United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the eleventh General Assembly’s Emergency Special Session on Ukraine’s first plenary assembly
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell expressed serious concern that the intensification of hostilities in Ukraine poses an imminent threat to the lives and well-being of Ukraine’s 7.5 million children
Young extreme Jewish settlers have been attacking Palestinian farmers and Israeli peace activists in the West Bank in recent months, according to Palestinian farmers and Israeli peace activists. Hundreds of peace activists helped plant olive trees in the Palestinian town of Burin two weeks after Israelis attacked and injured seven Palestinians
Tensions over the prospect of a Russian invasion in eastern Ukraine continue to rise, despite the fact that the fighting in the eastern town of Avdiivka, which lies on the frontlines facing Kremlin-backed separatists, has never stopped since 2014
Authorities in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu say they have confirmed the identity of a woman shown in a viral video with a chain around her neck, amid renewed public anger over the trafficking of women and girls
High Representative of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) Miguel Angel Moratinos speaks at the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations Group of Friends meeting
The death of an Islamic State leader in Syria last week was hailed as a “blow” to the group, but Syrian families say the terrorists and the coalition fighting them still pose a threat
Chinese women’s tennis star Peng Shuai has announced her retirement and referred to a social media post that described her being pressured into a sexual relationship with former vice premier Zhang Gaoli as “a huge misunderstanding,” according to a French newspaper
LAKUTSHON’ ILANGA (WHEN THE SUN SETS) is a short film by South African filmmaker Phumi Morare about a woman who desperately tries to save her brother from a horrible fate
European countries are worried that the flow of gas from Russia will be disrupted as tensions between Russia and Ukraine escalate