHO chief 'rethinks' naming Mugabe goodwill ambassador

It follows a global outcry over the appointment

21/10/2017

Malawi

Vampire scare prompts UN to pull staff out of southern Malawi

Lynch mobs accusing people of vampirism had been searching for individuals and blocking roads

19/10/2017

France

Former French Culture Minister is chosen as candidate to head UNESCO

14/10/2017

Myanmar

UN fears further exodus of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar into Bangladesh

The United Nations says it is braced for a further exodus of Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar into Bangladesh.

06/10/2017

Haiti

UN troops to leave Haiti

UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti is set to leave the country

06/10/2017

Spain

How do you become an internationally-recognised state?

Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says Iraqi Kurds would not know how to establish a state. Which begs the question: what steps would one have to take to establish an internationally-recognised state?

01/10/2017

China

Rex Tillerson in China for top-level talks on North Korea

30/09/2017

Myanmar

UN chief Guterres says Rohingya crisis is "human rights nightmare"

He was briefing the UN Security Council's first public meeting on Myanmar in eight years

29/09/2017

Myanmar

Aid groups demand access to Myanmar conflict zone

Rohingya Muslim refugees say Buddhist mobs and Myanmar soldiers set entire villages on fire, shot at them indiscriminately and raped women.

28/09/2017

USA

Erdogan supporters beat up protestors at New York speech

Member of the audience calls the Turkish president a 'terrorist' during a speech at the city's Marriott hotel, soliciting violent response from the crowd.

22/09/2017

Iraq

Amal Clooney describes UN investigation into ISIL war crimes as step in the right direction

The human rights lawyer said the vote at the United Nations General Assembly represents an opportunity for victims of the militant group to "finally get their day in court".

22/09/2017

North Korea

Kim slams Trump as "mentally deranged"

North Korea ups the ante by threatening an H-bomb test in the Pacific, while Kim Jong-un calls President Trump a "dotard" he will "tame with fire".

22/09/2017

World News

UN urges governments to agree to 'legal' channels of migration

21/09/2017

Myanmar

Rohingya crisis: Myanmar Vice President says situation has 'improved' but concerns raised over ongoing exodus to Bangladesh

Henry Van Thio tells the United Nations General assembly that there has been no violence in Rakhine state since September 5, although this has been disputed.

21/09/2017

USA

Threats and diplomacy at the UN

Trump threatens to destroy North Korea while Macron offers voice of calm at the UN

19/09/2017

USA

Macron takes softer stance than Trump in UN address

French President Emmanuel Macron addresses the UN general assembly in New York

19/09/2017

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Trump praises French military might in meeting with Macron

US President said he was so impressed with France's Bastille Day parade that he plans to hold one on Pennsylvania Avenue.

19/09/2017

USA

Trump calls for UN reform ahead of maiden speech to world leaders

19/09/2017

USA

Trump says UN not living up to its potential in maiden address

US President tells special meeting on reform that bureaucracy and mismanagement are to blame for UN 'failings'

18/09/2017

North Korea

North Korea: Kim seeks military 'equilibrium' with US

The UN Security Council condemned Pyongyang's latest missile launch as "highly provocative"

16/09/2017