United Nations

  • Sep 22, 2017
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Trump policies will increase global nuclear tensions

Pending shifts in US nuclear policy would have global knock-on effects and threaten to increase nuclear dangers

United States
  • Sep 20, 2017
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Trump-Guterres alliance may deliver UN reform

At the UN General Assembly, the US president and UN secretary-general have presented compatible visions for UN reform

International
  • Sep 18, 2017
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Trump’s team will spin lack of North Korea options

Washington has warned Pyongyang not to test its resolve ahead of a UN address by President Donald Trump

United States
  • Sep 12, 2017
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Pyongyang will defy new sanctions pressure

New UN sanctions will tighten the economic squeeze on North Korea considerably

North Korea
  • Aug 30, 2017
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Bangladesh may struggle to curb Rohingya migration

More refugees have entered the country since a spike in violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State

Bangladesh
  • Aug 22, 2017
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Serbia will not shift Macedonia on Kosovo UNESCO vote

Serbia pulls mission from Skopje after Macedonia wobbles on backing Kosovo for UNESCO membership

Serbia
  • Aug 22, 2017
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Nuclear states will ignore arms ban treaty

States without nuclear weapons are seeking to ban possession and shame states that have them

International
  • Jul 18, 2017
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Yemeni realities will upset UN plan for Hodeida port

Fighting intensifies on the routes to the key port of Hodeida, despite a new plan for neutral third-party management

Yemen