UN launches reform initiative as it nears its 80th anniversary and faces funding cuts
The U.N. chief is launching a new initiative to reform the United Nations as it approaches its 80th anniversary.
Women’s rights are under attack 30 years after leaders adopted a blueprint for equality, UN says
Thirty years after world leaders adopted a historic blueprint to achieve gender equality, a new United Nations report says ...
Iran increasingly electronically surveils women looking for headscarf violations, UN report warns
Iran increasingly relies on electronic surveillance and the public to inform on women refusing to wear the country's ...
The Latest: Trump administration rejects the UN’s 2030 sustainability goals
A representative of President Donald Trump’s administration has rejected the U.N.’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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Demonstrators across 50 states look to unify a disparate opposition to Trump and his sweeping agenda
As Donald Trump prepared Tuesday to address a joint session of Congress, protest groups gathered at parks, statehouses and ...
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Washington lawmakers debate removing first president from state flag. Critics call the move ‘un-American’
In the only state named after a president, lawmakers in Washington are debating whether it’s time to redesign the state flag and possibly ... the proposed law “un-American” and are ...
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UN rights office condemns continuing Israeli military operation in West Bank
14 February 2025 — The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday condemned the intensifying Israeli military operation in the northern West Bank, warning that nearly 40,000 Palestinians have been ...
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US: China urges all parties concerned to avoid further escalation of situation in Yemen
UN emblem; 3. UN flag; UN headquarters, New York City - Feb 13, 2025 4. UN Security Council meeting in progress, attendees; 5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Geng Shuang, deputy permanent representative of ...
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Almost 80,000 flee DR Congo amid fighting, sexual violence: UNHCR
4 March 2025 — In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), insecurity and horrific sexual violence have left tens of thousands fleeing across borders with no sign of the exodus ...