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Warning the Security CouncilHigh Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu said that since the last briefing on arms transfers just two weeks agothe provision of military assistance and the transfer of arms and ammunition to the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued in the context of the large-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia, in violation of the […]

During the annual Peace Bell ceremony, António Guterres warned that war is spreading, inequality is increasing and new technologies are being weaponised without any protection. “International institutions must be better able to respond to this,” He stressed. The Secretary-General’s call comes on the eve of a crucial moment for global cooperation. Later this month, world

A student participates in an art therapy session at an ECW-supported school in Kyiv, Ukraine. In partnership with UNICEF Ukraine and Caritas Ukraine, the school provides essential mental health and psychosocial support, as well as essential learning materials, to help children recover from trauma and promote social cohesion between host communities and displaced children and

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan’s government has postponed elections scheduled for December for two years as processes including a census, drafting a permanent constitution and registering political parties were completed. Presidential National Security Adviser Tut Gatluak said Friday that the extension would allow crucial processes to be completed before the new election date

The United Nations has accused foreign players of extending the war in Sudanmaking it harder for the country to find peace. The fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces began in April 2023. It was fueled by two generals fight for power after a failed political transition. Since then, the conflict

Brazil’s Supreme Court said Friday that a judge has ordered the transfer of about $3 million from Elon Musk’s companies to pay fines for his social network X, which has been suspended in the country. Judge Alexandre de Moraes last month ordered X to be shut down in Brazil after Musk refused to remove dozens

Brazil’s Supreme Court has released the assets of Elon Musk’s satellite communications company Starlink and social platform X after 18.35 million reais, approximately $3.3 million, were transferred to state coffers. According to a press release on Friday, Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes ordered that Starlink and X’s bank accounts and assets be unfrozen after

RIO DE JANEIRO — Indigenous chants and the rattle of maracas filled a Rio de Janeiro park Thursday as Brazil’s Tupinambá people gathered to celebrate the return of a sacred cloak that disappeared some 380 years ago. The artifact, made from scarlet ibis feathers, came from northeastern Brazil and was located in Copenhagen until the

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke to his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk on Friday after criticism came from Warsaw over Germany’s plan to introduce further border controls. The two leaders agreed in a telephone conversation that the challenges posed by illegal migration and human trafficking can only be tackled together and that close cooperation between European

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that the Russian counterattack in the southwestern region of Kursk has made little progress. “They wanted to make a quick breakthrough there. (…) We have not seen any serious success so far,” Zelensky said in Kiev. Zelensky said Moscow plans to deploy up to 70,000 troops to the