Tag: international community
UN rights council launches probe into violations in Afghanistan
The UN Human Rights Council decided on Monday to launch a probe into serious rights violations in Afghanistan,…
Rohingya Muslims plead for help at the UN to stop the killings in Myanmar
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Rohingya Muslims pleaded with the international community at the first United Nations high-level meeting…
Monitoring group says appeals court in Qatar overturns conviction of the Baha’i community’s leader
FILE - This undated photo provided by his family in June 2025 shows Remy Rowhani, the head of…
Mideast nations confront chaos in their region, which Egypt warns ‘is at a point of implosion’
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Oman — all nations in the…
Haiti is at war, its leader warns
Violence-ravaged Haiti is a nation "at war," its leader Laurent Saint-Cyr warned at the United Nations on Thursday,…
For the first time in nearly six decades, a Syrian president steps up to speak at the UN
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Turning the page on decades of distance, Syria’s president addressed the U.N. General Assembly,…
Ukraine’s president says the world is in `the most destructive arms race in history’
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told world leaders Wednesday that the world is in “the…
Taiwan determined to defend itself, president says capping week of defence events
By Ben BlanchardTAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan's message to the international community is that it is determined to defend itself…
Bangladesh cannot mobilise more resources for Rohingya refugees, chief advisor says
By Ruma PaulCOX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) -Bangladesh cannot mobilise additional resources for the 1.3 million Rohingya refugees living…
Israel approves major West Bank settlement project
Israel approved a major settlement project on Wednesday in an area of the occupied West Bank that the international…
France, Germany, UK willing to reinstate sanctions on Iran, FT reports
(Reuters) -France, Germany, and the United Kingdom have told the United Nations they are ready to reinstate sanctions…
UN says bid to help address turmoil in Haiti less than 10 percent funded
The United Nations has said that efforts to address widespread economic and political dysfunction and debilitating violence in…