Edith M. Lederer

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, right, ...

UN: Nearly two-thirds of Ukraine鈥檚 children have fled homes

April 11, 2022 at 10:08 p.m.

Nearly two-thirds of all Ukrainian children have fled their homes in the six weeks since Russia’s invasion, and the United Nations has verified the deaths of 142 youngsters, though the...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy examines the ...

Ukraine鈥檚 President Zelenskyy to address U.N. Security Council on war

April 4, 2022 at 9:12 p.m.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address the U.N. Security Council for the first time Tuesday at a meeting that is certain to focus on what appear to be widespread deliberate...

Russian Ambassador to the United Nations ...

U.S. says it is expelling 12 Russian diplomats for espionage

February 28, 2022 at 6:25 p.m.

The United States announced Monday it is expelling 12 members of the Russian Mission at the United Nations, accusing them of being “intelligence operatives” engaged in espionage.

Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev is seen ...

鈥楾he future is raising its voice鈥�: A dire mood at UN meeting

September 22, 2021 at 7:27 a.m.

Racism, climate change and worsening divisions among nations and cultures topped the agenda Wednesday as leaders from China to Costa Rica, from Finland to Turkey to the United Nations itself...

UN: Afghanistan’s Taliban want to address General Assembly

September 21, 2021 at 9:50 p.m.

UNITED NATIONS -- Who should represent Afghanistan at the United Nations this month? It's a complex question with plenty of political implications.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres talks to ...

UN chief warns China and U.S. to avoid Cold War, repair 鈥渃ompletely dysfunctional鈥� relationship

September 20, 2021 at 7:32 a.m.

Warning of a potential new Cold War, the head of the United Nations implored China and the United States to repair their “completely dysfunctional” relationship before problems between the two...

UN World Food Program warns famines in 2021 will be worse than 2020

November 14, 2020 at 3:28 p.m.

The head of the World Food Program says the Nobel Peace Prize has given the U.N. agency a spotlight and megaphone to warn world leaders that next year is going...

On 75th anniversary of UN, its chief appeals for peace

September 21, 2020 at 10:39 a.m.

Born out of World War II’s devastation to prevent the scourge of conflict, the United Nations marked its 75th anniversary Monday with an appeal from Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to preserve...

Russia says U.S. is increasing nukes in military planning

October 22, 2018 at 9:39 p.m.

A senior Russian official voiced concerns Monday that Washington is increasing the role of nuclear weapons in its military planning.

Deaths mount in Syria as U.N. weighs cease-fire resolution

February 24, 2018 at 12:51 a.m.

Syrian government warplanes carried out a sixth day of airstrikes Friday in the rebel-held suburbs east of Damascus, killing 32 people, activists said, as the death toll from a week...

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