N. Korea calls South’s leader ‘a parrot raised by America’
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea called South Korea’s president “a parrot raised by America” Tuesday, resuming its trademark derisive rhetoric against its rivals...
UN experts pull back on corruption claims against Yemen
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. panel of experts monitoring sanctions against Yemen has pulled back from its claims of corruption and money laundering by...
UN, Canada, Jamaica spearhead action to prevent debt crisis
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. chief and the prime ministers of Canada and Jamaica urged far bolder action Monday to prevent a debt crisis,...
EU, UN hold talks to tackle Syria’s humanitarian crisis
BRUSSELS — Dozens of nations and international organizations were holding virtual talks on Tuesday to help tackle the humanitarian crisis deepening in Syria and...
France rejects UN report its forces targeted Mali wedding
PARIS — The French Defense Ministry on Tuesday categorically rejected that its forces in Mali attacked and killed civilians attending a village wedding fete...
UN rights investigator Agnes Callamard named Amnesty chief
LONDON — Agnes Callamard, who led a United Nations’ investigation into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has been appointed the new leader...
N. Korea accuses UN of double standard over missile firings
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Monday accused the United Nations of a “double standard” over its reaction to the North’s recent missile...
Pleas for more aid to Syria: ‘We don’t have nearly enough’
BEIRUT — At age 19, Fatima al-Omar is at her wits' end. In the last year alone, she lost her home to fighting in...
US urges UN to stop making aid to Syria a political issue
UNITED NATIONS — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged the divided U.N. Security Council on Monday to stop making humanitarian aid to war-torn...
UN: Increase in child migrants through dangerous Darien Gap
PANAMA CITY — The number of child migrants passing through the perilous Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama has risen dramatically, the U.N. child...
