United Nations set to ban all nuclear weapons

United Nations set to ban all nuclear weapons

The United Nations is rolling out a treaty to ban all nuclear weapons on Friday, despite opposition from the world’s nuclear powers and others. The treaty, called the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, has been negotiated for weeks, and is expected to be signed by 129 member-nations. The effort has been led by […]

Watch: North Korea releases dramatic footage of their new ICBM launch

Watch: North Korea releases dramatic footage of their new ICBM launch

The North Korean government, by way of their state-run news agencies KCNA and Korean Central Telivision, has released a four-minute long video of the launch of their newest missile platform, confirmed by U.S. intelligence to be a true ICBM, called the Hwasong-14. The launch, which occurred on Monday, demonstrated a significant leap forward in North […]

US Airstrikes Causing “Staggering” Civilian Deaths Says UN

US Airstrikes Causing “Staggering” Civilian Deaths Says UN

The UN is reporting that the coalition airstrikes led by the US is causing a “staggering” number of civilian deaths in the Syrian city of Raqqa. The city was taken by Islamist State forces in 2014 and has been cited by the IS as their “capital” and their “caliphate”. US-backed SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces) are […]

U.N. council to vote on blacklisting more North Koreans: diplomats

U.N. council to vote on blacklisting more North Koreans: diplomats

The United Nations Security Council will vote on Friday on a U.S. and Chinese proposal to blacklist more North Korean individuals and entities after the country’s repeated ballistic missile launches, diplomats said on Thursday. The draft resolution, seen by Reuters, would sanction four entities, including the Koryo Bank and Strategic Rocket Force of the Korean […]

U.N. official: Trump budget will make peacekeeping, other work ‘impossible’

U.N. official: Trump budget will make peacekeeping, other work ‘impossible’

The United Nations sounded the alarm over the U.S. Fiscal Year 2018 budget proposed by the Trump Administration on Wednesday, declaring that if approved, the budget would render key United Nations operations ‘impossible’. The budget proposal, part of a sweeping plan to balance the budget within 10 years, has ‘targeted reductions’ across the federal government, […]

U.N. Security Council weighs new sanctions on North Korea

U.N. Security Council weighs new sanctions on North Korea

The United Nations Security Council edged closer to imposing new sanctions on North Korea with an emergency strategy session Tuesday and a unanimous condemnation of Pyongyang’s latest missile test. The council, including North Korea’s ally and protector China, met hours after warning Pyongyang that sanctions are a possibility. A statement issued Monday said the body […]

U.N.’s North Korea sanctions monitors hit by ‘sustained’ cyber attack

U.N.’s North Korea sanctions monitors hit by ‘sustained’ cyber attack

United Nations experts investigating violations of sanctions on North Korea have suffered a “sustained” cyber attack by unknown hackers with “very detailed insight” into their work, according to an email warning seen by Reuters on Monday. The hackers eventually breached the computer of one of the experts on May 8, the chair of the panel […]

UN: over 1 million refugee children from ongoing war in South Sudan

UN: over 1 million refugee children from ongoing war in South Sudan

The ongoing war in South Sudan has generated over 1 million child refugees, part of a humanitarian catastrophe where “the future of a generation is truly on the brink,” according to UNICEF. About 62 percent of the refugees fleeing the conflict are children, and 75,000 are completely unaccompanied by any parents or families, making them […]

Haiti Wants to Revive Military Now that UN Mission Ends

Haiti Wants to Revive Military Now that UN Mission Ends

The Haitian army is seeking to rebuild itself, 22 years after it was disbanded during the period where soldiers and private militiamen killed thousands during the violence of the ‘90s. There was a power vacuum after the Duvalier family that ruled with an iron hand for many decades and was replaced by a freely elected […]