As Security Council Facilitator for the application of resolution 2231, Geraldine Byrne Nason, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the UN, provides a non-proliferation update at the Security Council meeting (2015)
Many kindergarten buildings in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine have been converted into refugee centers that welcome Ukrainians from less safe areas of this country
Thai analysts predict that this year’s rice production will be in rise than last, driven by the war in Ukraine and its effects on rising global commodity prices, despite concerns about wheat shortages in Russia and Ukraine
United Nations Security Council meeting on the matter concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo is presided over by Albana Dautllari, the Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Albania to the UN and President of the Security Council for the month of June
In the northern Afar region of Ethiopia, where there is a record drought, infant mortality rates are soaring, according to the only referral hospital. Less than 10% of the clinics in the area are functioning as a result of Ethiopia’s war with Tigrayan forces, and hospitals are having trouble keeping up
After undergoing a significant makeover in 2018, School #66 was the pride of Mariupol. However, everything changed in late February 2022
Classified speeches given by high-ranking Chinese Communist Party officials describe Uyghurs and other Muslims as an “enemy class” whose traditions must be wiped away for China to survive, startling new evidence of the coordinated brutality authorities have deployed to force restive minority groups to assimilate
Areas of eastern Afghanistan devastated by a deadly earthquake are now receiving some international relief. However, according to humanitarian workers, much more is required. To aid those impacted, more than $100,000 has been raised through fundraising in Southern California
The biggest transgender pageant in the world, which was held in Thailand, a nation with a spotlight on gender equality law, attracted competitors from as far away as Honduras and India for the first time since the pandemic
Starting Monday, a Malaysian single mother of three is spending a week behind bars for rescheduling her ex-husband’s visitation dates with their children, a move considered contempt of court under Islamic law which governs Muslim families in the country