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At NY’s beloved Fall for Dance, highlights come from as far as Ukraine and as close as a few blocks
Fall for Dance, the eclectic annual festival in New York, is a beloved tradition for fans, not least for its $30 tickets.
Sudan military offensive sparks new fighting in Khartoum as cholera outbreak worsens
Officials say new fighting has hit Sudan’s capital as the death toll jumps up from the country’s cholera outbreak.
UN chief criticizes divided Security Council for failure of leadership to end wars, calls for unity
The United Nations chief sharply criticized the powerful Security Council for a failure of leadership to end wars in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan and beyond.
Secret Service’s next challenge: Keeping scores of world leaders safe at the UN General Assembly
Next week’s high-level meeting of the U.N. General Assembly is bringing more than 140 world leaders to New York City, including the leaders of Israel, the Palestinians and Ukraine.
Weaponizing ordinary devices violates international law, United Nations rights chief says
The United Nations human rights chief says weaponizing ordinary communication devices represents a new development in warfare.
UN experts urge United Nations to lay foundations for global governance of artificial intelligence
A high-powered U.N. advisory body says global governance of artificial intelligence is “imperative” and is urging the United Nations to lay the foundations for the first inclusive global institutions to regulate the fast-growing technology.
UN chief urges divided nations to approve blueprint to address global challenges from climate to AI
The United Nations chief is urging the world’s divided nations to compromise and approve a blueprint to address global challenges from conflicts and climate change to artificial intelligence and reforming the U.N. and global financial institutions.
US backs 2 permanent seats for African nations on the UN Security Council
The United States says it will support the addition of two new permanent seats on the powerful U.N. Security Council for African nations.
The Palestinian economy is in free fall and will require billions to rebuild, the UN says
The Palestinian economy is “in free fall,” with production in Gaza plunging to one-sixth of its level before Israeli forces began a blistering military response to the Oct. 7 attacks in the territory, the United Nations says.
New president of UN General Assembly calls for unity to tackle borderless issues
Cameroon’s former prime minister has taken over the presidency of the U.N. General Assembly and called for nations to unite and to address global challenges from climate change and poverty to conflicts and armed violence.
Israel-Hamas war latest: An Israeli strike kills at least 19 in a Gaza tent camp
Gaza’s Health Ministry says an Israeli strike on Tuesday on a tent camp in a designated humanitarian zone killed at least 19 people.
The UN chief calls the death and destruction in Gaza the worst he's seen
The U.N. chief says the United Nations has offered to monitor any cease-fire in Gaza and is demanding an end to the worst death and destruction he has seen in his more than seven-year tenure.
Palestinians' UN proposal demands Israel leave Gaza and the West Bank in 6 months
The Palestinians have circulated a draft U.N. resolution demanding that Israel end its “unlawful presence” in Gaza and the West Bank within six months.
UN officials hail limited pauses in fighting in Gaza to allow polio vaccinations
United Nations officials are hailing limited pauses in the fighting between Israel and Hamas to allow children’s polio vaccinations as rare moments of hope in the war in Gaza.
The worldwide catastrophe of rising seas especially imperils Pacific paradises, Guterres says
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is putting out yet another climate SOS to the world.
Nikki Haley in Taiwan says an isolationist policy is not healthy while expressing support for Trump
Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley says an isolationist policy isn’t “healthy” as she called on the Republican party to stand with her country’s allies during a visit to Taiwan.
Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel's evacuation orders have displaced 90% of Gaza residents, UN says
The top United Nations humanitarian official for Gaza says that successive Israeli evacuation orders have displaced 90% of the Palestinian territory's 2.1 million residents since the Israel-Hamas war began in October.
UN says a record number of aid workers were killed in 2023 and this year may be even higher
The United Nations says that a record number of aid workers were killed in conflicts around the world last year, and this year may be on course to be even deadlier.
Israel-Hamas war latest: Blinken pushes for cease-fire in his 9th trip to Mideast since war began
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Israel has accepted a proposal to bridge differences holding up a cease-fire and hostage release in Gaza.
Haiti’s anti-gang crackdown: About a dozen killed after prison break
Amid an ongoing anti-gang crackdown involving a United Nations-backed law enforcement mission, Haitian authorities reported a prison break turned deadly in Saint-Marc, a coastal city north of Port-au-Prince.
Aid groups in Gaza aim to avert a polio outbreak with a surge of vaccinations
The threat of polio is rising fast in Gaza, prompting aid groups to call for an urgent pause in the war so they can ramp up vaccinations and head off a full-blown outbreak.
Independent UN experts urge Bahrain to ensure prisoners have adequate food, water in scorching heat
Independent experts with the United Nations have urged Bahrain to ensure those held at its Jaw prison have access to adequate food, water and medical care.
UN expert panel sent to Venezuela blasts lack of transparency in presidential elections
A panel of experts from the United Nations said Venezuela’s recent presidential elections lacked “basic transparency and integrity."
Sierra Leone's president uses UN Security Council presidency to urge more seats for Africa
Sierra Leone’s president says Africa cannot wait any longer to get a bigger voice in the United Nations’ most powerful body, the Security Council.
The UN is moving to fight cybercrime but privacy groups say human rights will be violated
The United Nations is imposing the rule of law on cyberspace with a new global deal requiring a crackdown on the illegal misuse of computer technology.
UN fires additional staffers after probe finds potential involvement in Oct. 7 attack on Israel
The U.N. says it has fired additional staff members from its agency for Palestinian refugees after an internal investigation found they may have been involved in the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack against Israel.
France shifts Western Sahara stance, seeking closer ties with Morocco
France has backed Morocco’s autonomy plan for the disputed Western Sahara, shifting a decades-old position and adding itself to a growing list of countries to align with Morocco as a United Nations-mediated peace process remains stalled.
The Taliban say they no longer recognize Afghan diplomatic missions set up by the former government
The Taliban say they no longer recognize Afghanistan's diplomatic missions set up by the former, Western-backed government and that they will not honor passports, visas and other documents issued by diplomats associated with the previous administration.
The Russia-US divide was on display during Moscow's monthlong presidency of the UN Security Council
Whether it’s Gaza, Ukraine, Syria or a new world order, it’s been Russia versus the United States and the West during Moscow’s presidency of the U.N. Security Council this month.
UN asks nations to better prepare, cool the vulnerable as 'extreme heat epidemic' breaks records
The United Nations is calling for a flurry of efforts to reduce the human toll from soaring and searing temperatures in what it calls an extreme heat epidemic.
Israel-Hamas war latest: Netanyahu signals cease-fire deal could be shaping up as deaths top 39,000
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has signaled that a cease-fire deal that would free dozens of hostages in Gaza could be taking shape.
US ambassador announces $60 million in aid and new resources for police during visit to Haiti
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has announced $60 million in additional humanitarian assistance to Haiti during a trip to the troubled Caribbean country.
Turkish president dampens hopes for restarting talks on Cyprus' 50-year ethnic split
Turkey’s president has reaffirmed his commitment to a two-state peace deal for ethnically split Cyprus that Greek Cypriots have dismissed out-of-hand, again putting a damper on prospects for a quick resumption of talks to resolve the half-century-old conflict.
At least 3 dead in Haiti after boat catches fire during escape attempt
Officials in Haiti say at least three people have died and up to 40 remain missing after a boat in the waters off northern Haiti caught fire with up to 80 Haitians on board trying to escape to the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Israel-Hamas war latest: Drone strike hits Tel Aviv, killing 1 and injuring at least 10
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for a drone strike that hit part of central Tel Aviv near the U.S. Embassy, killing one person and injuring 10.
Top UN court says Israel's presence in occupied Palestinian territories is illegal and should end
The top United Nations court says that Israel’s presence in the Palestinian occupied territories is “unlawful” and called on it to end and for settlement construction to stop immediately.
Russia holds a UN meeting about global cooperation. US calls it 'hypocrisy' after Ukraine invasion
Russia’s foreign minister has accused the United States of holding the entire West “at gunpoint” and impeding international cooperation at a U.N. event.
The Latest | Israeli drone strike kills prominent Syrian businessman with close ties to Assad
An Israeli drone strike on a car near the Lebanon-Syria border has killed a prominent Syrian businessman who was sanctioned by the United States and had close to Syrian President Bashar Assad's government.
UN chief urges funds for Palestinians, saying Israel is forcing Gazans 'to move like human pinballs'
The United Nations chief is appealing for funding for the beleaguered U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees in Gaza and elsewhere in the Middle East.
UN demands Russia immediately return Europe's biggest nuclear plant to Ukraine
The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution demanding that Russia urgently withdraw its military and personnel from Europe’s largest nuclear power plant and immediately return the facility to Ukraine.
A truce in Congo ends in a week. Aid groups say it could be a lost opportunity to help civilians
A two-week truce in eastern Congo has heavily reduced fighting, but with a week left aid workers and local civil society groups say not much help has reached millions of people who are trapped in one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises.
US signs agreement with 3 social media giants aimed at preventing distribution of synthetic drugs
The United States has signed a memorandum with several of the world’s biggest social media companies aimed at preventing the use of their platforms for the distribution of synthetic drugs.
World population is projected to grow from 8.2 billion to a peak of 10.3 billion in 2080s, UN says
A new U.N. report says the world’s population is expected to grow by more than 2 billion people in the next decades and peak in the 2080s at around 10.3 billion.
Sudan's warring parties arrive in Geneva for UN-hosted talks on possible local cease-fires
U.N. officials say that Sudan’s warring parties have arrived in Geneva at the invitation of the United Nations to discuss the protection of civilians through possible local cease-fires.
UN declares 2025 to 2034 the decade to combat increasing sand and dust storms from Africa to China
The U.N. General Assembly has declared 2025 to 2034 the United Nations Decade on Combating Sand and Dust Storms — extreme weather events that are increasing and threaten health and economies from central Africa to northern China.
The Latest | Israel will send cease-fire negotiators to Cairo for more talks, Netanyahu says
Israel will send a delegation to Cairo for further talks with mediators on a proposed deal with Hamas for a cease-fire and hostage release.
US-built pier will be put back in Gaza for several days to move aid, then permanently removed
Several U.S. officials say the pier built by the American military to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza will be reinstalled on the beach to be used for several days, but then the plan is to pull it out permanently.
The Latest | US-built aid pier in Gaza will reopen for a few days, then be removed permanently
Several U.S. officials say the pier built by the American military to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza will be reinstalled on the beach to be used for several days, but then the plan is to pull it out permanently.
In first comments, the Kenyan force in Haiti says 'no room for failure' against powerful gangs
The head of the Kenya-led multinational force tasked with curbing gang violence in Haiti says “there’s no room for failure” and is committing to ensuring democratic elections.
The Latest | Hamas says Israel's offensive in north Gaza could sink cease-fire efforts
Hamas has warned that Israel’s expanding military operations in Gaza City and the displacement of thousands of residents could have “disastrous repercussions” for talks aimed at a cease-fire and the release of Israeli hostages.
The Latest | Hamas says 'positive response' from mediators to its cease-fire amendments
A spokesperson for Hamas says the group’s proposed amendments to the most recent U_S_ plan for a cease-fire in Gaza “have been met with a positive response by the mediators.”.
Haiti's prime minister says Kenyan police are crucial to controlling gangs, early days are positive
Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille told the U.N. Security Council that recently deployed Kenyan police will be crucial to helping control the country’s gangs and moving toward democratic elections.
Life and death in Gaza's 'safe zone' where food is scarce and Israel strikes without warning
Palestinian hospital authorities and witnesses say an Israeli airstrike slammed into a residential building right next to the main medical center in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis.
The Latest | Israel kills a top Hezbollah commander in Lebanon; group retaliates with rocket attacks
Israel killed a senior commander in the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, the second top field leader killed in less than a month.
UN experts say Russia violated international law by imprisoning Wall Street Journal reporter
United Nations human rights experts say Russia violated international law by imprisoning Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and should release him “immediately.”.
UN adopts Chinese resolution with US support on closing the gap in access to artificial intelligence
The U.N. General Assembly has adopted a Chinese-sponsored resolution urging wealthy and developed nations to close the widening gap with poorer developing countries and ensure they have equal opportunities to use and benefit from artificial intelligence.
Trump says he can end the Russia-Ukraine war in one day. Russia's UN ambassador says he can't
Donald Trump has repeatedly said he can settle the war between Russia and Ukraine in one day if he’s elected president again.
The Taliban tell the West to look past harsh edicts on Afghan women and girls and build ties
The Taliban is saying the West should look past their harsh edicts on Afghan women and girls to improve relations.
The UN starts to move tons of aid from US-built pier after security fears suspended work there
The United Nations says workers have begun moving tons of humanitarian aid that had been piled up at a United States-built pier off Gaza's coast and distributing it to warehouses in the besieged territory.
Experts warn that 755,000 people at risk of famine in the coming months in war-torn Sudan
International experts have portrayed a grim picture for war-torn Sudan by warning in a report that 755,000 people are facing famine in the coming months, amid relentless clashes between rival generals.
Women's rights will be raised at the UN meeting being attended by Taliban, UN official says
The U.N. political chief who will chair the first meeting between Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers and envoys from about 25 countries says women's rights will be raised at every session.
Israelis' lawsuit says UN agency helps Hamas by paying Gaza staff in dollars
Israelis who were taken hostage or lost loved ones during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack are suing the United Nations agency that aids Palestinians.
UN tells Israel it will suspend aid operations across Gaza without improved safety
Senior U.N. officials have told Israel they'll suspend aid operations across Gaza unless urgent steps are taken to better protect humanitarian workers.
The Latest | UN tells Israel it will pause aid work in Gaza without better safety, UN officials say
The United Nations has told Israel it will suspend aid operations across Gaza unless urgent steps are taken to better protect humanitarian workers.
UN launches global principles to combat online hate and demands big tech take action now
The United Nations chief has launched global principles to combat online hate and lies and demanded that big tech companies use their power to reduce the harm they are doing to people and societies around the world.
The Latest | Gaza's Health Ministry says 25 killed, 50 wounded in Israeli strikes on tent camps
Armenia said it would recognize a Palestinian state, prompting Israel to summon its ambassador for what the Foreign Ministry described as a “severe reprimand.”.
Australia boosting aid to Papua New Guinea for landslide recovery and security
Australia will provide a further $1.3 million to support reconstruction efforts in Papua New Guinea after last month's deadly landslide.
The Latest | Hezbollah says Israeli strikes kill 3 fighters as US envoy tries to calm tensions
Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon have killed three Hezbollah fighters as a U.S. envoy tasked with avoiding a devastating regional war returned to Israel after meeting officials in Lebanon.
64 people missing and many rescued from 2 shipwrecks off Italy. At least 11 have died
U.N. agencies say 64 people are missing after a shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea and several were rescued by the Italian coast guard.
The Latest | Netanyahu dissolves war Cabinet that directed Gaza conflict, Israeli officials say
Israeli officials say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the influential war Cabinet that was tasked with steering the war in Gaza.
US-built pier in Gaza is facing its latest challenge — whether the UN will keep delivering the aid
The U.S.-built pier to carry food to Gaza is facing one of its most serious challenges yet.
Leaders of UN and aid groups urge immediate release of 17 staffers being held by Yemen's rebels
The heads of six U.N. agencies and three international humanitarian organizations issued a joint appeal to Yemen’s Houthi rebels for the immediate release of 17 members of their staff who were recently detained along with many others also being held by the Iranian-backed group.
UN says violence against children in conflict reached extreme levels in 2023, including in Gaza
A new U.N. report says violence against children caught in multiplying and escalating conflicts reached “extreme levels” in 2023, with an unprecedented number of killings and injuries in crises, from Israel and the Palestinian territories to Sudan, Myanmar and Ukraine.
US will store aid on secure beach in Gaza as UN pauses distribution from pier
The U.S. military says it plans to stockpile humanitarian aid shipments on a secure beach in Gaza during a U.N. pause on distributing food from the American-built pier.
UN Security Council adopts a cease-fire resolution aimed at ending Israel-Hamas war in Gaza
The U.N. Security Council has approved its first resolution endorsing a cease-fire plan aimed at ending the eight-month Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
The UN says more aquatic animals were farmed than fished in 2022. That's the first time in history
The total global volume of fish, shrimp, clams and other aquatic animals that are harvested by farming has topped the amount fished in the wild from the world’s waters for the first time ever.
UN will declare that both Israel and Hamas are violating children's rights in armed conflict
The U.N. secretary-general will tell the Security Council next week that both Israel and Hamas are violating children’s rights and leaving them exposed to danger in their war to eliminate each other.
Yemen's Houthi rebels detain 11 UN staffers as well as aid workers in sudden crackdown
Eleven Yemeni employees of United Nations agencies have been detained by Yemen’s Houthi rebels under unclear circumstances.
Fire at a displacement camp in Congo leaves dozens of families without shelter, UN says
The U.N. says a fire at a displacement camp in eastern Congo has destroyed around 50 makeshift tents, leaving dozens of families without shelter.
Spain applies to join South Africa’s case at top UN court accusing Israel of genocide
Spain says it will ask a United Nations court for permission to join South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza.
Many leaders are more interested in power than helping end conflict, UN humanitarian chief says
The United Nations humanitarian chief says leaders in many conflict areas are more interested in power and political rivalries than in listening to the needs of their people, improving their lives and ending the fighting.
UN chief wants a tax on profits of fossil fuel companies, calling them 'godfathers of climate chaos'
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has called for a “windfall” tax on profits of fossil fuel companies to help pay for the fight against global warming.
UN agencies say over 1 million in Gaza could experience highest level of starvation by mid-July
United Nations agencies are warning that over 1 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip could experience the highest level of starvation by the middle of next month if hostilities continue.
The UN says global public debt hit a record $97 trillion in 2023. Developing countries are hard hit
The United Nations is reporting that global public debt rose to a record $97 trillion last year, with developing countries owing roughly one-third of that – crimping their ability to pay for basic government services like health care, education and climate action.
US urges UN Security Council to support cease-fire plan in Gaza announced by President Biden
The United States is urging the U.N. Security Council to support the three-phase plan announced by President Joe Biden aimed at ending the nearly eight-month war in Gaza, freeing hostages and sending massive aid into the devastated territory.
Papua New Guinea's prime minister visits the site of a landslide estimated to have killed hundreds
Papua New Guinea’s prime minister has visited the site of a major landslide that is estimated to have buried hundreds of villagers in the South Pacific island nation’s mountainous interior a week ago.
Papua New Guinea landslide survivors slow to move to safer ground after hundreds buried
Traumatized survivors of Papua New Guinea’s massive landslide are hesitating to move to safer ground as the South Pacific island nation’s authorities prepare to use heavy machinery to clear debris and risk triggering another landslide.
AP interview: Divisions among the world's powerful nations are undermining UN efforts to end crises
The UN peacekeeping chief says deep divisions especially among the world’s most powerful nations have significantly undermined what the United Nations can do to help nations move from conflict to peace.
Israeli strikes kill at least 37 Palestinians, most in tents, near Gaza's Rafah as offensive expands
Renewed Israeli shelling and strikes have killed at least 37 people, most of them sheltering in tents, outside the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
Iran further increases its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, watchdog says
A report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog says that Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels.
At least 2,000 feared dead in Papua New Guinea landslide. These are some challenges rescuers face
The Papua New Guinea government said more than 2,000 people are believed to have been buried alive in a landslide in the South Pacific island nation.
Papua New Guinea says Friday's landslide buried more than 2,000 people and formally asks for help
A Papua New Guinea government official has told the United Nations that more than 2,000 people are believed to have been buried alive by a landslide Friday.