Politics

13 April 2017
Senior United Nations officials today refocused the spotlight on Secretary-General António Guterres’ mid-February 'call to action' on behalf of some 20 million people across four countries that now face the risk of famine.

Photo:Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and President Xi Jinping meet in Beijing, China.

Photo:An aid worker helps pull a disabled Syrian refugee, who lost his leg to diabetes, through the no man’s land between Macedonia and Serbia.

Photo:Demonstrators that include mostly medical students protest a proposed repeal of the Affordable Care Act in New York, U.S., January 30, 2017.

Photo:Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a joint news conference with Italian President Sergio Mattarella after their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia April 11, 2017.

Photo:Individuals displaced by recent hostilities in Mokha in Taizz governorate, western Yemen, receive UNHCR emergency assistance.

9 April 2017
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and the Security Council today condemned the bombings of two Coptic churches in Tanta and Alexandria, Egypt, which killed at least 41 people and injured more than 100 others.

Photo:The International Criminal Court premises in The Hague.