UN ‘running out of cash’, urges members to pay up
The UN Secretary General has raised the alarm, over a major shortfall in the organization’s budget. Antonio Guterres has sent…
Give peace no chance Syrian talks doomed to fail in Geneva
The fourth round of UN-led peace talks on Syria are underway in Geneva with hopes for a political solution somewhere…
Mexico Earthquake & Unjustified War Crimes: VICE News Tonight Full Episode (HBO)
September 20, 2017, FULL EPISODE of VICE News Tonight on HBO. VICE News attends the Iran Summit in NYC and…
WHO seeks access to Syrians dying from heat, disease in south
GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) called on Thursday for access to 210,000 displaced people who have fled…
U.S. leaving UN human rights council
The Trump administration is withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council because of what U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley described as…
Libya’s Haftar says ‘victory is close’ in eastern Derna
Libya’s strong man Marshal Khalifa Haftar, on Monday announced that the “victory” of his forces was “near” in east Derna,…
Bolivia’s Child Silver Miners & Dennis Rodman in NK: VICE News Tonight Full Episode (HBO)
This is the June 12, 2018 FULL EPISODE of VICE News Tonight on HBO. 1:54 Trump used his hour-plus press…
ICC hearing recommended for Eritrean gov’t over rights abuses
The Eritrean regime, one of the most repressive in the world, was on Wednesday found to have committed gross human…
First summit on refugees and migrant [The Morning Call]
Finding a solution to the large movement of refugees and migrants took center stage in New York as the UN…
Scientists Accidentally Discovered A Plastic Eating Enzyme That Could Revolutionize Recycling (HBO)
An international team of scientists have accidentally enhanced a plastic eating enzyme in a discovery that could change our relationship…
MYANMAR: Thousands displaced by civil conflicts
Civil conflicts in the last two years have left some 100000 people displaced in Kachin and northern Shan States in…
Keiser Report: ‘Nuts’ economy (E1236)
In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max and Stacy ask why 101 Americans have more than $1 million in…
Myanmar, UN sign pact on initial steps for Rohingya return
Interested in Refugees? Add Refugees as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Refugees news, video, and…
Julian Assange criticises timing of Swedish news conference
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has criticised the timing of a news conference held by the Swedish prosecutor. Marianne Ny said…
‘Everywhere you go, chaos is left behind’ – Russia’s UN envoy to US over ‘chem attack’ in Syria
The UN Security Council is holding an emergency meeting on security in the Middle East, in the wake of reports…
Boko Haram will take years to ‘eliminate’: UN envoy
Special envoy to the UN secretary general for West Africa and the Sahel Muhammad Ibn Chambas says that Boko Haram…
Angolan opposition demand free and fair elections [The Morning Call]
48 hours before Angolans go to polls, coalition of opposition parties task electoral commission on free and fair elections; threatens…
UN boss recommends more sanctions against South Sudan
South Sudan risks being slapped with fresh sanctions by the United Nations Security Council following a report by a top…
UN rights chief: Israel’s Gaza response ‘wholly disproportionate’ – BBC News
The UN human rights chief says Israel used “wholly disproportionate” force against Palestinian border protests which have left over 100…
Amnesty appeals for pardoning of Sudanese teenager who killed ‘rapist’ husband
The United Nations and international rights groups have called on Sudan to pardon a 19-year-old girl sentenced to death after…
Napolitano: Is Turkey a friend or enemy to US?
Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano: Judge Napolitano and former ambassador to the U.N., John Bolton, discuss President Erdogan of Turkey…
Paris climate accord is signed by record 175 countries
As Earth Day was being observed around the planet on Friday, a record number of 175 countries signed the historic…
Israel slams SA, Turkey’s decision to withdraw from Tel Aviv
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations has accused South Africa and Turkey of trying to create headlines rather than stabilize…
Militants in U.N. disguise explode car bombs, rockets at Mali bases
Militants disguised as U.N. peacekeepers exploded two suicide car bombs and fired dozens of rockets at the French and United…
Nikki Haley denies Gaza violence is related to new US Embassy in Jersualem
At an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council Tuesday, United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley denied the violence in…
Eurovision’s Conchita Wurst and UN call for end to LGBT discrimination
Eurovision drag diva Conchita Wurst met UN chief Ban Ki-moon in Vienna to call for an end to discrimination based…
World leaders as never before kick-start climate talks at Paris COP21
The world’s most powerful leaders open the last chance climate summit in Paris saying we must not fail. The United…
North Korea tells UN aviation group no more ICBM tests
Interested in North Korea? Add North Korea as an interest to stay up to date on the latest North Korea…
Daily News – U.N. calls for Turkey to end state of emergency, halt violations
The United Nations called on Turkey on Tuesday to end the state of emergency in place since July 2016 that…
Exclusive: North Korean traders offering cheap coal on hopes sanctions will ease – Chinese traders
BEIJING (Reuters) – Some North Korean traders are offering cheap coal to Chinese buyers who are stockpiling it at ports…
CBC’s Melissa Kent speaks at UN on World Press Freedom Day
World Press Freedom Day was commemorated at the United Nations in New York today. CBC’s Melissa Kent spoke at the…
Congo is sovereign and capable of managing our affairs – Kabila jabs interferers
President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Joseph Kabila, has warned against foreign interference in the affairs of the…
Seventeen deaths reported in Congo as Ebola outbreak confirmed
KINSHASA (Reuters) – At least 17 people have died in an area of northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo where health…
Escalating tensions: US threatens Russia with new sanctions over Syria
New sanctions follow a combined assault by America and its allies against the Assad government. The US envoy to the…
Burundians take to the streets to denounce UN report
Hundreds of protesters marched along the streets of Burundi’s capital Bujumbura on Saturday over a UN report released on Tuesday…
Migrants detained in “horrific conditions” in Libya-U.N
The Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday said that migrants were detained in “horrific conditions”…
Portugal’s António Guterres to be the new UN secretary general
Former Portuguese Prime Minister António Guterres looks set to be installed as the new UN secretary general. The 15-member Security…
UN replaces Haitian peacekeeping mission with smaller police presence
The United Nations on Monday replaced its peacekeeping mission in Haiti with a smaller police presence which is expected to…
World HIV/AIDS conference [The Morning Call]
The progress on the fight against HIV/AIDS in the continent was described as enormous over the last 15 years at…
Interview with Pianist Lang Lang
Chinese pianist Lang Lang has been called a “classical music rock star”. And now, he has taken on a new…
Trump sent ‘strong message’ to Iran, Russia and Syria with missile strikes: White House spokesperson
The missile strikes launched in response to Syria‘s alleged chemical weapons attack on its own citizens “sent a strong message…
UN demands evacuation of thousands of refugees from Lesbos
The United Nations refugee agency has called for the emergency evacuation 17000 refugees crammed on the Greek island of Lesbos.…
VICE News Daily: Thousands of Syrian Refugees Return Home From Turkey
The VICE News Capsule is a news roundup that looks beyond the headlines. Today: Turkey reopened the Akcakale border crossing…
UN asks ICC to investigate Burundi ‘crimes against humanity’ [The Morning Call]
The United Nations has asked the International Criminal Court to investigate whether human-rights violations committed in Burundi constitute crimes against…
Economic necessity may force North Korea to open up
The recent re-opening of the Kaesong industrial park in North Korea was largely interpreted as a political decision, an attempt…
Trump calls Kim Jong-un ‘rocket man’ in UN speech
Donald Trump calls Kim Jong-un ‘rocket man’ in his UN speech. Trump’s first speech to the international body as U.S.…
Justin Trudeau at the United Nations | Full UN speech from Canada’s prime minister
Justin Trudeau at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. In his UN speech, Canada’s prime minister talked about…
‘I don’t give a sh*t about them’: Philippines president threatens to leave ‘stupid’ UN
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened that the country could leave the UN after the organization urged the Asian nation…
UN: Conflict, drought bring ‘acute’ hunger to 124 million
A U.N.-led report says 124 million people last year suffered such acute hunger that their lives were at risk, up…
Two million children in Congo at risk of starvation, U.N. warns
GENEVA (Reuters) – More than 2 million children in the Democratic Republic of Congo are estimated to be at risk…
Food aid convoy enters Syria’s eastern Ghouta as assault pauses: ICRC
BEIRUT (Reuters) – An emergency aid convoy crossed front lines into the besieged rebel enclave of eastern Ghouta on Friday,…
UN troops patrol the volatile Kajo-Keji region in South Sudan [no comment]
A UN peacekeeping team recently visited the unstable Kajo Keji region of Central Equatoria State to assess the security situation…