EDITH M. LEDERER | The Seattle Times

June 2, 2023 at 9:33 pm

UN agency for Palestinian refugees raises just $107 million of $300 million needed

Donors at a pledging conference provided just $107 million in new funds for the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees.

A TV screen shows an image of North Korea’s rocket launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on June 1, 2023. The United States and its allies clashed with Russia and China on Friday, June, 2, over North Korea’s failed launch of a military spy satellite this week in violation of multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions, which Moscow and Beijing refused to condemn.(AP Photo / Ahn Young-joon)

June 2, 2023 at 8:11 pm

U.S., allies clash with Russia, China over N. Korea’s failed spy satellite launch

The United States and its allies clashed with Russia and China over North Korea’s failed launch of a military spy satellite this week in violation...

June 2, 2023 at 1:13 pm

UN calls for immediate cease-fire in Sudan and path to renewed democratic transition talks

The U.N. Security Council is calling for an immediate cease-fire in Sudan to be followed by a permanent halt to hostilities and new efforts to...

June 2, 2023 at 9:04 am

UN renews European Union’s authority to inspect ships suspected of violating Libya arms embargo

The U.N. Security Council has adopted a resolution renewing the European Union authorization to inspect vessels off Libya's coast suspected of violating a U.N. arms...

June 1, 2023 at 3:53 pm

UN warns of new threat to global food security after Russia limits Ukraine grain shipments

The United Nations is warning of a new threat to global food security.

June 1, 2023 at 10:39 am

Trinidad’s Francis elected next leader of UN General Assembly

Trinidad and Tobago’s Ambassador Dennis Francis has been elected as the next president of the U.N. General Assembly.

May 31, 2023 at 6:41 pm

UN chief implicitly criticizes Cambodia’s upcoming elections after top opposition party ban

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has implicitly criticized Cambodia’s upcoming elections for failing to be inclusive, after the top opposition party was not allowed to register.

May 30, 2023 at 8:40 pm

UN urges Iraq to deliver on reforms and combat corruption — and backs it fight against terrorism

The U.N. Security Council is encouraging Iraq’s recently formed government to deliver on reforms and combat corruption — and it's backing the country’s ongoing fight...

May 30, 2023 at 5:12 pm

UN extends arms embargo on South Sudan over protests from world’s newest nation and 5 abstentions

A divided U.N. Security Council has extended an arms embargo on South Sudan over protests from the world’s newest nation and abstentions from Russia, China...

May 30, 2023 at 1:39 pm

UN nuclear chief urges Russia and Ukraine to ban attacks at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant

The U_N_ nuclear chief says the world is fortunate a nuclear accident hasn’t happened in Ukraine and is asking Moscow and Kyiv to commit to...