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[UN: May 8] Peacekeepers Vulnerable in Lebanon, ‘Low Risk’ of Hantavirus Global Outbreak & Lots More

This Week @UN: New UN refugee chief in Mexico; China succeeds without trying; rewriting global anti-torture rules. Plus: Peacekeepers stay put in Lebanon; ceasefires by Russia & Ukraine; Ted Turner, $1 billion benefactor; global hantavirus risk; eastern DR Congo’s resurging …

[UN: May 1] The High-Stakes Nuclear Treaty Gets Reviewed, Silencing Women Journalists & Lots More

This Week @UN: US warns South Sudan; SecGen candidates’ policies spelled out; post-Maduro Venezuela; today’s real heroes; listen up, Trump. Plus: Nukes treaty review; Strait of Hormuz dashboard; revolt in Mali; Lebanon “lessfire”; muzzling women journalists; Burma’s Aung San Suu …

[UN: April 24] SecGen Race Thickens, Another Peacekeeper Dies in Lebanon & Lots More

This Week @UN: African Union snubs Macky Sall; Bachelet & Grossi open SecGen race dialogues, followed by Grynspan & Sall; Guterres’s Hormuz plan stalled. Plus: More peacekeepers killed in Lebanon; shifting, dangerous migration routes; IDF desecrate statue of Jesus; child …

[UN: April 17] Iran Reopens Strait of Hormuz, Lebanon Ceasefire & Lots More

This Week @UN: UN aid “reset”; upcoming SecGen candidate debates; crucial peacekeeping in South Sudan. Plus: Praising US-Iran talks; Trump’s Pope-bashing; UN envoy in Riyadh & Oman; peacenik Pope; World Bank “borrowers’ platform”; Lebanon breathes; ICJ’s birthday. Follow us on …

[UN: April 10] US-Iran Ceasefire, ‘America First’ Nominee for World Food Program & Lots More

This Week @UN: UN80’s shortcomings; Grynspan guns for SecGen; gender entities merger?; World Food Program nominee. Plus: Diplomatic steps in Sudan; Trump’s apocalypse now; how 3 Indonesian peacekeepers died; Mideast ceasefire; no letup in Lebanon; elephants galore. • Did someone …

[UN: April 3] 3 Peacekeepers Killed in Lebanon, Strait of Hormuz Crisis & Lots More

This Week @UN: Where’s the Haiti force?; Mamdani stops by; Bahrain endures US-Israeli/Iran war. Plus: 3 peacekeepers killed in South Lebanon; UNRWA boss moves on; UN envoy for Sudan’s listening tour; new SecGen candidate?; new UN envoy for Mideast heads …

Pekka Haavisto meets Gen Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan

[UN: March 27] New UN Mideast Envoy, SecGen Race Upsets & Lots More

This Week @UN: Finances of SecGen race; Mideast wars’ toll on kids; “the gravest crime against humanity”; glass ceiling/glass cliff. Plus: Crushing Lebanon; new envoy goes to Khartoum; a new Mideast envoy; helping Cuba; UN SecGen upsets; Strait of Hormuz …

[UN: March 20] US Outvoted on Women’s Rights, a Beloved Peacekeeper Dies & Lots More

This Week @UN: ‘Gender’ definition survives US attack; UN SecGen candidate’s day job; civil society’s shrinking space; Michelle Bachelet on saving humanity. Plus: Strait of Hormuz diplomacy?; Afghanistan/Pakistan truce; Cuba’s humanitarian squeeze; RIP Nicholas Haysom; peace ops in Lebanon under …

Fatima Gailani speaks at the launch of the Women’s Jirga for Afghanistan (WJA),

[UN: March 13] Massive Upheaval in Lebanon, US War on Global Women’s Rights & Lots More

This Week @UN: Haitians stuck in Mexico; seeking the right UN SecGen; US battles women’s rights; Security Council condemns Iran; triumphing over sexual harassment. Plus: Mass displacement in Lebanon; SecGen in Türkiye & Lebanon; Gaza/West Bank/Israel; drone deadfare in Sudan; …

Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, Iran

[UN: March 6] ‘Killing With Impunity,’ ‘Madame President’ & Lots More

This Week @UN: US/Israel avoid condemnation; Taliban’s gender apartheid; Melania Trump mum on killed Iranian children; counterterrorism mystery money; Swedish-Epstein pen pals. Plus: Mideast; peacekeepers attacked; Afghanistan/Pakistan; “killing with impunity”; 2 new UN secretary-general candidates Stay abreast of UN & …

[Feb. 27: UN] Melania in the Hot Seat, Cindy McCain of WFP to Depart & Lots More

This Week @UN: NYC backs Turtle Bay; prosecuting Russia’s war; US abstains on Ukraine. Plus: No peace in Ukraine; Gaza amputees; US 1st Lady gavels; World Food Program boss leaving; Palestinian pulls candidacy; Pakistan’s fresh fighting with Taliban. • Stay …

[Feb. 20: UN] Board of Peace Rock ‘n’ Roll, Royal Epstein Fallout & Lots More

This Week @UN: Fixing e-waste economies; US cuts counterextremism funding; UN Security Council’s doubts about Trump’s Board of Peace. Plus: Gaza/West Bank miseries; Jesse Jackson @UN; Board of Peace debut; defending Francesca Albanese; more Epstein “atrocities”; AI dignity; 1 country/4 …

[UN: Feb. 13] New Flareups Over Francesca Albanese, Norwegian Diplomacy Takes a Hit & Lots More

This Week @UN: UK’s women’s rights agenda; battling for a woman SecGen; Board of Peace’s only Palestinian woman. Plus: West Bank encroachments; South Sudan’s volatility; Ukraine’s front line; France lashes out; Haiti’s gang recruitments; #1 olive oil producer. • Stay …

Unifil, UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon

[UN: Feb. 6] The Winter Games Begin, Bachelet of Chile Joins SecGen Race & Lots More

This Week @UN: Nuke treaty to the rescue; UN candidate’s 3 Latin backers; deadbeat donors; call DT!! Plus: Rafah crossing opens; Norwegian diplos & Epstein; Israeli threats in Lebanon; no oil for Cuba; Nigeria massacre. Stay abreast in real time: …

[UN: Jan. 30] Spain Calls for a Woman to Lead UN, Guterres’s Stark Warning & Lots More

This Week @UN: Trump to UN: Drop Dead; a female/feminist SecGen; a UN-merger risk. Plus: Gaza/West Bank/Israel; Holocaust remembrance; UN-Haiti updates; Guterres’s priorities in 2026; UN death spiral. Follow us in real time on Blue Sky, Twitter (X), Facebook, Instagram …

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