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'Taiwan independence': Why China challenges the DPP's claims of democracy - opinion

As part of China, Taiwan may participate in relevant international organization activities in technical fields with the consent of China’s central government, of which there are many examples.

An employee at a business centre watches the Chinese national flag being raised, in Beijing, China August 26, 2025.
Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, South African judge Navanethem "Navi" Pillay (R) speaks next to member of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territor

'Legitimazes Jihad': Foreign Affairs Ministry slams UN report accusing Israel of genocide

FILE PHOTO: An elderly Sudanese refugee woman attends a community session on maternal health led by International Rescue Committee (IRC) staff at the Iridimi refugee camp, northwest of Iriba in Wadi Fira province, eastern Chad, November 27, 2025.

They sought temporary shelter from war. Twenty years later, Sudan’s refugees still can’t go home

(L/R) US President Donald Trump greets Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC on November 7, 2025.

'MAGA conservatives' dream candidate': Trump administration eyes Orban as next UN chief - report


South Africa's Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay, who accused Israel of genocide in Gaza, wins Nobel Prize

Navi Pillay was chair of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory that concluded last year that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza.

FILE PHOTO:  UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay addresses the OSCE permament council in Vienna, Austria July 3, 2014.

US State Department restores Israel to highest anti-trafficking ranking for first time since 2021

Justice Minister Yariv Levin called the renewed Tier 1 ranking recognition of Israel’s intensive work against human trafficking.

 Illustrative image of human trafficking.

Yemen displacement surges past 200,000 following fresh Houthi offensive, UN migration body warns

"People are running for their lives and finding nowhere safe to go," said IOM Director General Amy Pope, who called for more funding amid rising needs for food and shelter.

An internally displaced Yemeni boy carries sticks of firewood on his head at a makeshift camp for the internally displaced who fled their homes due to renewed clashes between Yemen's Saudi-backed government forces and the Houthi authorities in the northern Hajjah governorate on October 7, 2026.

Hundreds of ambassadors, diplomats attend UN event marking three years since October 7 massacre

Israel’s UN mission held a memorial event in New York on Tuesday, with Danny Danon saying October 7 “can never be erased, rewritten or forgotten.”

Canada's Foreign Minister, Anita Anand, addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, US, September 26, 2026.

Is Netanyahu’s beef with Mamdani helping him politically? - opinion

The Israeli prime minister is making the New York mayor a central bogeyman this election season.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters in New York City, Sept. 24, 2026.

A different standard for Israel? Questions raised by this year’s UN General Assembly - opinion

From Guterres’s Gaza comparison to condemnations by world leaders, speeches in New York revived debate over whether Israel is judged by the same standards as others.

US President Donald Trump speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly at UN Headquarters on September 22, 2026 in New York City; illustrative

The UN’s double standard toward Israel exposes its moral bankruptcy - opinion

Israel has a duty to expose the double standard practiced by the leaders of UN member states and to denounce a system that gives a political majority permission to stigmatize one country.

 UNITED NATIONS headquarters in New York City.

Ex-UN director who protested Gaza famine challenges his dismissal

Benjamin Davis, 62, was one of the hundreds of employees who joined in moments of silence for hunger victims in Gaza.

Palestinians wait to receive food from a charity kitchen after the global hunger monitor, Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), said that Gaza City and surrounding areas are officially suffering from famine that will likely spread, in Gaza City, August 28, 2025.

Governments cannot stay silent on the threat against Israel after flydubai hijacking - editorial

The flydubai incident does not become any less worthy of condemnation because the involved prevented its worst possible consequences.

PM Netanyahu meets with Yaniv Hayoun, Or Pardilov, and Dr. Shota Musayev and his wife, Sigalit on October 1, 2026.

Araghchi offered inspectors access to nuclear facilities in exchange for sanctions relief - report

While Araghchi did not speak explicitly about the state of Iran's economy, the diplomats told Bloomberg that the suggestion signals the extent of the country's economic struggles.

Iran's foreign minister Araghchi addresses a special session of the Conference on Disarmament at the UN, in Geneva Tuesday, 17th February 2026