Perhaps the words of Samuel Beckett frame the challenges of stabilization best for Gaza: “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” In Gaza, however, failure cannot be ...

An overnight attack on Nov. 14 against Kyiv killed four people and injured at least 29 civilians from Russia’s latest massive ...

The UN General Assembly is to elect new judges to the organization’s Dispute and Appeals Tribunal, respectively, on Nov. 17.

According to the report, “Well-funded anti-rights opposition movements that are polarizing politics and sweeping elections ...

The United Nations Security Council renewed the mandate of its peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic on ...

Climate change is widening the gender gap. It is erasing decades of hard-won progress for gender equality. Most people ...

“Decides that Ahmed al-Sharaa, included on the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List as Ahmad Hussain Al-Sharaa (QDi.317) ...

• Results of PassBlue’s Survey: ‘Vote for the Next UN Secretary-General’, by PassBlue. Michelle Bachelet, ex-two-time president of Chile, won the informal readers’ poll. The results were reported ...

On the Gaza front, Waltz of the US convened a private meeting on Nov. 5 at the US mission to the UN to rally support for a new Security Council draft resolution meant to stabilize the Palestinian ...

United States President Trump may want to see a ceasefire in Sudan, but Washington’s close ties with the United Arab Emirates are keeping the administration from being more assertive in trying to stop ...

Penguins at the Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva, Antarctica, where UN Secretary-General António Guterres visited in 2023 to see the effects of the climate crisis in the continent. He will name ...

Some members of the UN-led Women’s Advisory Board, including Asma Kutmaro, far left, an Islamist scholar, and Nawal Yazeji, in the pink shirt, a feminist. Geneva, April 2016. MARIA LUISA GAMBALE ...