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Independent UN body condemns ‘vicious attacks’ on UN expert on Palestinian rights

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, Francesca Albanese, speaks during a press conference at the European headquarters of the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, December 11, 2024. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, Francesca Albanese, speaks during a press conference at the European headquarters of the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, December 11, 2024. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy

UN experts link Guatemala’s attorney-general to illegal adoptions

Guatemala's attorney-general Maria Consuelo Porras also failed in her bid to be elected to Guatemala's Constitutional Court.
Guatemala's attorney-general Maria Consuelo Porras also failed in her bid to be elected to Guatemala's Constitutional Court.

Iran's foreign minister says he will meet IAEA director on Monday

FILE PHOTO: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi adjusts glasses during a press conference following talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, December 17, 2025. REUTERS/Ramil Sitdikov/Pool/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi adjusts glasses during a press conference following talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, December 17, 2025. REUTERS/Ramil Sitdikov/Pool/File Photo

North Korea's Kim to tout power and military gains at party congress

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presided over the 13th plenary meeting of the eighth central committee of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, in Pyongyang, North Korea, December 10, 2025, in this picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency, December 11, 2025. KCNA via REUTERS
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presided over the 13th plenary meeting of the eighth central committee of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, in Pyongyang, North Korea, December 10, 2025, in this picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency, December 11, 2025. KCNA via REUTERS

Trump’s Board of Peace : Should we take it literally or seriously?

The Board of Peace was touted as a new “international organisation” with a global mandate to promote stability and restore governance in “areas affected or threatened by conflict".
The Board of Peace was touted as a new “international organisation” with a global mandate to promote stability and restore governance in “areas affected or threatened by conflict".

China is the real threat, Taiwan says in rebuff to Wang Yi’s Munich speech

FILE PHOTO: Taiwan Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung makes a speech at a press conference for foreign media in Taipei, Taiwan, July 19, 2024. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Taiwan Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung makes a speech at a press conference for foreign media in Taipei, Taiwan, July 19, 2024. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File Photo

RSF committed atrocities during al-Fashir capture, UN body says

A desk bearing signs of shelling in a school where displaced people are sheltering, in El Fasher, Sudan, October 7, 2025. REUTERS/Mohyaldeen M Abdallah
A desk bearing signs of shelling in a school where displaced people are sheltering, in El Fasher, Sudan, October 7, 2025. REUTERS/Mohyaldeen M Abdallah

UN to launch reconnaissance flights to support eastern Congo ceasefire

Appointment of US envoy in Geneva raises hopes for UN engagement

FILE PHOTO: The flag alley at the United Nations European headquarters is seen during the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, September 11, 2023.  REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: The flag alley at the United Nations European headquarters is seen during the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, September 11, 2023.  REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

Singapore’s Daren Tang nominated for second term as director-general of UN’s WIPO

Mr Daren Tang was the first Singaporean to head a UN agency, when he was appointed WIPO chief in 2025.
Mr Daren Tang was the first Singaporean to head a UN agency, when he was appointed WIPO chief in 2025.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.