James Kariuki, Deputy Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations and President of the UN Security Council for the Month of November, chairs the Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security.
A Bangkok court on Thursday acquitted a Thai woman accused of supporting two Chinese ethnic Uyghur men suspected of carrying out a 2015 bombing that killed 20 people at a Hindu shrine popular with tourists from China.
Nicholas Hayso, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, greets Michael Kapkiai Kiboino, Deputy Permanent Representative of Kenya to the United Nations, during the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Sudan and South Sudan.
At the Hindu temple in Thulasendrapuram, the ancestral village of Kamala Harris, in Tamil Nadu, India, locals offer prayers and conduct a special ritual for Harris whom they refer to as the daughter of the land, Nov. 5, 2024. (Pema Ngodup/RFA)
After Russia invaded Ukraine, more than 160,000 Ukrainians fled their home country and came in the Baltic nations of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. Over fifty thousand refugees came to Latvia, including doctors.
Philippe Lazzarini Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), briefs the informal meeting of the UN General Assembly plenary on UNRWA.
Authorities in Xinjiang have banned Uyghurs from using social media apps, including Chinese-owned TikTok and tools to circumvent censorship, with violators facing fines or arrest.
Attacks on journalists happen with impunity in countries that are experiencing internal conflict or war. According to watchdog groups,most killings of journalists murders in recent years have gone unsolved.
The widow of a prominent journalist from Pakistan who was killed in Kenya two years ago is losing hope to gettingjustice.The case is being brought up as media watchdogs draw attention to Pakistan’s record of failing to investigate attacks on media.
United Nations Security Council meeting on non-proliferation and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.