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China and Russia ignore US call at UN to condemn North Korea launch

China and Russia on Friday ignored a U.S. call for the U.N. Security Council to unite in condemning North Korea for its attempted satellite launch this week and instead blamed Washington for raising tensions on the Korean peninsula.

Reuters

US calls for UN meeting on North Korea's attempted satellite launch

The United States has called for a U.N. Security Council meeting on Friday to discuss North Korea's attempted satellite launch this week, the spokesperson for the U.S. mission to the United Nations said.

Reuters

North Korean leader's sister slams US for criticizing failed satellite launch

The sister of North Korean Kim Jong Un has accused the United States of “gangster-like” hypocrisy for criticizing her country’s failed launch of a military spy satellite and insisted a successful launch will be made soon

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North Korea says it will launch its first military spy satellite in June

North Korea on Tuesday confirmed plans to launch its first military spy satellite in June and described such capacities as crucial for monitoring the United States’ “reckless” military exercises with rival South Korea

The Independent UK

France says Iran ballistic test worrying in light of nuclear escalation

France on Thursday accused Iran of violating a U.N. Security Council resolution endorsing the 2015 nuclear deal after it carried out a long-range ballistic missile test, which Paris said was worrying given "uninterrupted escalation" of Tehran's nuclear programme.

Reuters

Peace in Sudan depends on justice for the Darfur genocide

I asked the pilot to deviate from our approved flight path and go low over Darfur. It was 2003 and I was the United Nations Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator in Sudan investigating reports of violence. What I saw was a genocide unfolding on my watch.

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UN official criticised after meeting Russian sought by ICC

Rights groups and the top U.S. justice envoy on Saturday criticised a meeting between a leading United Nations official for children and Russia's ombudsman for children's rights, who is wanted by the world's permanent war crimes court.

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UN Security Council Holds Another Emergency Meeting On Israel-Gaza Hostilities

Ambassadors to the United Nations, landed safely in Tel Aviv, experiencing life in a city under attack

Zenger

Taliban FM to meet Pakistan, China foreign ministers: Media

Taliban’s interim foreign minister gets UN clearance to travel for meeting with counterparts in Pakistan.

Al Jazeera

US envoy to UN urges Russian foreign minister to free detainees

At the UN Security Council, US envoy says Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich have been used by Moscow as ‘human pawns’.

Al Jazeera

UN Chief Criticizes Russia at UN Meeting Chaired by Lavrov

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told a meeting chaired by Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday that Moscow's invasion of Ukraine is "causing massive suffering and devastation to the country and its people" and fueling "global economic dislocation triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic." "Tensions between major powers are at an…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia’s Lavrov to Talk Ukraine Grain Deal with UN Chief Next Week

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will discuss the Ukraine Black Sea grain export deal with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in New York next week, just weeks before the pact could expire unless Russian demands regarding its own exports are met. Lavrov is due to chair two UN Security Council meetings…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine news – live: Six killed in heavy shelling near Bakhmut as strikes destroy nursery

Putin’s forces target town of Kostiantynivka

The Independent UK

Ukraine news – live: Zelensky condemns Russia’s UN Security Council presidency as ‘absurd’

It comes as the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Putin for war crimes

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Ukraine cries shame as Russia takes UN Security Council chair

On 1 April, Russia took up the presidency of the 15-nation UN Security Council. Ukraine's foreign minister described the situation as "the worst joke ever for April Fool's Day".

Reuters

White House urges Russia to act professionally during UN Security Council presidency

The White House on Thursday urged Russia to conduct itself professionally when it assumes its scheduled UN Security Council presidency next month, saying there was no means to block Moscow from the post.

Evening Standard

‘A bad joke’: Ukraine rages against move to let Russia’s Sergei Lavrov chair UN Security Council

Lavrov confirmed as chair of UN Security Council meeting set to take place in New York in April - despite Russia’s war on Ukraine

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kyiv: Russia's Presidency of UN Security Council 'a Bad Joke'

Ukraine on Thursday said Russia's upcoming presidency of the United Nations Security Council this week was "a bad joke". "Russian UN Security Council presidency on April 1 is a bad joke.

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France 24

Russian missiles hit Ukraine's Kharkiv as Moscow detains US journalist

At least six Russian missiles hit the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv late on Thursday, local officials said, adding that emergency workers were assessing the damage and casualties. Earlier, Russia’s FSB security service detained a US reporter for the Wall Street Journal on spying charges, drawing immediate condemnation from the…

Reuters

Kyiv calls for UN Security Council session over Putin's nuclear plans

Ukraine on Sunday fiercely criticized plans by Russian President Vladimir Putin to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus and called for an emergency U.N. Security Council session to address the move.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Palestinians and Israelis Clash at UN over Netanyahu Actions

The Palestinians and Israel clashed over the future intentions of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far right-wing government at a UN Security Council meeting Wednesday, with the Palestinian UN ambassador pointing to an Israeli minister’s statement “denying our existence to justify what is to come.” Israel’s UN ambassador countered that the…

France 24

Putin visits Crimea to mark anniversary of Russian annexation from Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday visited Crimea to mark the ninth anniversary of the peninsula's annexation from Ukraine. Earlier, US President Joe Biden welcomed the International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision to issue an arrest warrant for his Russian counterpart, saying the leader has "clearly" committed war crimes in Ukraine.…

France 24

'An important day to see a head of state have an arrest warrant against him,' says ICC prosecutor

In an interview with FRANCE 24 after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin, the court’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan said it was an important day for international justice. The warrant marked “the first time ever that a head of state from a…

Daily Mirror

North Korea fires missile after sending chilling 'shooting range' threat

Kim Jong-Un's sister previously threatened to make the "Pacific our firing range" as Pyongyang launched two short-range ballistic missiles towards Japan, prompting Tokyo to request an emergency meeting of the UN security council

Asharq Al-Awsat

Libyan House of Representatives Rejects UN Proposal to Form High-Level Panel for Elections

The Libyan House of Representatives and the stability government, headed by Fathi Bashagha, rejected the initiative put forward by the Sec-Gen's Special Representative for Libya and head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Abdoulaye Bathily to launch a High-Level Panel for Elections. Bathily told a UN Security…

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