The United Nations will this week appeal for $910 million to help tackle a humanitarian crisis in northeastern Nigeria, which has been in the grip of an Islamist insurgency since 2009 and was hit by flooding last year,
Nearly 900 humanitarian aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the third day of a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas, as a senior U.N. official said so far there had been no apparent law-and-order issues.
China, Uyghurs and Thailand
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UN experts urge Thailand not to deport dozens of Uyghurs to China where they face ‘real risk of torture’
UN urges Thailand not to deport dozens of Uyghurs to China where they face ‘real risk of torture’
International pressure is mounting on Thailand – including from the new US administration – over the fate of dozens of Uyghur men held in detention for more than a decade, following reports the Thai government planned to deport the group to China.
UN Experts Urge Thailand Not to Deport 48 Uyghurs to China
United Nations human rights experts have urged Thailand not to send 48 Uyghurs in its custody back to China, warning they are at risk of torture, ill-treatment and "irreparable harm" if returned. Human rights groups and some Thai lawmakers have raised concerns in the past week that the transfer to China of the Uyghurs,
Iran must make a first step towards improving relations with countries in the region and the United States by making it clear they do not aim to develop nuclear weapons, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday.
"No, Elon Musk did not do those salutes," New York Rep. Elise Stefanik told Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy when pressed before lawmakers at her confirmation hearing.
Stefanik argued the US needs “to be a voice of moral clarity on the UN Security Council and at the United Nations at large for the world to hear the importance of standing with
Operations at a Red Sea port in Yemen used for aid imports have fallen to about a quarter of its capacity, a UN official said on Tuesday, adding it was not certain that a Gaza ceasefire would end attacks between the Iran-backed Houthis and Israel.
A speech by the U.N. chief, economic growth potential in places like China and Russia, the challenges of artificial intelligence and leaders from Spain to Malaysia are set to headline the agenda at the World Economic Forum’s annual event in Davos.
The three female hostages were released as part of the phased ceasefire agreement Israel and Hamas reached last week.
Elise Stefanik told Sen. Chris Murphy that she is more worried about a senator wasting time during the confirmation hearing for a UN Ambassador asking about it than she is about Elon Musk appearing to do a Nazi salute.
A Ryanair passenger who claimed to be a United Nations diplomat was dragged out of a Spanish flight after throwing a tantrum and demanding a front row seat, according to a local report.
United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres met Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus in the Swiss city of Davos today (22 January). During the meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting, Antonio Guterres and Dr Yunus exchanged pleasantries.
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