The Ukrainian leadership has ordered a merger of two major military procurement agencies despite NATO’s objections over corruption concerns Read Full Article at RT.com
Israeli airstrikes took place within the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon’s (UNIFIL) area of operations, the mission said in a statement issued on Friday.
The United Nations on Friday welcomed a newly signed peace accord between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda as a “critical step” toward restoring trust, while warning that active fighting near border areas continue to exact a heavy toll on civilians.
Global malaria deaths reached 610,000 in 2024, with Africa accounting for 95% of cases, the WHO has reported Read Full Article at RT.com
Russia has conducted strikes on targets across Ukraine, causing widespread blackouts, local media and officials say Read Full Article at RT.com
NEW YORK, December 5 (IPS) - From its inception, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) has been engaged in improving its working methods, mindful of, as early as in 1949, “… the increasing length of General Assembly sessions, and of the growing tendency towards protracted debates”.
NEW YORK, December 5 (IPS) - Let’s just say the quiet part out loud: the UN is not reforming because it suddenly woke up one morning inspired by efficiency. It’s reforming because the Organization is broke. Not metaphorically broke. Not diplomatically broke. Actually broke. The kind of broke where arrears sit at $1.586 billion and everyone pretends that’s just an unfortunate bookkeeping hiccup instead of the fact that the lights are flickering.
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The ongoing emergency in northern Mozambique continues to worsen as prolonged attacks by non-state armed groups in Nampula trigger one of the largest displacement surges of the year, the UN warned on Friday.