United Nations

  • 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
  • Mar 12
  • 2 min read

Politics prevents Palestinian aid distribution in Gaza

As Israel plans to dismantle UNRWA, Hamas threatens potential Palestinian ‘collaborators’

Palestinians
  • Mar 5
  • 2 min read

Sexual violence will entrench Israeli-Palestinian war

The UN has finally published a report validating allegations of rape during and after Hamas’s October 7 attack

Israel
  • Feb 28
  • 2 min read

Calls to avert famine in Gaza may come too late

UN officials have told the Security Council that many of Gaza’s people are only a step away from starvation

Israel
  • Feb 28
  • 2 min read

Haiti security mission plans appear to be advancing

Haiti has been a focus of the Caribbean Community this year, and is drawing increasing attention from beyond the region

Haiti
  • 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 16
  • 2 min read

UN expulsion will raise new Venezuela democracy fears

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights was expelled from Venezuela yesterday

Venezuela
  • Feb 14
  • 7 min read

UNRWA row fallout could devastate Gaza Palestinians

The international controversy over the UN Palestinian refugee agency is deepening

Palestinians