World
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Africa
9/24/2023 11:23:35 AM
Mali "will not stand idly by" if foreign governments intervene in neighouring Niger, Bamako's top diplomat warned the United Nations on Saturday, after both countries' juntas joined a mutual defense pact.
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World
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International
9/23/2023 6:58:13 PM
At the annual meeting of world leaders last year, the U.N. chief sounded a global alarm about the survival of humanity and the planet. This year, the alarm rang louder and more ominously, and the message was even more pressing: Wake up and take action — right now.
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World
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Africa
9/23/2023 10:40:22 AM
Niger's coup leaders accused the head of the United Nations on late Friday of obstructing their participation in the body's General Assembly, saying it was "likely to undermine any effort to end the crisis in our country".
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War in Sudan
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War in Sudan
9/22/2023 12:12:37 PM
The war in Sudan could spread beyond the northeast African country's borders if it is not stopped, Sudan's army chief told the United Nations General Assembly, while urging world leaders to designate the rival paramilitary force as a terrorist group.
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World
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Region
9/22/2023 12:02:44 AM
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday there could be no peace in the Middle East without a two-state solution.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
9/21/2023 2:49:00 PM
With the world facing crises including climate change and increasing geopolitical polarisation, there is a greater need than ever for a strong and confident United Nations.
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World
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International
9/21/2023 1:21:14 PM
Armenia warned the United Nations Thursday that Azerbaijan was carrying out "ethnic cleansing" and committing a "crime against humanity" as it regained control of the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region.
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World
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Region
9/20/2023 9:16:22 PM
Israel's ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan was escorted out of the UN General Assembly hall on Tuesday for interrupting the speech of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
9/20/2023 4:49:13 PM
Egypt is looking to expand energy cooperation with Turkey, which is already one of the largest importers of Egyptian gas, Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry said.
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World
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International
9/20/2023 10:23:46 AM
Russia and the United Nations called Wednesday for an end to fighting in the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, after the launch of a military operation against separatist forces.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
9/20/2023 1:00:00 AM
On the sideline of the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 78) in New York, Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry met with his counterparts from Canada, Croatia, and Sierra Leone on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Sudan, bilateral relations, and the global economic crisis.
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War in Sudan
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War in Sudan
9/19/2023 7:02:45 PM
Thousands of children are feared to be dying in Sudan as violence, disease and severe malnutrition rip through the conflict-torn country, the United Nations said Tuesday.
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World
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International
9/19/2023 3:01:43 PM
It’s Day 1 of the U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting that brings world leaders together at U.N. headquarters in New York. Here are the highlights of what happened Monday at the U.N. and what to keep an eye on today, Tuesday.
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World
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International
9/18/2023 10:59:47 AM
World leaders meet Monday at the United Nations in a bid to salvage ambitious promises to lift the planet's poorest, at a time when vulnerable nations are facing a volley of crises.
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Heritage
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Heritage special
9/17/2023 3:27:00 PM
The United Nations' cultural organization conference voted Sunday to list the ancient West Bank city of Jericho as a World Heritage Site in Palestine, a decision likely to anger Israel, which occupies the territory.
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Opinion
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9/17/2023 12:04:22 PM
Fifty years ago, on 18 September 1973, by New York’s East River, two German states joined the United Nations. This event was the result of a brief General Assembly resolution – however, it was anything but routine business in the world of diplomacy.
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World
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Region
9/14/2023 1:49:47 PM
The United Nations said Thursday that most of the thousands of deaths in Libya's flood disaster could have been averted if early warning and emergency management systems had functioned properly.
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War in Sudan
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War in Sudan
9/13/2023 6:32:25 PM
United Nations Sudan envoy Volker Perthes on Wednesday announced his resignation, amid tensions with Khartoum as the country approaches five months of fighting between the nation's army and a paramilitary group.
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War in Sudan
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War in Sudan
9/12/2023 8:18:34 PM
Sudanese paramilitaries killed at least 17 civilians Tuesday in northern Khartoum, a medical source said, as the United Nations warned the conflict between two rival generals has "broken the nation".
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
9/12/2023 8:00:19 PM
The presence of the AU in G20 gatherings will be a chance to press wealthy nations, and the world’s worst polluters, to keep their word, instead of simply delivering well-crafted speeches with lots of hot air.
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