Geopolitics
New York: The consequences of colonialism are “still being felt to this day”, Chef de Cabinet Courtenay Rattray told the Special Committee on Decolonization on Friday. more
Ethiopia conflict: thousands of Eritrean refugees flee new deadly attack on camp

New York: Thousands of Eritrean refugees sheltering at a camp in the Ethiopian Afar region, have fled following a deadly attack on the facility earlier this month, the UN refugee agency, ...

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 “ ...

Russian planning to attack Ukraine in coming days: Biden

Washington: US President Joe Biden on Friday said Russia might be invading Ukraine in the coming days.

EU waiting for Russian troops' pullback - Finland

Helsinki/UNI/Sputnik: Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin on Friday described the situation around Ukraine as quite worrying, saying the European Union was waiting for Russia to follow wor ...

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 ...

Meeting commitments, requires UN to work in ‘lockstep’ with parliamentarians

New York: Global commitments on implementing multilateral agreements were front and centre on Thursday, as the General Assembly President co-hosted hundreds of Parliamentarians from aroun ...

Counter-terrorism, Afghanistan, top priorities for UN cooperation with Eurasian security body

New York: Conflict prevention, counter-terrorism and support to Afghanistan, top the list of issues on which the UN and the Collective Security Treaty Organization – a Eurasian regi ...

Human rights defenders threatened at Poland-Belarus border

New York: Independent UN experts expressed deep concern on Tuesday over allegations that human rights defenders have been threatened at the Polish-Belarusian border, including media worke ...

Somalia: Elections must be finalized amid worsening drought, Security Council hears

New York: Somalia’s leaders must put aside their differences and urgently conclude a credible election process, the UN’s senior official in the country told the Security Counc ...