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UN envoy calls for release of Myanmar’s ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi on her 81st birthday

Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi was placed under house arrest in April, but her whereabouts remain unclear.

UN agencies launch $1.3 million project to contain screwworm outbreak

Female screwworm flies lay eggs in wounds on any warm-blooded animal.

Iran deal fails to address rights inside country: UN experts

The UN experts said that Iranian people are barely visible in the US-Iran framework deal.

ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan suspended by British lawyers’ regulator

International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan had already been suspended on June 8 by the ICC’s governing body.

No lifting of UN sanctions on Iran without France’s approval, foreign minister says

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot at the doorstep of the NATO Foreign Ministers' meeting at the Clarion Hotel and Congress Sea U in Helsingborg, Sweden, 22th May 2026. TT News Agency/Johan Nilsson/ via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. SWEDEN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SWEDEN. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

UN aid chief demands ‘dignity’ for Gaza population

The UN aid chief acknowledged the flow of aid has improved since a ceasefire, with an average of 100 deliveries entering the Palestinian territory each day.

UN chief candidate wants to restore organisation’s ‘credibility’

North Korea's Kim Yo Jong condemns G7 call for denuclearisation as violation of sovereignty

FILE PHOTO: A satellite image shows a nuclear material production factory, in Yongbyon, North Korea, May 17, 2026. 2026 Planet Labs PBC/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

The 14-point draft of the US-Iran deal: What’s in the agreement

People wave Iranian flags during a rally in Tehran, Iran, May 29, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Famine risk rises in 13 ‘hunger hot spots’, UN warns

FILE PHOTO: Palestinians wait to receive food from a charity kitchen in Gaza City, August 28, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa/File Photo

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