United Nations

UN Security Council OKs New Military Force to Fight Haiti ‘Terrorist’ Gangs

The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday adopted a resolution to transform a UN-backed security mission in gang-dominated Haiti into a larger, full-fledged force with military troops.

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Sweeping UN Sanctions Return to Hit Iran After Nuclear Talks Fail

Widespread UN sanctions against Iran returned into force for the first time in a decade, after nuclear talks with Western powers failed.

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UN Chief Says World Should Not be Intimidated by Israel

UN Secretary-General Guterres told the world should not be "intimidated" by Israel and its creeping annexation of the occupied West Bank.

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Venezuela Accuses US of Waging ‘Undeclared War,’ Urges UN Probe

Venezuela accused the US of waging an "undeclared war" and called for a UN probe of strikes that killed drug traffickers on boats.

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UN Experts Slam US ‘Extrajudicial’ Venezuela Drug Boat Killings

United Nations experts condemned US for its "extrajudicial execution" of 14 people on alleged drug trafficking boats from Venezuela.

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Libya Gov’t Reaches Agreement With Armed Group to End Tripoli Tensions

Libya's UN-recognized government based in Tripoli has reached a preliminary accord with a powerful armed group to end months of tensions that have flared into occasional violence, a government adviser and local media said Saturday.

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Paramilitary Launches Drone Strikes on Sudan Capital

A wave of paramilitary drone strikes hit key infrastructure and military targets in and around Sudan's army-held capital Tuesday, bringing to an abrupt end a period of relative calm in the area.

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Sudan’s RSF Commits ‘Myriad Crimes Against Humanity’: UN Probe

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan have committed numerous crimes against humanity in Sudan's civil war, UN investigators said.

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UN Says 89 Killed in 10 Days in Sudan’s El-Fasher

The UN said at least 89 people had been killed in 10 days of attacks on the besieged Sudanese city of El-Fasher and the adjoining Abu Shouk camp.

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UN Debates Future Withdrawal of Lebanon Peacekeeping Force

The United Nations Security Council began to debate a resolution drafted by France to extend the UN peacekeeping force in south Lebanon for a year with the ultimate aim to withdraw it.

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