UN chief warns against Neo-Nazi groups o...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday said that the old anti-Semitism is back and neo-Nazi groups are proliferating. In his remarks at a ceremony marking the International Day of Commemorat
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UN chief warns against Neo-Nazi groups o...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday said that the old anti-Semitism is back and neo-Nazi groups are proliferating. In his remarks at a ceremony marking the International Day of Commemorat
UN chief calls for stronger political wi...
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for stronger political will in tackling some of the challenges that are becoming "more global" and "more integrated." To ensure suc
UN chief condemns attack on peacekeepers...
UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday condemned an attack on a convoy of the UN peacekeeping force in Mali that killed two soldiers from Sri Lanka. Guter
UN chief calls for double efforts to pro...
UNITED NATIONS, March 6 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for double efforts to protect and promote women's rights, dignity and leadership. Gender equality and wom
Roundup: Yemen's rival parties resume me...
SANAA, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Delegations of Yemen's warring parties on Sunday met on a UN-hired ship in the Red Sea to resume discussions over implementation of a stalled troop withdrawal from Hodeidah
Australia rejects UN calls for suspensio...
CANBERRA, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Australian government has rejected calls from the United Nations to suspend work on the Adani Group's Carmichael coal mine. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Rac
UN says fire damages two silos in Yemen'...
UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- A UN spokesman said Friday a fire damaged two silos of the Red Sea Mills on the outskirts of Yemen's embattled port city of Hodeidah, and the fire was believed to
UN chief appoints commissioner-general f...
UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced Friday the appointment of Maher Nasser as commissioner-general for the organization's participation in Expo 2020 in
UN envoy, Libyan State Council officials...
TRIPOLI, March 3 (Xinhua) -- UN Special Envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame on Sunday met in Tripoli with Fawzi Aqab, second deputy head of the Libyan Higher Council of State (HCS), over the latest politic
Refugees returning to northeast Nigeria ...
UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- At least 10,000 refugees reportedly returned to homes in northeast Nigeria, despite reports of fighting in the region, a UN spokesman said on Thursday. "The UN Off
Evacuees flood camp from last IS holdout...
UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Conditions at an overcrowded camp in northeastern Syria hosting evacuees from the last holdout of the Islamic State (IS) are "extremely challenging," a UN spokesma
UN envoy leaves Yemen after cemented dea...
SANAA, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths left the rebel-held capital Sanaa on Monday after a one-day visit in which he cemented a peace deal reached in St
At least 40 killed in intercommunal figh...
JUBA, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- At least 40 people, mainly women and children, have been killed and 70 others injured in intercommunal fighting across South Sudan in January, the UN said on Monday. The UN
Xinhua world news summary at 0830 GMT, F...
WASHINGTON -- U.S. State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert withdrew herself from consideration for the nomination of U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (UN), the department said in a statemen
Kenya should adopt climate-smart seeds t...
MALINDI, Kenya, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Kenyan farmers should adopt seed varieties that are resilient to climatic shocks in order to achieve food security and expand revenue streams, a UN food agency off
UN food agency airlifts life-saving aid ...
UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is airlifting life-saving aid to a region on the brink of a severe food shortage 1,000 kilometers east of Bangui, capital of the
New UN report reveals rising hunger in A...
ADDIS ABABA, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Hunger is on the rise in Africa mainly due to difficult global economic conditions, adverse climatic conditions due to El Nino and soaring staple food prices, accordi