United Nations
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Last updated: October 2026
The United Nations is the world's parliament of states — 193 members, one General Assembly, one Security Council, and a sprawling system of agencies from Geneva to New York. It is where the world argues, sanctions, peacekeeps, and occasionally agrees.
No clear frontrunner to succeed Guterres — the veto math…
Three months before Guterres's term ends, no candidate commands the field — Grynspan leads the straw polls but five 'discourage' votes, possibly P5, keep…
NewsThe UN gave Haiti's anti-gang force six more — Magna Bureau
The Security Council extended the Gang Suppression Force's mandate to March 2027 by 12 votes to 3 — hours after gangs killed 11 people in Haiti's…
NewsEthiopian drones hit Eritrean troops inside… — Magna Bureau
Drone strikes targeted Eritrean vehicles near Adigrat as Addis Ababa demanded an immediate withdrawal and Asmara denied any incursion, pulling the Horn of Africa toward open war.
NewsKabila takes command of a new… — Magna Bureau
Sentenced to death in absentia a year ago, Congo's ex-president formalized his alliance with the eastern rebellion in Goma — upending the Doha peace talks and the 2028 race.
NewsUN Extends Darfur Arms Embargo… — Magna Bureau
The Security Council unanimously rolled over the Darfur arms embargo for two more months, but Russia and China blocked a US push to widen it across all of Sudan, leaving a 20-year-old sanctions regime
NewsSouth Lebanon olive harvest killings… — Magna Bureau
An engineer home from Beirut died on an unexploded shell in Froun; hours later, Israeli tank fire killed a farmer inspecting his trees in Yater — and the harvest was called off.
NewsTrump's Board of Peace, one year… — Magna Bureau
Twelve months after the October 10, 2025 ceasefire, the board counts prisoner swaps and donor pledges as wins — while more than 1,400 Palestinians have been killed, aid runs at a third of promised lev
NewsThe POWs Seoul Wanted Kept Secret — Magna Bureau
South Korea's president threatened unspecified retaliation against Ukraine over its public disclosure of two transferred North Korean prisoners of war — and accused Kyiv of cheering on war on the Kore
NewsSudan drone strike kills up to 41 displaced… — Magna Bureau
Between 30 and 41 displaced people are dead near Abu Shandi, Blue Nile. The exact toll is unverified; the pattern — drones fired at civilians — is not.
NewsGaza's dead come home; Homesh raises a… — Magna Bureau
On Thursday, Gaza City held a mass funeral for 105 Palestinians recovered from the rubble of a 2023 air strike. Two weeks earlier, Israeli settlers danced with Torah scrolls at a new synagogue in the
NewsEthiopian Forces Enter Adwa as Border War… — Magna Bureau
Ethiopian troops took Adwa, 40 km from the Eritrean frontier, a day after entering Adigrat. As the UAE backs Addis Ababa and Riyadh stays silent, the Red Sea stakes grow.
NewsTrump Attacks Nobel Committee After Peace… — Magna Bureau
In a late-night Truth Social tirade and a Syracuse rally, the US president called the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize 'forever discredited,' claimed he deserved eight of them, and warned Norway: 'we will not f
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