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Internally displaced Syrian children walk near tents at a camp in northern Aleppo near the Syrian-Turkish border, February 17, 2021.  REUTERS

Syria's children approach 10-year anniversary in deepening ‘education crisis’

February 25, 2021
Houthi rebels ride on a vehicle during a funeral procession of Houthi fighters who were killed in recent fighting with forces of Yemen's Saudi-backed internationally recognized government, in Sanaa, Yemen on February 16, 2021. AP

Houthis anger world by ‘shifting goalposts’ on tanker salvage mission, says UN

February 24, 2021
US President Joe Biden in the White House in Washington, February 23, 2021. AFP 

Biden wants US back on UN Human Rights Council

February 24, 2021
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Mariano Grossi seen speaking in a meeting with Iran's atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi in Tehran, Iran, February 21, 2021. Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran via AP

Iran producing highly enriched uranium faster than law allows

February 24, 2021
Linda Thomas-Greenfield seen at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on her nomination to be US ambassador to the UN in Washington, January 27, 2021. Reuters

Linda Thomas-Greenfield confirmed by Senate as Biden's UN envoy

February 23, 2021
Relatives of the passengers who died in a plane shot down by Iran in January unveil a memorial stone at Boryspil International Airport near Kiev, Ukraine, on February 17, 2020. AFP

UN criticises Iran’s ‘reckless disregard’ and lies about downing of Ukrainian plane

February 23, 2021
Sir David Attenborough told The National: 'If we bring emissions down with sufficient vigour we may yet avoid the tipping points.' Getty

High-profile UN meet declares climate change a threat to world peace

February 23, 2021
Sir David Attenborough told The National: 'If we bring emissions down with sufficient vigour we may yet avoid the tipping points.' Getty

Boris Johnson and Sir David Attenborough push climate change at UN’s top table

February 23, 2021
Security forces block a street with an armoured personnel carrier during protests against the government in Mogadishu, Somalia, on February 19, 2021. AP 

Somalia’s Farmajo must break election deadlock, says US

February 22, 2021
The Facebook logo on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York's Times Square. AP Photo

UN chief pushes for Big Tech regulation amid global row

February 22, 2021
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will seek $25 million from the General Assemby to fund the Lebanon Special Tribunal. Reuters

UN approves funding to continue Lebanon tribunal investigation of Rafik Hariri assassination

February 20, 2021
Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, commander of the Libyan National Army, has been in talks with the UN envoy for Libya. AFP

UN envoy meets Haftar in revived Libya peace process

February 19, 2021
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks speaks at the State Department in Washington, February 4, 2021. REUTERS

US re-enters Paris Agreement and pledges to 'do more'

February 19, 2021
Boris Johnson wants the G7 to back his 100-day target for developing vaccines against new diseases. Reuters

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson tells G7 summit the world must unite to overcome pandemic

February 19, 2021
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for more action while releasing a report outlining the three main threats to mankind. UNTV via AP

Mankind's 'war on nature’ driving 3°C heat spike, UN warns

February 18, 2021
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