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Haiti Gang Violence

Gang Violence Forces Closure Of Haiti's Main Airport

Haiti's main international airport is temporarily closed after a gang attacked a commercial flight landing in Port-au-Prince resulting in a flight attendant being shot in the face.
People inspect the damage after Israeli bombardment of the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on June 22, 2024

Israeli Army Orders Evacuation Of Battle-torn Gaza City

Israel's army dropped thousands of leaflets over war-torn Gaza City on Wednesday urging all residents to flee a heavy offensive through the main city of the besieged Palestinian territory. The leaflets, addressed to "everyone in Gaza City", set out designated escape routes and warned that the urban area would "remain a dangerous combat zone".
Russia came under fire at the UN Security Council

Russia Under Fire At UN Over Ukraine Strikes

"Intentionally directing attacks against a protected hospital is a war crime and perpetrators must be held to account," Joyce Msuya, acting under-secretary for humanitarian affairs, told the emergency meeting.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has been urging allies to bolster Ukrainian air defense systems

Ukraine, Russia Set For UN Showdown Over Strikes

Ukraine is set for a fiery clash with Russia at the UN Security Council Tuesday after Kyiv's allies called for an emergency meeting in the wake of deadly strikes by Moscow.
'The world cannot afford splits into rival blocs,' said Guterres

UN Chief Says Global Tensions Threaten International Trade

The international trading system is on the brink of fragmenting amid rising geopolitical tensions, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Wednesday, as he cautioned the world against splitting into rival blocs.
The farm sold all but five of its dairy herd because of plummetting milk prices and high inflation

US Dairy Trade Goes Hand In Hand With UN Goals

The US dairy sector needs to be involved with the UN because the US is a primary dairy supplier to global markets, and the UN recommends policies that many countries adopt into national law.
Migrant children, like these playing at a reception station in Panama in March, are crossing the perilous Darien Gap in soaring numbers, the UN says

Number Of Children Fleeing Latin America Soars: UN

More than 30,000 children have crossed the perilous Darien Gap jungle in four months on the path to a better life in the United States, a number up 40 percent from the same period last year, the UN children's agency said Wednesday.
Clearing the debris will be complicated not just by unexploded ordnance but toxic substances such as asbestos, say experts

More War Debris In Gaza Than Ukraine: UN

The Gaza Strip is filled with more war debris and rubble than Ukraine, the head of UN demining operations for the narrow Palestinian territory said Wednesday.
A girl washes clothes by hand at a camp for displaced Palestinians erected in a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 13, 2024

UN Ends, Suspends Probes Into 5 UNRWA Staffers Accused By Israel

A UN probe into Israeli allegations that 19 members of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees participated in the October 7 Hamas attacks has closed one case due to the absence of any evidence from Israel and suspended four others, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Friday.
Israel Iran attack/Middle East conflict

Israel, Iran Trade Accusations At Security Council Meeting

Israel's UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan the Security Council to designate the Revolutionary Guards, the Islamic Republic's ideological army, as a terrorist organization and to "impose all possible sanctions on Iran before it's too late."

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