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US holds call with Palau on transfer of third-country nationals

FILE PHOTO: United States Department of State logo and U.S. flag are seen in this illustration created on April 23, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: United States Department of State logo and U.S. flag are seen in this illustration created on April 23, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

US tells UN it will deprive Venezuela’s Maduro, drug cartel of resources

United States Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz speaks during a Security Council meeting to discuss 'ongoing U.S. aggression' against Venezuela, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., December 23, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
United States Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz speaks during a Security Council meeting to discuss 'ongoing U.S. aggression' against Venezuela, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., December 23, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

US, Iran spar over nuclear talks at UN

U.S. and Iran flags are seen in this illustration taken June 18, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
U.S. and Iran flags are seen in this illustration taken June 18, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Questions raised over Indonesia’s plan to send peacekeepers to Gaza after recent floods at home

People wade through the floodwater in the aftermath of flash floods at Tukka village, North Sumatra province, on Dec 2.
People wade through the floodwater in the aftermath of flash floods at Tukka village, North Sumatra province, on Dec 2.

Ghana's president urged to rally African leaders behind push for slavery reparations

Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), at the U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 25, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), at the U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 25, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon

About 200 volunteers hit the streets of Singapore to raise funds for Gaza residents

DPM Gan Kim Yong with volunteers and interfaith religious leaders during the fundraiser event on Dec 20.
DPM Gan Kim Yong with volunteers and interfaith religious leaders during the fundraiser event on Dec 20.

World Court to hear landmark Myanmar genocide case in January

A general view of a building of United Nations' top court International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands, December 2 2024. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
A general view of a building of United Nations' top court International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands, December 2 2024. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw

Over 1,000 patients have died awaiting evacuation from Gaza since July 2024: WHO

Chief of World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is calling for more countries to take in patients from Gaza and for medical evacuation to the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, to be restored.
Chief of World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is calling for more countries to take in patients from Gaza and for medical evacuation to the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, to be restored.

UN is ‘indispensable’, refugee chief tells Washington

The UN remains hugely useful in a world beset by conflicts and crises.
The UN remains hugely useful in a world beset by conflicts and crises.

UN and aid groups warn Gaza operations at risk from Israeli impediments

A Palestinian man, next to a child, displays the aid supplies he received from the U.S.-supported Gaza Relief Organization, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, June 5, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo
A Palestinian man, next to a child, displays the aid supplies he received from the U.S.-supported Gaza Relief Organization, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, June 5, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo

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