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BRICS nations discuss shared response to Trump trade policies
Foreign ministers from the BRICS group of developing nations met on Monday to discuss a shared defense of the global trade ...
In reverse of a longtime stance, US says UN Palestinian refugee agency isn’t immune from lawsuits
The Trump administration has decided that the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees is not immune from being sued, reversing ...
Opinion
The United Nations Isn't Perfect. But Trump Still Needs It.
On this day 80 years ago, delegates from 49 countries arrived in San Francisco to begin drafting the United Nations Charter. At the time, President Harry S. Truman and leaders of ...
UN food, refugee agencies plan deep cuts as funding slashed, memos show
The U.N. agencies for food and refugees plan deep cuts due to an unprecedented plunge in funding, including from former top ...
New Syrian foreign minister attends UN Security Council in first US appearance since Assad’s fall
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani raised his country’s new flag at the United Nations headquarters in New York and to ...
Israeli military takes responsibility for attack on U.N. house in Gaza
The admission confirmed Post reporting that the blasts were caused by Israeli tank shells. The Israeli military previously ...
US lists demands at UN as Syria seeks sanctions relief
The United States publicly spelled out at the United Nations on Friday the steps it wants Syria to take before Washington ...
Young Cree leaders bring modern-day Treaty to United Nations forum
From Northern Quebec to the United Nations, Cree youth share insights on Indigenous self-governance at the United Nations ...
Trump moves to open seabed to mining, unnerving other nations
President Donald Trump thew into turmoil a global effort to limit mining in the deep sea, signing an order to open up ...