Guinea coup: Soldiers seek to tighten grip after ousting Alpha Condé - BBC News

A group of soldiers who ousted Guinea's President Alpha Condé from power on Sunday have ordered the country's cabinet to attend a mandatory meeting on Monday.

UN humanitarian chief in Afghanistan for talks with Taliban - China.org.cn

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has sent Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths to Kabul for talks with the Taliban leadership, said Guterres' spokesman on Sunday.

UN warns of Afghan food crisis as Taliban parades seized weapons | Al Jazeera

The United Nations has warned that Afghanistan could face a food crisis within a month, leaving one out of three people hungry, as the country’s Taliban rulers try to form a new government to run the country.

UN humanitarians continue to deliver relief in Afghanistan - China.org.cn

 UN humanitarians and their partners continue to deliver relief to more than 17,500 displaced people in Kabul despite challenges from the Afghanistan crisis, a UN spokesman said on Monday.

UN chief voices concern over escalation on Lebanon-Israel border - China.org.cn

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday expressed concern about the recent escalation on the Lebanon-Israel border.

Western Countries In UNSC Urge Russia To Reverse Recognition Of Abkhazia, South Ossetia - UrduPoint

Seven western countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom and France, in a joint statement on Wednesday called on Russia to reverse its recognition of the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and withdraw its military forces from the disputed territories.

Kabul Urges New Delhi To Call UNSC Session On Talibans Increased Offensive - Minister - UrduPoint

 Afghan Foreign Minister Mohammed Haneef Atmar said on Tuesday he had urged his Indian counterpart, S. Jaishankar, to call a special session of the UN Security Council to discuss Taliban's increased offensive across Afghanistan.

Bosnian Serbs to boycott country’s central institutions | Al Jazeera

Bosnian Serb representatives have announced a boycott of all major institutions in the divided country – effectively blocking them – outraged about the decision of UN representative to ban genocide denial.

UN: Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan at Record Level in May-June - Tasnim News Agency

(Tasnim) – Nearly 2,400 Afghan civilians were killed or injured in May and June as fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security forces escalated, the highest number for those two months since records started in 2009, the United Nations said on Monday.

U.S. tells U.N. that weekend airstrikes aimed to deter Iran | THE DAILY STAR

The United States told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that it targeted Iran-backed militia in Syria and Iraq with airstrikes to deter the militants and Tehran from conducting or supporting further attacks on U.S. personnel or facilities.

Chinese diplomat criticizes crimes of genocide by US, other Western countries - China.org.cn

A senior Chinese diplomat on Monday criticized the crimes of genocide by the United States and other Western countries, urging the international community to carry out comprehensive, impartial and in-depth investigations into all crimes of genocide and to eradicate racism, racial discrimination and other legacies of genocide.

Lavrov: West must recognize its responsibility for deterioration of humanitarian situation in Syria – Syrian Arab News Agency

SANA-Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, affirmed that Western countries are responsible for the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Syria, calling on them to recognize their responsibility for that and to abandon unilateral interpretation of humanitarian issues.

Israel to allow transfer of Qatari funds to Gaza via UN - AA

Israel has found a new mechanism for transferring Qatari funds to the Gaza Strip, Israel’s Channel 12 reported Thursday.

UN ‘outraged’ as death toll in Burkina Faso attack rises to 132 | Al Jazeera

Gunmen have killed at least 132 people in Burkina Faso’s volatile north, the government said, as the United Nations chief condemned “the heinous attack” and called on countries to step up the fight against “violent extremism”.

Iran, CAR stripped of UN General Assembly voting right - TASS

Iran and the Central African Republic were stripped of voting power in the UN General Assembly due to non-payment of regular fees for two years, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said in a letter to the President of the 75th General Assembly Volkan Bozkir.

European Envoys Summoned over No Votes to UN Resolution on Israeli Abuses - Tasnim News Agency

(Tasnim) – Palestine summoned four European ambassadors over their countries' "no" votes to a resolution at the United Nations to probe Israeli abuses, including during the recent aggression on Gaza.

UN Boosts Aid As DRC Evacuates Residents in Fear of New Volcano Eruption - Tasnim News Agency

(Tasnim) – The United Nations (UN) has expanded humanitarian relief to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as the country has evacuated residents from Goma in case of another volcanic eruption.

US regrets UN move to launch Gaza probe - The Jerusalem post

The United States said on Thursday that it deeply regretted a decision by the UN Human Rights Council to launch an international investigation into crimes that may have been committed in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.

Palestinian groups slam UNRWA director’s comments on Gaza attacks | Al Jazeera

  Palestinian civil society organisations have condemned comments made by a senior figure at the UNRWA about the 11-day Israeli bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip as “misleading and dangerous”.

US threatens to veto French draft UN resolution on Mideast | THE DAILY STAR

The United States said Wednesday it would not support a United Nations Security Council draft resolution proposed by France calling for an Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire, saying it could undermine efforts to de-escalate the crisis.