Volodymyr Zelensky, who acted in a comedy before becoming Ukraine’s president, has been thrust into the center of the American impeachment debate.
Tag: United Nations
What Is the United Nations? Its History, Its Goals and Its Relevance
A brief look at what the 193-member United Nations does and how it works as leaders convene in New York for the annual General Assembly.
600 Meetings and a World of Conflict: What to Expect at the U.N. General Assembly
Nearly 200 leaders will converge on the world’s most prominent diplomatic stage for five days of speeches, hundreds of meetings — and clashes over climate change, Iran and trade.
Trump’s National Security Aides Refining Possible Iran Options
President Trump has threatened to order “the ultimate option” of a strike on Iran after attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities, but also emphasized his opposition to another war.
Nobel Peace Laureate Could Face Prosecution Over Myanmar Military’s Actions
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s civilian leader, once was a democracy icon. Now she’s an international pariah because of the Myanmar military’s brutality.
Iran Rules Out Meeting Between Trump and Rouhani
Iran’s Foreign Ministry dismissed the possibility of a meeting between President Hassan Rouhani and President Trump during the United Nations General Assembly.
Is Trump’s America Tougher on Asylum than Other Western Countries?
President Trump’s plan to bar migrants from seeking asylum in the United States is similar to a scheme employed by Australia since 2012. Europe tried a comparable scheme in 2016, but it didn’t work.
U.N. Vote Could Clear Path to Cutting Peacekeepers in Southern Lebanon
It is a small but significant concession to the United States and Israel, which want U.N. peacekeepers to more aggressively pursue Hezbollah activity near the Israeli border.
Massacred at Home, in Misery Abroad, 730,000 Rohingya Are Mired in Hopelessness
Fear of what awaits them has kept the Rohingya from returning to Myanmar, where they were targets of ethnic cleansing. But life in Bangladesh refugee camps is intolerable. There’s no good place to go.
Greta Thunberg Sets Sail for U.N. Climate Talks
The 16-year-old climate activist is crossing the Atlantic to attend a United Nations climate summit. She refuses to fly because aviation has such an enormous carbon footprint.