Havana says Washington is threatening countries with retaliation if they refuse to vote against condemning its embargo.
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Fighting is intensifying between Yemeni government forces and Houthi rebel group.
Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s internationally recognised gov’t urge UN Security Council action amid Houthi escalation.
South African jurist Navanethem Pillay has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her work to promote peace.
The 85-year-old South African judge has spent decades fighting apartheid and genocide.
Pillay, 85, has been instrumental in ensuring war crimes and genocide are prosecuted, Nobel committee says.
Russia and China block US efforts to expand the Darfur arms embargo to cover all of Sudan amid ongoing conflict.
India, Turkiye, Egypt and the US have put forward proposals for ceasefires in bid to protect global energy and shipping.
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon said there were no casualties after small arms fire targeted a border post.
Trucks were ‘clearly marked as humanitarian vehicles’, UN agency says.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani shared a video riding the subway with Irish PM Micheal Martin during UN week.
