United Nations

World 07/08/20, 13:58

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has caused outrage in various quarters by joining with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in passing the new law that represses Hong Kong, and by supporting other developments ...

News 07/08/20, 01:55

An agency that oversees international public health was put on notice that the United States will formally end relations because it allegedly is spreading Chinese "disinformation" about the deadly Asian disease. The Trump administration has decided to withdraw from the World ...

U.S. 04/02/20, 04:04

A dictatorship allegedly concealed the real number of patients and deaths linked to the deadly Asian disease, U.S. intelligence has found. A classified report to the White House has accused the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of underreporting the number of infections ...

U.S. 03/14/20, 07:34

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has asked all staff at its New York headquarters to work from home, a spokesman announced late on Friday, March 13, after a diplomat from the Philippine mission to the U.N. tested positive for the ...

South America 10/29/19, 04:50

Fresh protests and attacks on businesses erupted in Chile Monday despite President Sebastián Piñera's replacement of eight key Cabinet ministers with more centrist figures and his attempts to assure the country he has heard calls for greater equality and improved ...

Europe 10/21/19, 03:51

Firefighters say a fire has burned about one-fourth of the roof of Turin's Cavallerizza Reale, a UNESCO World Heritage site in the center of the northern Italian city, hitting an area of the building once used for the royal stables. Firefighters ...

Asia & Pacific 10/18/19, 09:22

An explosion rocked a mosque in eastern Afghanistan as dozens of people gathered to offer Friday players, causing the roof to collapse and killing 62 worshippers, provincial officials said. Attahullah Khogyani, spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar, said the militant attack ...

World 09/30/19, 17:14

There is now Irrefutable evidence the Chinese government is murdering spiritual followers of Falun Gong and other prisoners of conscience for their organs. It was presented at the United Nations in Geneva on Sept. 24. Findings from the final independent China ...

U.S. 09/24/19, 04:09

President Trump took another step in advancing religious freedom for all people when he hosted a religious freedom summit on Sept. 23 in New York instead of attending a climate change summit with other world leaders. Evangelical leaders applauded his ...

U.S. 09/23/19, 17:17

President Trump's passion for religious liberty for everyone of faith around the world was apparent as he hosted the historic Global Call to Protect Religious Freedom. The event was held at the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, Sept. 23 ...

U.S. 09/22/19, 13:50

Deafening drums marked the entrance of President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minster Narendra Modi as they clasped hands and walked across the stage in a packed Texas stadium Sunday, sending a message of unity between the world's two largest ...

World 08/21/19, 14:21

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo asked the UN Security Council on August 20 to stop Iran's belligerent actions in order to prevent consequences that could cost human lives. "Greater cooperation in the Middle East is needed more than ever," he ...

Politics 08/16/19, 10:33

The Trump administration is mulling $4.3 billion foreign aid cuts, including $1.7 billion spending for the United Nations programs. A White House official confirmed to Politico that the Office of Management and Budget is proposing a spending cut of about $2.3 ...

Europe 06/25/19, 13:26

Speaking at a meeting in Geneva on Monday, June 24, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet emphasized human rights violations in several regions of the world. Bachelet expressed disappointment at Saudi Arabia's response to a report by ...

U.S. 05/28/19, 17:34

The U.N. General Assembly has adopted a resolution designating Aug. 22 as the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief.The 193-member world body adopted the resolution by consensus Tuesday. It was co-sponsored by ...

U.S. 05/28/19, 15:56

The U.N. deputy humanitarian chief warned Tuesday that further military operations in northwest Syria's Idlib province will overwhelm aid efforts, stressing that an estimated 3 million people are caught up in crossfire in the last rebel stronghold.Assistant Secretary-General Ursula Mueller ...

America 05/28/19, 10:50

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations' main disarmament body walked out of its session on Tuesday to protest that Venezuela had taken the chair. The move by Robert Wood, who insisted "a rogue state" was taking over, came shortly after ...

Health 05/22/19, 20:25

Two U.S. lawmakers are calling on the World Health Organization to withdraw pain care guidelines that include what they say are false claims about the safety of prescription opioids. They say the guidelines could lead other countries toward the same kind ...

Africa 05/21/19, 11:28

The U.N. envoy for Libya warned Tuesday that the oil-rich nation "is on the verge of descending into a civil war" that could divide the country and imperil the security of its neighbors and the wider Mediterranean region.Ghassan Salame told ...

World 05/21/19, 10:16

A last-ditch appeal to the United Nations forced French doctors to resume life support Tuesday for a man who has been in a vegetative state for years and whose case has drawn attention across Europe.Vincent Lambert was critically injured in ...