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International Day of Happiness: The world’s happiest and saddest countries revealed
Since 2013, the United Nations has celebrated the International Day of Happiness on March 20 to highlight the importance of happiness in the lives of ... Features -
Funding shortfall forces food ration cuts for millions of hungry Afghans
The UN World Food Program has been forced to cut rations to 4 million Afghans this month, it said in a statement late on Friday, due to a funding ... World News -
UN says it is doing everything possible to continue Black Sea grain deal
The United Nations is “doing everything possible” to make sure a deal allowing the export of Ukrainian grain from Black Sea ports continues, UN aid ... World News -
UN aviation council votes to hear MH17 case against Russia
The United Nations aviation council on Friday voted to hear a case against Russia over the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, the foreign ... World News -
UN grants extension to Afghanistan mission
The Security Council on Thursday renewed the United Nations Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for another year, while also asking for recommendations on ... World News -
UN Yemen envoy says momentum to end conflict renewed by Saudi-Iranian deal
The United Nations Yemen mediator urged the warring parties on Wednesday to “seize the opportunity” to take decisive steps toward peace and said ... Gulf -
Talks continue to extend Black Sea grain as Russia seeks 60-day renewal
Talks continue to extend a deal to allow grain shipments from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports ahead of a deadline later this week, the United Nations and ... World News -
UN, Syrian govt implicated in post-earthquake aid failures: UN-inquiry commission
The United Nations, as well as the Syrian government and other actors, are responsible for delays in getting emergency aid to Syrians after the ... Middle East -
Turkey’s earthquake toll tops 48,000 as government races to build container cities
The death toll in Turkey from last month’s major earthquakes has risen to 48,448, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Monday, as authorities rush ... Middle East -
Talks on grain deal extension held between UN, Russia
The United Nations and Russia began talks Monday on renewing the Ukraine grain export deal, which has helped ease the global food crisis triggered by ... World News -
Libyan elections are possible this year: UN envoy
UN Libya envoy Abdoulaye Bathily said on Saturday that if a clear road map and electoral laws are put in place by June, national elections could be ... North Africa -
UN urges parties in Yemen to fulfill commitment to release prisoners, detainees
UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg urged the warring parties in Yemen to fulfill their commitments and release prisoners and detainees as per ... Gulf -
IAEA board backs Grossi’s appointment to second four-year term
The UN nuclear watchdog’s 35-nation board of governors on Friday backed the reappointment of Argentina’s Rafael Grossi to a second four-year term as ... World News -
UN announces ‘major breakthrough’ to prevent oil spill disaster in Yemen
The United Nations said Thursday it had bought a ship to remove oil and avoid a potentially catastrophic spill from a tanker decaying for years off ... Middle East -
Proposed UK asylum bill would be in ‘clear breach’ of international law, UNHCR says
The United Kingdom’s Asylum Bill would be in “clear breach” of international law, the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR said on Tuesday.The proposed bill would ... World News -
UN chief says crucial to extend Ukraine grain deal during visit to Kyiv
UN chief Antonio Guterres said in Kyiv Wednesday that it was crucial to extend the international accord that allowed grain exports to resume from ... World News -
UN believes video of Ukrainian soldier’s killing ‘may be authentic’
The United Nations said Wednesday it believes that a viral video showing the apparent execution of a captured Ukrainian soldier by Russian troops may ... World News -
UN calls Afghanistan the world’s most repressive country for women
Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the country has become the most repressive in the world for women and girls, deprived of many of their ... World News -
UN chief Guterres to meet Zelenskyy, discuss grain deal extension: Spokesperson
UN chief Antonio Guterres was traveling to Ukraine Tuesday to meet in Kyiv with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in his third trip since Russia’s ... World News -
Lebanon’s UN voting rights regained after settling dues: Foreign ministry
Lebanon has regained UN voting rights after paying dues for 2022 and 2023, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, after the country, which is in deep ... Middle East -
Turkey earthquake damage estimated to exceed $100 bln: UN
Damage from the catastrophic earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria last month has been estimated at over $100 billion for Turkey alone, the United ... Middle East -
Gender equality still ‘300 years away’ says UN chief
Global progress on women’s rights is “vanishing before our eyes,” UN boss Antonio Guterres warned Monday, saying the increasingly distant goal of ... World News -
Undernutrition in mothers rising sharply, UNICEF says
The number of pregnant women and nursing mothers suffering from undernutrition has increased by 25 percent since 2020 in 12 countries at the epicenter ... World News -
US says Iran probe into girls’ poisoning may fall under UN mandate
The White House said Monday an investigation into the recent poisoning of schoolgirls in protest-hit Iran could fall under the mandate of the United ... Middle East -
What is International Women’s Day? Date, history and this year’s theme
As the world gears up to celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) on Wednesday, here is a look at what the global event stands for, this year’s theme ... Features -
Turkey working to renew Black Sea grain deal, foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Sunday that Ankara is working hard to extend a UN-backed initiative that has enabled Ukraine to ... Middle East -
North Korea calls on UN to halt joint US-South Korea military drills
North Korea’s foreign ministry called on the United Nations to urge a halt to joint military drills by Seoul and Washington, state media reported ... World News -
UN urges resettlement of quake-hit Syrian refugees from Turkey
The UN on Saturday urged countries to speed up taking Syrian refugees from earthquake-hit zones in Turkey, saying they were facing the trauma of loss ... Middle East -
Surge in arms smuggling fuels violence in Haiti, UN warns
More sophisticated and high-caliber weapons are being illegally shipped into Haiti where violence has reached levels unseen for decades, warned a UN ... World News -
Saudi Arabia condemns Israeli minister’s call to ‘erase’ West Bank town of Huwara
Saudi Arabia on Friday condemned Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s remarks calling for “erasing” the occupied West Bank town of ... Saudi Arabia