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Swedish diplomat Hans Grundberg takes over as UN envoy to Yemen amid fears of major food shortages. AFP
UN hires Swedish diplomat Hans Grundberg to run Yemen peace talks

New UN peacemaker takes over amid revived fighting between rebels and pro-government forces

USJuly 16, 2021
Taliban fighters have captured two Afghan border crossings with Iran and Turkmenistan, making rapid territorial gains after American troops started pulling out of Afghanistan. EPA
Iran forcing out desperate Afghans amid chaotic US withdrawal, UN says

Afghan newborns are perishing as desperate mothers migrate into a spiralling conflict

USJuly 15, 2021
Jan Kubis, UN Special Envoy for Libya, expressed concern over the December elections. EPA
Libya ‘spoilers’ put elections in jeopardy, UN says

North African country’s squabbling politicians are not ‘walking the talk,' Jan Kubis said

USJuly 15, 2021
Normal General Assembly meetings see leaders arrive with as many as 100 aides. UN Photo
Annual UN assembly scaled back for second pandemic year

World leaders can again send recorded videos of themselves to the General Assembly

USJuly 14, 2021
A US soldier walks with his unit's Afghan interpreter before a mission in the Laghman province of Afghanistan in 2014. Reuters
Afghans in US consider unlikely return to tumultuous homeland

Some who fled after receiving Taliban death threats still hanker for a homecoming

USJuly 14, 2021
A protester holds up a banner bearing an image of George Floyd during an anti-racism protest in Manchester, England. AP
UN launches 'George Floyd' inquiry into police racism globally

African nations are shining a spotlight on the actions of white officers in Europe and the Americas

USJuly 13, 2021
Unicef Executive Director Henrietta Fore attends the annual Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, February 17, 2019. Reuters
Unicef chief steps down due to family health problem

American aid executive Henrietta Fore has been lauded for her ‘inspiring leadership’

USJuly 13, 2021
Displaced Yemeni children stand next to their family's share of emergency food aid provided by a local relief agency. EPA
Wars, Covid and currency crashes drive Middle East hunger spike, UN warns

More than a tenth of the world’s population was undernourished last year amid multiple crises

USJuly 12, 2021
Crews from the US and Israel work in the rubble of Champlain Towers South apartment block in Surfside, southern Florida.
Death toll from collapsed Florida building rises to 94

Rescuers have moved so much rubble that they can now see cars in the underground car park

USJuly 12, 2021
A helicopter is used as part of efforts to put out a fire in California. AP
US firefighters struggle to contain wildfires

Nearly 10,000 crew and back-up team members tackling blazes across 15 states

USJuly 11, 2021
Relief aid leaves the UNHCR warehouse in Dubai Humanitarian City en route to Syria. Razan Alzayani / The National
UN reauthorises Syria aid route amid US-Russia rift

Ultimate deal fell short of expansion of aid operations sought by US and others

USJuly 09, 2021
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during a press briefing in New York City. AFP
UN chief pushes G20 to deliver more vaccines to poor countries

Eleven billion doses are needed to vaccinate 70 per cent of humanity and stop Covid-19 and its mutant strains

USJuly 09, 2021
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) under construction near Guba in Ethiopia. AFP
Egypt will protect its 'right to life’ against Ethiopia’s mega-dam, Shoukry says

UN Security Council members appear unwilling to become too involved in row over water sharing

USJuly 08, 2021
Workers carry boxes of humanitarian aid near the Bab Al Hawa crossing at the Syrian-Turkish border in Idlib. Reuters
Russia counters US plans for Syria aid convoys

Moscow’s offer of six-month extension falls short of reopening of several aid checkpoints sought by Washington

USJuly 08, 2021
Police in the Jalousie township, where men accused of being involved in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, were arrested. AFP
Haiti asks UN for help investigating president’s assassination

Haiti’s fragile and divided government is struggling to cope with the president’s sudden death

The AmericasJuly 08, 2021
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