Biden U.N. pick signals U.S. return to alliances
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s selection of Linda Thomas-Greenfield to serve as ambassador to the U.N. signals America's pivot back to multilateralism.
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Belarus opposition seeks U.N. reinforcement
The opposition leader of Belarus asked the United Nations for help challenging longtime authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko's crackdown.
WADA dispute could entangle U.S. athletes
WADA said it will consider amending its rules to prevent the United States from jeopardizing the global anti-doping system.
E.U. and ICC condemn Trump's sanctions
The E.U. demanded the Trump administration rescind its retaliatory economic sanctions on the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor and a top aide.
WADA to review Russian doping data
The World Anti-Doping Agency said it has received responses from Russian authorities to questions raised over data "discrepancies” at an anti-doping center.
Geneva Conventions at 70 are a call to duty
International observers marked the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions examining their relevance and limits — and ways to boost enforcement.
Experts: U.S. racism complicit in shootings
After three high-profile shootings across the United States in a week, U.N. experts linked the violence to American leaders' divisive language and behavior.
D-Day honors debt to a 'heritage of peace'
In honor of D-Day 75 years ago, the French president urged the world to perpetuate the Allied nations' hard-won "heritage of peace" by sustaining alliances.
Human rights agenda seen 'losing ground'
The world's foremost body for encouraging human rights got a dismal message: U.N. leaders see a rise in hatred and a retreat in progress globally.
U.N. chief rallies against 'world of trouble'
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres cited armed conflict, poverty, hunger, inequality and climate change as his chief concerns for 2019.
Nations agree to Paris climate rulebook
Almost 200 nations adopted a rulebook for the Paris Agreement that sets out how nations must report their carbon emissions and pay for climate action.
Appeals for unity at polarized climate talks
At risk of ending without agreement, the U.N. climate conference was jolted towards potential compromise by urgent appeals for unity from the U.N. and Fiji.
Carbon emissions projected at record high
Scientists projected global emissions of CO2 will hit another record high in 2018, highlighting the urgency of international climate talks in Poland.
U.N.: Climate goals dangerously off-track
The gap is widening between the goal of limiting global warming to no more than 2 degrees Celsius this century and what is realistically achievable.
Trump lambastes U.N. as 'unaccountable'
At the U.N. General Assembly, U.S. President Donald Trump belittled the world body as "an unelected, unaccountable global bureaucracy."
Syria buffer zone is latest use of old tool
The demilitarized buffer zone in Syria's Idlib region makes use of a centuries-old tool that international treaties and organizations now use.