Iran’s president, criticizing US, likens sanctions to ‘war’
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran's new president slammed U.S. sanctions imposed on his nation as a mechanism of war Tuesday, packing a full...
NATO leader: Allies need to stand together amid sub flap
NEW YORK — With some powerful NATO allies at odds over a submarine sale, the group's leader suggested Tuesday that members need to focus...
Qatar’s ruler urges world leaders not to boycott Taliban
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The ruling emir of Qatar, whose nation has played a pivotal role in Afghanistan in the wake of the...
Billionaires rocketing into space draw UN chief’s red glare
Space, we have an equity problem.
When three billionaires rocketed into...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro rebuffs criticism on pandemic, Amazon
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro issued a strident defense of his administration at the U.N. General Assembly, rebuffing criticism of its...
UN agencies want access to asylum-seekers stuck at EU border
WARSAW, Poland — Two United Nations agencies requested access Tuesday to asylum-seekers stranded at Belarus's border with Poland and Lithuania, after four migrants were...
UN agency: Innovation continued even as coronavirus emerged
GENEVA — The U.N.'s intellectual property agency said Monday that innovation marched forward last year despite the impact of the coronavirus outbreak. Technology, pharmaceuticals...
UN to world leaders: To curtail warming, you must do more
Pressure keeps building on increasingly anxious world leaders to ratchet up efforts to fight climate change. There's more of it coming this week in...
‘I just cry’: Dying of hunger in Ethiopia’s blockaded Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya — In parts of Ethiopia’s Tigray region, people now eat only green leaves for days. At a health center last week, a...
‘I just cry’: Dying of hunger in Ethiopia’s blockaded Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya — In parts of Ethiopia’s Tigray region, people now eat only green leaves for days. At a health center last week, a...