United Nations

  • May 17
  • 7 min read

Somalia seeks to downgrade UN political mission

Somalia has asked the UN Security Council to terminate the mandate of the UN political mission to the country

Somalia
  • Apr 10
  • 7 min read

More Syrians will go hungry, at home and abroad

Global aid shortfalls are having a particularly strong impact on the victims of Syria’s protracted crisis

Syria
  • Mar 27
  • 6 min read

Geopolitics of AI technical standards will heat up

Technical standards for artificial intelligence (AI) will emerge slowly but geopolitical rifts over it will be intense

International
  • Feb 27
  • 7 min read

Afghan Taliban will look past UN in seeking engagement

A UN-organised meeting of special envoys on Afghanistan failed to achieve any significant results

Afghanistan
  • Feb 14
  • 7 min read

UNRWA row fallout could devastate Gaza Palestinians

The international controversy over the UN Palestinian refugee agency is deepening

Palestinians
  • Sep 26, 2023
  • 7 min read

UN speech shows Biden continuing to champion Ukraine

President Joe Biden's UN address last week extolled cooperation, but concentrated on the Russian invasion of Ukraine

United States
  • Jul 20, 2023
  • 7 min read

Afghan Taliban will be flexible on foreign jihadists

A recent UN report alleges that the Taliban government retains ties with jihadist groups including al-Qaida

Afghanistan