Geopolitics
New York: Russia’s military attack on Ukraine has “opened a new and dangerous chapter in world history,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet told an urgent debate on Thursday, leading calls for a ceasefire. more
UN Human Rights Council pauses session to consider ‘urgent debate’ on Ukraine crisis

New York: The scheduled work of the UN Human Rights Council was halted temporarily on Monday as Member States were called to vote on a request from Ukraine to hold an urgent debate on the ...

Protection of civilians must be priority number one: Antonio Guterres on Ukraine crisis

New York: United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Friday said protecting civilians in Ukraine should be the priority of the world.

Russia planning attack on Ukraine: NATO

Brussels/UNI/Sputnik: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has accused Russia of planning an attack on Ukraine under a fabricated pretext, at the same time denying the validity of the ...

Time to ‘seriously de-escalate’ tensions over Ukraine, Guterres tells Munich conference

New York: With tensions continuing to mount over the Ukraine crisis, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday that he still believed military conflict in Europe “ ...

Ukraine crisis: UN political affairs chief calls for ‘maximum restraint’

New York: Amid competing narratives of events unfolding swiftly in and around Ukraine - one detailing the withdrawal of Russian troops from the borders and another proclaiming that an att ...

Ukraine crisis can only be solved via dialogue, says Italy

Rome/UNI/Sputnik: Tensions around Ukraine can be defused only through dialogue as all major European actors are looking for ways to engage Russia, Franco Frattini, President of the Italia ...

Ukraine: ‘Do not fail the cause of peace’ Guterres urges

New York: Amid increasing tension over Ukraine between Russia and Western countries of the NATO alliance, the UN Secretary-General declared on Monday that “there is no alternative t ...

Ukraine tensions: US closing embassy in Kyiv, relocating diplomatic operations to Lviv amid warnings of Russian invasion

Kyiv, Ukraine (JEN): The United States is closing its embassy in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and "temporarily relocating" its diplomatic operations to Lviv, a city in the west ...

Ukraine Crisis: G7 threatens Russia with sanctions

London/UNI/Sputnik: The finance ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) on Monday said they are ready to collectively impose severe sanctions on Russia in the event of a military invasion by ...