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
• 5:28

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
• 1:56

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
• 2:28

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
• 4:03

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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• Oct 18, 2022
• 45:02

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• 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

U.N. says Israeli raid cut water access to thousands, displaced 173

The U.N. humanitarian agency says about 40 families are still displaced after Israel's raid and thousands are back in homes left "uninhabitable" by the assault.

• Jul 12, 2023

U.S. rejoins UNESCO: "It's a historic moment!"

Trump pulled the U.S. out of the U.N. agency. Here's why the Biden administration believes America "can't afford to be absent any longer."

• Jul 11, 2023

U.S. sending controversial cluster munitions to Ukraine in new aid package

The Biden administration has decided to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine for the war against Russia, even though the United Nations urges the warring countries to avoid using them.

• Jul 7, 2023

"A living nightmare": U.N. chief calls for action against Haiti's gangs

"The Haitian people are trapped in a living nightmare," said U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, calling for a robust international force to help restore security.

• Jul 6, 2023

India leader touts yoga "to unite" at U.N., but to many, he's a divider

Prime Minister Narendra Modi led an International Day of Yoga event at U.N. headquarters "to unite," but many see him dividing India.

• Jun 21, 2023

U.N. adopts first-ever treaty to govern the lawless high seas

The high seas treaty, once ratified by individual nations, will govern the use of international waters in a bid to protect ecosystems and head off disputes.

• Jun 19, 2023

North Korean spy satellite launch fails

North Korea's first attempt at launching a new spy satellite ended in failure earlier Wednesday. It malfunctioned and plunged into the sea shortly after taking off, triggering emergency alerts and brief evacuation warnings in parts of South Korea and Japan. Both countries, as well as the U.S., have condemned the launch as a violation of the U.N. Security Council resolutions. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer has the latest.

• May 31, 2023
• 5:12

U.N. nuclear chief urges Russia and Ukraine to ban attacks at plant

The head of the IAEA urged Russia and Ukraine to commit to a plan "to avoid the danger of a catastrophic incident" at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

• May 30, 2023

Rwandan genocide fugitive arrested after 29 years on the run

Fulgence Kayishema is accused of orchestrating the brutal killing of 2,000 women, men and children at a church during the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

• May 25, 2023

More kids than ever displaced and at risk of exploitation, U.N. warns

War, poverty and climate change have driven 42 million children from their homes, leaving them "exposed to heightened risk of violence," the U.N. warns.

• May 24, 2023

U.N.-brokered Black Sea grain deal extended to help lower food prices

Details were not announced, but both Ukraine and Turkey made the announcement on Wednesday.

• May 18, 2023

Global heat expected to hit historic records in coming years

"Nobody is going to be untouched by these changes that are happening," an expert from the U.K. Met Office warned.

• May 17, 2023

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