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Brazil’s Lula accuses Trump of seeking to forge ‘new UN’ with so-called Board of Peace

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (left) joins other world leaders who have avoided signing up for US President Donald Trump’s new global conflict resolution organisation.

UN expert urges world to reject Myanmar’s ‘sham’ election

A woman casts her advance vote at her house ahead of the third phase of the general election in Yangon, Myanmar.

UN human rights chief slams ‘routine abuse’ of migrants in US

Volker Turk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, attends the Human Rights Council at the UN European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, September 8, 2025. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

UN rights body holds emergency session on Iran’s protest crackdown

Members of the UN Security Council meet on Iran at the request of the United States at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., January 15, 2026. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

China dismisses UN experts’ forced labour concerns as ‘groundless’

An employee at a textile factory in Awat city, Xinjiang.

Spain will not join Trump’s Board of Peace, sticks to UN system

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks during a press conference after attending a special summit of European Union leaders to discuss transatlantic relations following U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to impose new tariffs on goods from a list of EU countries over his demand to acquire Greenland, in Brussels, Belgium January 23, 2026. REUTERS/Yves Herman

UN says 35 million Nigerians risk hunger after global funding collapse

FILE PHOTO: Yaanama Abba, a 45-year-old mother of six children, receives pinto beans distributed by WFP in Mafa LGA, Borno State, Nigeria, July 16, 2025. Damilola Onafuwa, WFP Nigeria Communications Service/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Trump launches Board of Peace that some fear rivals UN

The signing ceremony for US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace will be held in Davos, Switzerland, where the World Economic Forum is taking place.

US set to exit WHO amid warnings of global health fallout and unpaid dues

Philippines convicts journalist on terror charge called ‘absurd’

Frenchie Mae Cumpio, a detained Filipino journalist, gestures as she arrives at Tacloban Regional Trial Court in Leyte island on Jan 22 to attend the promulgation of her court case.

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