U.N. council votes to keep researching anti-LGBTQ abuses despite U.S. U-turn
GENEVA — The U.N. Human Rights Council voted on Monday to renew the mandate of an LGBTQ rights expert, a ...
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Haiti’s gangs have ‘near-total control’ of the capital as violence escalates, U.N. says
Gangs have grown in power since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in July 2021 and previously were estimated to ...
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Iran’s president reportedly suspends cooperation with U.N. nuclear watchdog
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s president on Wednesday reportedly ordered the country to suspend its cooperation with the International ...
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Israel has authorized a ‘teaspoon’ of aid for Gaza, U.N. chief says
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Friday said Israel has only authorized for Gaza what “amounts to a teaspoon of ...
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U.S. in standoff with Ukraine and Europe over competing U.N. resolutions about Russia-Ukraine war
Leading up to a vote Monday, the United States had been lobbying countries around the world to oppose a resolution ...
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U.N. peacekeepers killed as fighting rages in eastern Congo
Fighting with M23 rebels in eastern Congo has left at least 13 peacekeepers and foreign soldiers dead, United Nations and ...
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U.N. experts urge Thailand not to deport 48 Uyghurs to China
BANGKOK — United Nations human rights experts have urged Thailand not to send 48 Uyghurs in its custody back to China, warning they ...
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UN human rights office in Venezuela partially resumes work months after government shut it down
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The U.N. office on human rights in Venezuela partially resumed operations in recent weeks, the agency's ...
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