United Nations
Finland discontinues €20 million UNRWA funding agreement
Finnish Foreign Trade Minister Ville Tavio previously suspended contributions to the agency in 2024 over allegations that UNRWA employees participated in Hamas’s October 7 massacre.
UN refugee agency scales back posts and budget for 2027, documents show
Israel hits back at 15 countries, EU over criticism of UNRWA compound seizure
UN rights office says US terror designation of Palestine Action threatens free speech
Guterres makes first visit to Syria by UN chief since before civil war
"The United Nations stands with Syria at this pivotal moment," Guterres said in a post on X on arriving for what he described as a "visit of solidarity."
UN human rights chief Volker Turk faces pushback in bid for second term
Turk, a lawyer who has worked for the United Nations for decades in major offices such as Geneva and field locations including Kosovo, ends his first four-year term in October.
Russia intensifies Black Sea attacks as shipowners suspend Ukraine port arrivals
"Yesterday... not a single ship entered the port," Zelensky told reporters on Thursday. "They've been hitting all the ships. They're going to step this up."
When 'genocide' is no longer enough: Why the Palestinians are pushing 'wholocide' - analysis
Ambassador Al-Aklouk said the neologism 'Wholocide' was inspired by the "genocide victims themselves who described what they endured as being like 'the horrors of the Day of Judgment."
By history, by right, by conviction: Why the Malvinas belong to Argentina - opinion
Each new pronouncement confirms that the Question of the Malvinas Islands remains unresolved and very much alive. It also invites us to ask what Malvinas truly means to Argentina.
Trump wants FIFA President Gianni Infantino to become next UN Secretary-General - report
US President Trump believes that everyone in the world respects Infantino and understands that “he has a special ability to bring people together.”
October 7 massacre findings puts the UN’s credibility on trial - opinion
The authority of institutions such as the United Nations depends not on military power or legal coercion, but on the confidence that allegations will be examined independently.
At least 144 refugees dead or missing off coast of Mauritania, UN agency says
The toll comes after three rescue operations in Mauritania between July 14-18, the UN agency said, calling for more access to education and labor opportunities to create sea crossing alternatives.
Diplomatic efforts seek to avert Trump split with UN refugee agency, sources say
The sources said that the agency had informed supporters that it could be placed on a US blacklist, ending funding, and that Washington could also withdraw from its governing Executive Committee.
New York hosted the world's war criminals for 80 years, but Mamdani only noticed the Jew - comment
If his principle is that New York City should enforce international criminal law against visiting heads of state, he owes the public the rest of his list. Right now, it has one name on it.
