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UN rejects US bid to condemn Palestinian resistance movement Hamas

The resolution would for the first time have condemned the Palestinian resistance group Hamas, which governs Gaza.

UN envoy stresses 'critical opportunity' as Yemen talks start

The talks mark the first attempt in two years to broker an end to the Yemen conflict, which has killed at least 10,000 people since 2015 and triggered what the UN calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis.

Yemen rebels land in Sweden for key peace talks

A Houthi delegation arrived in Sweden for UN-sponsored Yemen peace talks for the first time since 2016.

Bangladesh to start repatriating Rohingya Muslims - Myanmar

Myanmar's Minister of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Win Myat Aye said Bangladesh will start repatriating hundreds of thousands of Rohingya back to Myanmar on Thursday.

UN human rights inquiry on Yemen extended

Probe members said they needed more time to fully document the range of violations in Yemen's conflict, which has killed nearly 10,000 people since March 2015.

UNSC serving five veto-holders, idle to oppression elsewhere – Erdogan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in his address at the UN General Assembly says the UN Security Council in current form serves interests of countries with veto power while "standing idle to oppression in other parts of the world."

Trump boasts of US might, draws head shakes at UN

US President Donald Trump is laughed at after boasting of his record during his address to the annual gathering of UN heads of state. Trump slams Iran, hails North Korean leader, and says International Criminal Court has "no legitimacy."

World leaders at UN look for progress on N Korea, brace for Trump

North Korea and Iran expected to dominate much of US President Donald Trump's speeches at this week's gathering of World Leaders at the UN.

Most nations to miss UN goal on chronic diseases – study

More than half of all countries likely to fail in reducing early deaths from a quartet of chronic diseases by a third before 2030, researchers say.

Aung San Suu Kyi says Rohingya crisis "could have been handled better"

Myanmar's army is accused of mass rape, killings and setting fire to thousands of homes which led to the displacement of 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to neighbouring Bangladesh. The UN is recommending genocide charges be brought against top generals.

UN rights chief urges Egypt to overturn mass death sentences

New UN human rights boss Michelle Bachelet said the 75 death sentences handed down by the Cairo Criminal Court, were the result of "an unfair trial", warning that if implemented it would "represent a gross and irreversible miscarriage of justice".

UNRWA says its schools will start on time

The United Nations agency dealing with Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, said it will open its schools in the Middle East as scheduled this month despite a deficit caused by a US funding cut.