Senior North Korean Diplomat Defects to South Korea from Cuba
South Korean media revealed on Tuesday that senior North Korean diplomat Ri Il-kyu, 52, defected from the North Korean embassy in Cuba in November.

South Korean media revealed on Tuesday that senior North Korean diplomat Ri Il-kyu, 52, defected from the North Korean embassy in Cuba in November.
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs notified the United Nations last week that one hundred “terrorist operatives” have been identified as employees of UNRWA, the U.N. relief agency for the Palestinians.
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has denounced climate change-fueled summer heatwaves that claim “hundreds of lives.”
A group of female athletes and advocates for sports is calling on the United Nations to protect fairness in women’s sports.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned of the evils of climate change Thursday, urging “greater ambition” to move away from fossil fuels.
The United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) confirmed to the independent organization U.N. Watch, the group confirmed on Tuesday, that it is taking “appropriate action” in response to allegations that “Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories” Francesca Albanese illicitly took money from pro-Hamas groups.
Members of the Taliban terrorist organization concluded their participation on Monday in a U.N.-led international meeting on the future of Afghanistan, thanking organizers for including them and specifically expressing praise for the government of U.S. President Joe Biden or the engagement.
The U.N. warned that the Taliban could cause overdose deaths from synthetic alternatives by shutting down opium production in Afghanistan.
The head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) told reporters on Tuesday that “all the donors have come back” to fund the agency, with the exception of America, following the revelation of evidence that UNRWA employees engaged in atrocities against Israelis on October 7.
A new study by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) organization, which is linked to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, has concluded there is no famine in Gaza, though the risk is high.
The United Nations invited the jihadist Taliban terrorist organization to a two-day conference on Afghanistan in Doha, Qatar, next weekend, its third such meeting since the Taliban seized power in 2021.
Icelandic officials are pulling back on their former support for Venezuelan migrants and even deported 180 recent immigrants.
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres said Friday that most of the aid entering Gaza is looted, amid a state of lawlessness caused by the war that Hamas started in October.
The death toll in Sudan’s conflict regions continues to rise as junta forces block civilians from receiving food and medical equipment.
In light of the recent dramatic rescue of four Israeli hostages held by Palestinian civilians, a legal expert and military specialist are urging a reevaluation of use of the term “Palestinian civilian,” arguing that those participating in hostilities, such as hostage-taking and other Hamas crimes, lose their civilian status under international law.
U.S. Special Envoy Amos Hochstein met in Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday with Nabih Berri, the speaker of Parliament and the leader of the Hezbollah-aligned Amal Shiite movement, in an effort to encourage de-escalation with Israel.
A United Nations report on northern Gaza failed to confirm earlier warnings of famine in the area, though it said that people were still suffering as a result of the ongoing war — which Hamas launched from Gaza on Israel on October 7.
The United Nations issued a report accusing Israel and Hamas of war crimes but only Israel of crimes against humanity.
The State Department announced on Monday that Ukraine’s controversial Azov Brigade will no longer be banned from receiving American weapons and training. Russia immediately denounced the U.S. for supporting Ukrainian “ultra-nationalists” and “neo-Nazis.”
The office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said Israel may have committed war crimes when it rescued four hostages from Hamas.
The BRICS coalition representing several rogue states including China, Russia, and Iran issued a statement following its foreign minister meeting on Monday condemning Israel for attempting to defend itself from the Iran-backed terrorist organization Hamas, specifically its operations in Rafah, Gaza.
A funding bill from Republicans includes billions for mass migration backed by the United Nations’ International Organization for Migration.
The United Nations (UN) is set to add Israel, and the Hamas terrorist group, to a blacklist of countries and groups that harm children — provoking an angry response from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who called the decision “delusional.”
Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama, and Somalia were elected by the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday to serve two-year terms on the U.N. Security Council (UNSC), taking over five rotating “non-permanent” membership slots from Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Switzerland, and Mozambique.
The Iran-backed Houthi insurgency detained at least 15 Yemeni employees of international organizations, including the United Nations.
The Taliban, the uncontested government of Afghanistan since 2021, used a stadium to stage a mass punishment event for 63 people on Tuesday, administering public floggings for crimes ranging from “fleeing from home” to “adultery.”
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Wednesday passed a resolution condemning Iran for banning nuclear inspectors and calling on the Iranian government to cooperate more fully with the U.N. nuclear watchdog.
United Nations alarmist-in-chief António Guterres laid into fossil fuel companies Wednesday, calling for a ban on their ads and increased taxes on energy firms.
U.N. Watch filed a legal complaint over alleged financial and ethical misconduct by Hamas-sympathizing U.N. rapporteur Francesca Albanese.
Leftist President Gabriel Boric of Chile announced Saturday that his country would join a controversial case led by South Africa at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel, accusing the nation of “genocide” for its self-defense operations against Hamas.
The world’s most powerful nations have significantly undermined what the United Nations can do to help nations resolve conflicts, the globalist organization’s peacekeeping chief lamented Wednesday.
Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar reaffirmed in comments on Tuesday that the government of Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a permanent spot at the United Nations Security Council “as soon as possible,” but that the goal will take time due to resistance from the current permanent members.
Multiple reports on Tuesday indicated that representatives from Algeria had prepared a draft resolution for the United Nations Security Council that would demand Israel stop its self-defense operations against the terrorist group Hamas in Gaza.
The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) on Monday rejected a proposal to include Taiwan in the annual World Health Assembly (WHA) meeting.
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” Gilad Erdan, Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, blasted the U.N. as an enemy of “the values of America and the free world” that is used to “whitewash” the crimes
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” Gilad Erdan, Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, reacted to Alternate Representative of the United States for Special Political Affairs at the U.N. Robert Wood standing for a moment of
A consortium of media agencies in Germany and Sweden reported on Tuesday that members of Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan security units accused of torturing prisoners are being deployed on dozens of U.N. peacekeeping missions, adding another scandal to a string of embarrassments for the United Nations.
Genocidal terrorist organization Hamas complained on Monday that International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan should have demanded more arrest warrants for Israeli officials over their conduct of the war in Gaza — and none at all for Hamas, which started the war on October 7 by perpetrating some of the most savage atrocities in human history.
The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction found that Joe Biden has overseen $10.9 million in payments to the Taliban.
Multiple bodies of the United Nations honored dead Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Monday, prompting outrage from Israel.