Biden urges United Nations to "preserve peace, prevent conflict"

President Biden pushed for international cooperation in support of Ukraine and combatting global challenges.

• Sep 19, 2023

Zelenskyy's message during trip to U.S.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is scheduled to meet with President Biden and members of Congress on Thursday. The high-stakes trip comes as Ukraine continues its third month of a counteroffensive against Russia. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab has more on how Zelenskyy will try to navigate requests for his country's funding needs.

• Sep 18, 2023
• 04:27

U.N. General Assembly opens with world in crisis — and key leaders absent

President Biden will be there, but the leaders of Russia, China, the U.K. and France will not.

• Sep 18, 2023

U.N. warns disease could bring a 2nd crisis in flood-ravaged Libya

Disease outbreaks could bring "a second devastating crisis" to Libya a week after a huge flash flood shattered Derna, sweeping thousands to their deaths.

• Sep 18, 2023

U.N. says most Libya flood deaths preventable

With survivors still desperately hoping to find the bodies of lost loved ones in debris-choked towns and cities, the United Nations said most of the thousands of deaths from floods in Libya could have been avoided. Kasim Mahjoub, a civil engineer on the ground in Libya, joined CBS News to discuss why the death toll is so high.

• Sep 14, 2023
• 05:30

U.N. says most Libya flooding deaths could have been avoided

The U.N.'s grim assessment will compound the pain for tens of thousands of people still desperately searching flood debris for their missing loved ones.

• Sep 14, 2023

Libya flooding an "unprecedented humanitarian crisis" amid civil war

As residents and emergency workers continued sifting Wednesday through mangled debris to collect the bodies of victims, officials put the death toll in Derna alone at more than 5,100.

• Sep 13, 2023

U.N. says summer 2023 hottest on record: "Climate breakdown has begun"

"Climate breakdown has begun," U.N. chief says, adding: "The dog days of summer are not just barking, they are biting."

• Sep 7, 2023

Inside the violence in Sudan

The United Nations Refugee Agency is making an appeal for $1 billion to help people who are fleeing the violence in Sudan. Violence broke out earlier this year when tensions exploded between the military and a paramilitary group for control of the country. The co-founders of the Multi-Faith Neighbors Network, Pastor Bob Roberts and Imam Mohamed Magid, joined CBS News to discuss the situation in the country.

• Sep 5, 2023
• 06:35

Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson dies

Former U.N. ambassador and renowned diplomat Bill Richardson died in his sleep on Friday at the age of 75, according to a statement put out by the Richardson Center for Global Engagement. The former U.S. Congressman traveled across the globe helping to secure the release of numerous Americans from North Korea and Sudan to Iran and Russia.

• Sep 4, 2023
• 02:55

U.N. reports Iran's nuke program is still growing, and out of sight

While Iran's uranium enrichment may be slowing, the IAEA said Tehran's constraints make it hard to "provide assurance of the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program."

• Sep 4, 2023

Clashes erupt between militias in Libya, leaving dozens dead

A fresh wave of violence engulfed the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Monday evening. At least 55 people died and 146 were injured.

• Aug 16, 2023

Abducted U.N. workers free after 18 months in Yemen

In a brief statement, a spokesman for U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres said all "available information suggests that all five colleagues are in good health."

• Aug 11, 2023

Blinken to Russia: Stop using food as weapon

Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on world leaders Thursday to tell Russia: Stop using food as a weapon of war in Ukraine. In July, Russia withdrew from a U.N.-brokered deal that allowed Ukraine to safely export its grain from Black Sea ports. Luke Coffey, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, joined CBS News to discuss why Russia pulled out of the deal and what would it take for them to return.

• Aug 3, 2023
• 05:28

U.N. may need to cut food assistance programs

The U.N. is warning it may need to cut food assistance for millions of people in dozens of nations due to declining donations. Experts worry this will exacerbate the world's growing hunger problem. Nearly 10% of the global population faced hunger in 2022. Lana Zak has more on the issue.

• Aug 2, 2023
• 01:56

U.N. says Earth in era of "global boiling"

The Earth has entered an era of "global boiling," according to the U.N. Experts say we need to stop burning fossil fuels for the climate to stabilize. Ben Tracy reports.

• Jul 30, 2023
• 02:28

More than half of U.S. under heat alerts

The United Nations said temperature records show July is on track to be the hottest month ever recorded on Earth, and likely the warmest human civilization has ever seen. Over 180 million Americans -- more than half of the U.S. population -- were under heat alerts Thursday, from the Southwest to the Northeast. CBS News correspondent Roxana Saberi has the latest from New York.

• Jul 27, 2023
• 04:03

July is set to be the hottest month ever recorded, U.N. says

"Climate change is here. It is terrifying. And it is just the beginning," U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.

• Jul 27, 2023

Oil finally being pumped off tanker decaying perilously off Yemen coast

After years of warnings of a potential disaster, more than 1.1M barrels of oil is finally being siphoned off the FSO Safer.

• Jul 25, 2023

"Many may die," U.N. warns after Russia pulls out of grain deal

Threats against civilian vessels in the Black Sea are "unacceptable," a senior U.N. official said.

• Jul 21, 2023

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Iran accused of supplying Russia with deadly drones designed to explode on impact; winning Mega Millions ticket sold in Fort Myers, Florida.

• Oct 18, 2022
• 45:02

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United Nations convoy rushes to help Mariupol; Amber Heard describes alleged abuse.

• May 6, 2022
• 43:37

Russia suspends grain deal with Ukraine that helped rein in food prices

After complaining for a year that the U.S. and other Western nations were blocking full implementation of the agreement, Moscow has put the grain initiative on hold.

• Jul 17, 2023

Kuwait to distribute 100,000 translated copies of the Quran in Sweden

The country's leader says the aim, after a one-man protest in Stockholm saw a Quran desecrated, is to "affirm the tolerance of the Islamic religion."

• Jul 13, 2023

Mass grave in war-torn Sudan found to hold remains of almost 90 people

14 women and children are among the victims found in the shallow grave in Darfur, the epicenter of a 12-week conflict that's morphed into ethnic violence.

• Jul 13, 2023

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