Amnesty: Eritrean troops still killing in Ethiopia’s Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya — Eritrean soldiers remain in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region and are killing civilians weeks after Ethiopia said the soldiers would leave, according...
UN report: Many women in poor nations can’t say, `No sex’
UNITED NATIONS — Less than half the women in 57 developing countries are denied the right to say “no” to sex with their partners,...
UN chief: 52 armies and groups suspected of sexual violence
UNITED NATIONS — The COVID-19 pandemic led to a spike in gender-based violence last year and combatants continued to use sexual violence “as a...
WHO urges pause in market sale of captured live wild animals
GENEVA — The United Nations' health agency on Tuesday urged countries to suspend the sale of live animals captured from the wild in food...
After COVID, Swiss group plots future for science, diplomacy
GENEVA — With COVID-19, space exploration and climate change high on many minds, a “do tank” in Geneva bankrolled by Switzerland's government is gearing...
Russia tries to ban Kosovo flag at UN — unsuccessfully
UNITED NATIONS — Russia tried for the first time Tuesday to prevent Kosovo’s representative from speaking at the U.N. Security Council with the country’s...
UN chief urges wealth tax of those who profited during COVID
UNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres declared Monday that the world’s failure to unite on tackling COVID-19 created wide inequalities, and he called for...
Haley says she’ll back Trump, stand down if he runs in 2024
ORANGEBURG, S.C. — Former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, often mentioned as a possible 2024 GOP presidential contender, said Monday that...
Libyan officials say UN-sanctioned human trafficker freed
CAIRO — Libyan authorities released one of the country’s most wanted human traffickers less than four months after his arrest in the capital, Tripoli,...
UN says 34 migrants drown off Djibouti after boat capsizes
NAIROBI, Kenya — The International Organization for Migration says 34 migrants have died after their boat capsized off the Horn of Africa nation of...
