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August 15, 2025 2:15 PM

Plastic pollution treaty stalled as Geneva talks end without deal

Delegates discussing the world's first legally binding treaty to tackle plastic pollution failed to reach consensus, diplomats said on Friday, voicing disappointment and even rage that the 10-day talks produced no deal. Delegates had been seeking a ...

August 10, 2025 10:10 AM

Trump nominates State Dept spokeswoman Bruce as US deputy representative to UN

President Donald Trump said on Saturday he was nominating State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce as the next U.S. deputy representative to the United Nations. Bruce has been the State Department spokesperson since Trump took office in January. I...

August 6, 2025 11:00 AM

UN alarmed by reports about possible expansion of Israeli Gaza operations

The United Nations on Tuesday called reports about a possible decision to expand Israel's military operations throughout the Gaza Strip "deeply alarming" if true. U.N. Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenca told a U.N. Security Council meeting o...

July 31, 2025 10:45 PM

Trump wants deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine by August 8, US tells UN

U.S. President Donald Trump has made clear that he wants a deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine by August 8, the United States told the United Nations Security Council on Thursday. “Both Russia and Ukraine must negotiate a ceasefire and durable p...

July 29, 2025 4:05 PM

Global hunger falls but conflict and climate threaten progress, UN says

The number of hungry people around the world fell for a third straight year in 2024, retreating from a COVID-era spike, even as conflict and climate shocks deepened malnutrition across much of Africa and western Asia, a U.N. report said on Monday. A...

July 23, 2025 11:06 AM

Trump pulls US out of UN cultural agency UNESCO for second time

President Donald Trump has decided to pull the United States out of the "woke" and "divisive" U.N. culture and education agency UNESCO, the White House said on Tuesday, repeating a move he took in his first term that was reversed by Joe Biden. The w...

July 18, 2025 4:48 PM

India reaffirms commitment to ‘Pact for Future’ at UN dialogue

India reiterated its strong commitment to the Pact for the Future and its annexes, the Global Digital Compact (GDC) and the Declaration on Future Generations, during the third interactive informal dialogue held to review the pact. Describing the ini...

July 10, 2025 5:21 PM

Iran urges UN nuclear watchdog to drop ‘double standards’

Iran's president said on Thursday the U.N. nuclear watchdog should drop its "double standards" if Tehran is to resume cooperation with it over the Islamic Republic's nuclear programme, Iranian state media reported. President Masoud Pezeshkian last w...

June 27, 2025 1:48 PM

UN Charter is not a-la-carte menu: Guterres

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called out the selective application of the UN Charter, saying it is not an a-la-carte menu. "Today, we see assaults on the purposes and principles of the UN Charter like never before: the threat or ...

June 23, 2025 12:49 PM

UN chief warns of ‘a rathole of retaliation’ after US strikes on Iran

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday warned of "a rathole of retaliation" in the wake of US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. The US bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities marks a perilous turn in a region that is already reeling, Guterres...

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