Topic: General Antonio Guterres

More women and children have been killed or injured in Afghanistan over the first six months of 2021 than in the first half of any year since 2009, when record-keeping began, the U.N. mission in Afghanistan said Monday.

Amnesty International released a report Thursday detailing alleged abuses Libyans are subjected to when being forcibly returned. 

The global death toll to the coronavirus pandemic has topped 4 million lives lost as the World Health Organization repeats its warning against vaccine nationalism.

Rebel forces in Tigray rejected a cease-fire proposed by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed after retaking the regional capital of Mekelle.

The United States blacklisted four members of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's regime over their actions to undermine democracy amid a government crackdown on political challengers to the presidency.

The United Nations has suspended the voting rights of Iran and four smaller African countries because they have not settled delinquent dues.

Israeli officials have agreed to an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire agreement with Palestinian militant group Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office confirmed Thursday.

President Joe Biden announced at a global climate summit on Thursday that the United States will take steps to cut carbon emissions in half by the end of the decade.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for the creation of a wealth tax on those who have profited during the COVID-19 pandemic as he warned global inequalities continue to grow as infections increase.

The World Food Program warned on Tuesday that supply chains in Myanmar were already being impacted by rising food and fuel costs following the military's coup early last month.