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Climate report is a frightening reality-check

Analysis and Comment / 08 Oct

Iran was bracing for a fresh set of sanctions this month

US ordered to lift sanctions on 'humanitarian' goods

Research will look at the impacts of global warming of 1.5ºC above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission routes

Climate change experts gather to finalise major report

Environment / 01 Oct

Ri Yong-ho told the UN that without any trust in the US, North Korea would not unilaterally disarm themselves

N Korea says sanctions deepening its mistrust in US

Jacinda Ardern spoke at the launch of the annual Climate Week event

New Zealand's 'first baby' attends UN summit

Jacinda Ardern / 25 Sep

Leo Varadkar delivering his address at the United Nations

Taoiseach hails Good Friday Agreement in UN speech

United Nations / 24 Sep

Diabetes was reported as one of the diseases which combined to kill 12.5m people worldwide in 2016

Most nations 'will likely fail' chronic disease targets

Health / 21 Sep

Turkey's President Erdogan says if action is not taken to halt an attack on Idlib 'the entire world stands to pay the price'

'Absolutely essential' to avoid battle in Idlib - UN

El Nino is triggered by periodic warming in the eastern Pacific Ocean which can trigger drought in some regions, heavy rain in others

Warning over 70% chance of El Nino event this year

El Nino / 10 Sep

Millions will be caught in Idlib crossfire - Egeland

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russia's President Vladimir Putin

Tehran summit expected to seal fate of Syria's Idlib

Thousands of Yemenis take part in a mass funeral for children killed in an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition

Saudi-led coalition condemns UN rights report on Yemen

Around 700,000 Rohingya Muslims fled to Bangladesh after Myanmar launched a crackdown on insurgents last August

Myanmar rejects UN Rohingya genocide report

Myanmar / 29 Aug

The UN says there have been heavy casualties because of air strikes in Yemen

Some air strikes in Yemen are possible war crimes - UN

Around 70,000 Rohingya Muslim have fled the northern Rakhine state to Bangladesh

Myanmar army chief must be prosecuted for 'genocide'

The strike comes less than two weeks after another strike which left 40 children dead (file pic)

22 children killed in Saudi-led air strike in Yemen

Rosemary Di Carlo appealed for $4.5m to ensure essential services for the rest of the year

UN says support funding for Gaza has run out

Kofi Annan died following a short illness

Former United Nations chief Kofi Annan dies aged 80

Kofi Annan / 19 Aug

A mass funeral was held for many of the dead children in Yemen

Child death toll from Yemen attack rises to 40

A child is treated by medics following the air strikes in Saada

Children among dozens killed in Yemen air strike

Smoke rising from a Gaza building hit during an Israeli airstrike

Reports of a truce agreed between Israel and Hamas

Middle East / 09 Aug

Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet's appointment as UN human rights chief is expected to be approved tomorrow

Chile's Michelle Bachelet picked to be UN rights chief

United Nations / 09 Aug

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo alongside North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho

NK says US impatience on denuclearisation 'alarming'

A HIV screening kit is prepared at a clinic in India

'Dangerous complacency' over spread of AIDS

A bomb attack on a voter centre in Kabul in April left more than 57 people dead

UN says civilian deaths in Afghanistan hit record high

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