Diplomacy & Crisis News

As the Syrian war has driven poverty and hunger to levels higher than at any previous point, UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen told the Security Council on Friday that he would continue to focus on engaging the parties to bring an end to the protracted conflict. 

Officials said the talks had become an arena for Russia to complain about NATO.

The President of the UN General Assembly appealed on Friday for greater global solidarity to vaccinate the entire world against COVID-19.  

As Russian President Vladimir Putin claims “denazification,” Ukrainians compare him to Adolf Hitler.

The new U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy shows the White House is keeping its focus on the region even as it grapples with Russian aggression in Ukraine.

She fled Kabul for safety in Kyiv. Now the 23-year-old is facing war again.

The impact of extreme weather on Madagascar is an example of the “runaway humanitarian needs” the world will face, unless it takes action to tackle the climate crisis, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.

India and the UAE remain on the fence, worried about relations with Moscow.

In a letter to the State Department, staff voice fears they will be abandoned amid the Russian onslaught.

Amid reported deadly missile attacks from Russia’s so-called “special military operation” in Ukraine, including the capital Kiev and other cities, terrified families have been forced to seek shelter underground, the UN said on Friday, adding that at least 100,000 people have likely been displaced by the violence. 

But early indicators suggest Moscow seeks full surrender of Ukrainian government.

Skyrocketing oil prices give Venezuela’s embattled leader less incentive to pursue sanctions relief.

President Zelensky has criticized the Western response as insufficient and has vowed to stay in Ukraine.

Norah Magero, a Mechanical Engineer and Renewable Energy Expert from Kenya, is helping communities adapt to the changing climate, in the face of gender discrimination.

Kyiv’s ambassador pleads for the United States and Europe to do more to help the fight.

Putin’s invasion of Ukraine marks a tectonic shift in world politics and increases the danger of superpower confrontation and the militarization of Europe.

New measures target Russia’s largest banks and political elite.

Putin’s invasion puts some countries in a diplomatic and economic bind.

France has violated the rights of French children detained for years in camps in northeast Syria by failing to repatriate them, the UN Child Rights Committee said in findings issued on Thursday. 

Political leaders in Iraq must urgently overcome their divisions and work for the good of the people, the top UN official in the country told the Security Council on Thursday.