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UN Security Council to meet as Ukraine calls for humanitarian corridors

The UN Security Council will hold an open meeting on Monday on the worsening humanitarian situation in Ukraine as the conflict intensifies and Ukrainian...

UN says Ukraine refugee surge will soon hit one million

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) says more than 874,000 people have fled Ukraine since Russia’s invasion last week and the figure is “rising exponentially”,...

Emergency meeting called by UN Security Council over Ukraine crisis

The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting Monday night after Russian President Vladimir Putin recognised the independence of separatist regions in eastern...

UN experts urge Sweden to stop planned iron-ore mine project

Two independent UN human rights experts have called on Sweden’s government to refuse a licence to industrial backers of a planned iron-ore mine that...

Save the Children staff confirmed dead in Myanmar massacre

Two Save The Children staff were among at least 35 people, including children, who were killed in Myanmar on Christmas Eve, the group has...

Elon Musk offers £4.4bn if UN shows how it will solve world hunger

Elon Musk, the richest person in the world, has said he will sell six billion dollars (£4.4 billion) worth of Tesla stock and donate...

Chinese president to address UN climate summit by video link

Chinese president Xi Jinping will talk to global leaders at the UN climate summit in Glasgow by video link, the foreign ministry has announced. China,...

UN chief warns that the world is ‘on edge of an abyss’

The United Nations chief has warned global leaders that the world has never been more threatened and divided and “we face the greatest cascade...

Donors pledge emergency funds for Afghans in face of humanitarian crisis

The United Nations drummed up more than 1.2 billion dollars (£870 million) in emergency pledges on Monday for helping 11 million Afghans facing an...

‘Credible evidence’ of Taliban reprisal killings, UN human rights boss says

The UN human rights chief says her office has received credible allegations of reprisal killings by the Taliban of former Afghan security forces, as...

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