Russia last year blocked exports of Ukrainian grain across the Black Sea, a vital part of the global food supply, but they resumed last summer under a fragile pact.
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Taliban Bar Women From U.N., Threatening Afghanistan’s Last Lifeline
The Taliban administration extended a ban on women working in aid organizations to the United Nations, putting at risk one of the country’s last sources of badly needed aid.
Turkey-Syria Earthquake Death Toll Tops 23,000 Amid Struggle for Aid
Only a trickle of humanitarian aid has reached the devastated parts of Syria because years of war have carved the country into zones of control that impede deliveries.
Russian Air Base Is Attacked, as Ukraine Discounts Escalation Threat
Russia said falling wreckage from a Ukrainian drone had killed three servicemen at the base, some 300 miles from Ukraine, which would be the third such long-range attack this month.
Russia Withdraws From Grain Deal After Drone Attack on Black Sea Fleet
The Russian move jeopardized a rare case of wartime coordination aimed at lowering global food prices and combating hunger.
Russia’s Invasion Shadows U.N. Assembly Amid ‘Colossal Global Dysfunction’
Presidents Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey and Emmanuel Macron of France used the gathering as a stage to cast themselves as would-be peacemakers in the war in Ukraine.
Volker Türk, an Austrian Diplomat, Takes U.N. Human Rights Post
One of Volker Türk’s toughest challenges will be determining what to do about a highly critical report on China that his predecessor, Michelle Bachelet, released just before departing.
U.N. Team Calls for No-Fire Zone at Ukraine Nuclear Plant
In a highly anticipated report, nuclear experts who crossed a battlefield to inspect Europe’s largest nuclear plant called for Russia and Ukraine to halt all military activity around the complex.
U.N. Chief Visits Odesa, Facing Limits of Influence Over War in Ukraine
António Guterres, the United Nations secretary general, witnessed grain shipments, one of his organization’s most concrete achievements.
Ukraine and Russia Accuse Each Other of Plotting Attack on Nuclear Plant
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, the largest in Europe, has already been hit by shelling, and the United Nations chief, warning of disaster, called for a demilitarized zone around it.