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Pakistan, India exchange cross-border fire after UN meet on Kashmir

Jalees Andrabi and Bhuvan Bagga, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 17 06:01 PM

India and Pakistan exchanged "heavy" cross-border fire on Saturday, after New Delhi's move to strip the restive Kashmir region of its autonomy prompted a rare meeting of the UN Security Council. Read more »

UN appoints new HIV/AIDS chief after controversy

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 16 06:13 AM

UNITED NATIONS, United States—United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres appointed a new HIV/AIDS chief on Wednesday after the previous incumbent left accused of serious mismanagement. Read more »

Singapore firm with Chinese affiliation charged with supplying alcohol to N. Korea

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 15 07:05 PM

A Singaporean firm was charged Thursday with supplying large amounts of alcohol to North Korea in violation of UN sanctions, the latest case of illicit trade between the countries. Read more »

Climate activist Greta Thunberg sets sail for NYC

Alice Ritchie, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 15 12:10 AM

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg set sail for New York on Wednesday, heading for a UN summit on a zero-emissions yacht skippered by a member of Monaco's ruling family. Read more »

UN urges Hong Kong to probe excessive force against protesters

Reuters
Posted at Aug 14 10:29 AM

GENEVA - The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights urged Hong Kong on Tuesday to exercise restraint and investigate evidence of its forces firing tear gas at protesters in ways banned under international law. Read more »

Car bomb explodes in Libya's Benghazi, killing 3 UN staff

Ayman al-Warfalli, Reuters
Posted at Aug 11 07:46 AM

BENGHAZI, Libya - A car bomb explosion in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi killed three U.N. staff members and two other mission members on Saturday, the United Nations said.   Read more »

Trump says North Korea's Kim wants to resume nuclear talks

Daniel Woolls, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 11 01:17 AM

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said Saturday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wants to resume denuclearization talks after US-South Korean war games end. Read more »

UN flags need to cut on eating meat to curb land-use impact on global warming

Nina Chestney and Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters
Posted at Aug 08 10:12 PM

Although the report stopped short of explicitly advocating going meat free, it called for big changes to farming and eating habits to limit the impact of population growth. Read more »

Move over Chanel: North Korea's 'raccoon eye makers' get state push

Minwoo Park, Reuters
Posted at Aug 08 11:22 AM

Promoting home-grown beauty has been a political strategy since the days of state founder Kim Il Sung, but has become more focused under his foreign-educated grandson, Kim Jong Un. Read more »

Kim says latest missile launch a 'warning' to US, S. Korea: KCNA

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 07 06:38 AM

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Pyongyang's latest missile launches were meant as a warning to Washington and Seoul over their joint war games, state news agency KCNA reported Wednesday.  Read more »

North Korea's Kim Jong Un inspects new rocket system again

Reuters
Posted at Aug 03 11:24 AM

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un again on Friday inspected the test firing of a "newly-developed large-caliber multiple launch guided rocket system," North Korean state media reported early on Saturday. Read more »

N. Korea's Kim won't 'disappoint me,' despite missile tests: Trump

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 03 02:14 AM

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Friday underlined his intense personal support for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, even if he admitted that Pyongyang's recent missile tests "may" violate a UN resolution. Read more »

North Korea fires short-range ballistic missiles: South Korea

Hyonhee Shin and Josh Smith, Reuters
Updated as of Jul 31 11:50 AM

SEOUL - North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles early on Wednesday, the South Korean military said, only days after it launched two other missiles intended to pressure South Korea and the United States to stop upcoming military drills. Read more »

Syria airstrikes killed at least 100 civilians in past 10 days: UN

Reuters
Posted at Jul 26 05:55 PM

Airstrikes by the Syrian government and its allies on schools, hospitals, markets, and bakeries have killed at least 103 civilians in the past 10 days, including 26 children, UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said in a statement Friday. Read more »

N.Korea's Kim says missile launch a warning to S.Korean 'warmongers'

Joyce Lee and Josh Smith, Reuters
Posted at Jul 26 08:28 AM

SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected the demonstration of a "new-type tactical guided weapon" on Thursday as a warning to South Korean "warmongers" to stop importing weapons and conducting joint military drills, state media said on Friday. Read more »

Airstrikes kill 7 civilians, including 3 children, in northwest Syria

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 25 02:30 AM

BEIRUT, LEBANON - Regime bombardment on northwestern Syria killed at least seven civilians including children on Tuesday, a monitor said, a day after dozens were killed in raids targeting the opposition bastion. Read more »

Geena Rocero joins LGBTQI Plus advocates at UN dialogue

Don Tagala, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 20 09:48 PM

The Filipino-American model says trans people are “culturally visible” in the Philippines, but “not politically recognized.” Read more »

'Bullying': PH 'totally' rejects UN body resolution seeking rights report

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 18 09:18 PM

MANILA - The United Nations Human Rights Council's adoption of a resolution calling for a comprehensive report on the human rights situation in the Philippines is a form of bullying, the official who led the Philippine delegation during the vote in Geneva, Switzerland said. Read more »

Imee Marcos: Cutting ties with UN rights body huge loss for PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 17 12:01 AM

The daughter of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos warned the Philippines will be on the losing end if it decides to withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council.  Read more »

Cutting ties with Iceland not PH's loss - Palace

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 16 07:27 PM

Malacañang said Tuesday the country won't lose much should it cut ties with Iceland, which filed a UN resolution that sought a thorough review of the Philippines' drug war. Read more »