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In this photo released by the Taliban Spokesman Office, Zabihullah Mujahid, the chief spokesman for the Taliban government who leads the Taliban delegation, center right, speaks with Russian Presidential Envoy to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov, during a meeting in Doha, Qatar, Sunday, June 30, 2024. A Taliban delegation is attending a United Nations-led meeting in Qatar on Afghanistan after organizers said women would be excluded from the gathering. The two-day meeting is the third U.N.-sponsored gathering on the Afghan crisis. (Taliban Spokesman Office via AP)

The Taliban’s morality police are contributing to a climate of fear among Afghans, U.N. says

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In this photo released by the Taliban Spokesman Office, Zabihullah Mujahid, the chief spokesman for the Taliban government who leads the Taliban delegation, center right, speaks with Russian Presidential Envoy to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov, during a meeting in Doha, Qatar, Sunday, June 30, 2024. A Taliban delegation is attending a United Nations-led meeting in Qatar on Afghanistan after organizers said women would be excluded from the gathering. The two-day meeting is the third U.N.-sponsored gathering on the Afghan crisis. (Taliban Spokesman Office via AP)

The Taliban’s morality police are contributing to a climate of fear among Afghans, U.N. says

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FILE - A server ladles soup into a container as children line up to receive food at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 14, 2024. Gang violence in Haiti has displaced over 300,000 children since March, according to a new report from the U.N. children's agency released late Tuesday, July 2, as the Caribbean country struggles to curb killings and kidnappings. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)

Haiti’s gang violence has displaced 300,000 children, the U.N. says

By Coral Murphy Marcos - Associated Press

FILE -Fu Cong, China's permanent representative to the United Nations addresses members of the U.N. Security Council during a meeting on Non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, April 24, 2024 at United Nations headquarters. The United Nations General Assembly adopted a Chinese-sponsored resolution with U.S. support urging wealthy developed nations to close the widening gap with poorer developing countries and ensure that they have equal opportunities to use and benefit from artificial intelligence.Fu Cong told reporters Monday that the two resolutions are complementary, with the U.S. measure being “more general” and the just-adopted one focusing on “capacity building.”(AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)

U.N. adopts Chinese resolution with U.S. support on closing gap in access to artificial intelligence

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

North Korean ambassador to the United Natiopns Song Kim finishes speaking during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, Friday, June 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Research expert tells UN it has ‘irrefutably’ established missile debris in Ukraine is North Korean

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

Police from Kenya stand on the tarmac of the Toussaint Louverture International Airport after landing in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. The first U.N.-backed contingent of foreign police arrived nearly two years after the Caribbean country requested help to quell a surge in gang violence. (AP Photo/Marckinson Pierre)

U.N.-backed contingent of foreign police arrives in Haiti as Kenya-led force prepares to face gangs

By Dánica Coto and Evens Sanon - Associated Press

FILE - Israeli soldiers look at pictures of revelers killed on Oct. 7, 2023 at the Nova music festival by Hamas militants during a cross-border attack, as they visit the site in Re'im, southern Israel near the Gaza border, Jan. 28, 2024. Senior U.N. officials have told Israel they'll suspend aid operations across Gaza unless urgent steps are taken to better protect humanitarian workers. That's according to two U.N. officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss ongoing negotiations with Israeli officials. . (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)

U.N. tells Israel it will suspend aid operations across Gaza without improved safety

By Samy Magdy and Ellen Knickmeyer - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands after signing a comprehensive strategic partnership in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, June 19, 2024. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

With its new pact with North Korea, Russia raises the stakes with the West over Ukraine

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** FILE ** Bert Lahr (from left) as the Cowardly Lion, Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow, Judy Garland as Dorothy and Jack Haley as the Tin Woodman star in the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz."

Antonio Guterres is a modern day Wizard of Oz; but who is pulling the strings behind the curtain?

By Danielle Ofek – Special to Higher Ground

Pope Francis during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, on Oct. 18, 2023. One of the defendants in the Vatican’s big financial trial has formally complained to the United Nations that Pope Francis violated his human rights by authorizing wide-ranging surveillance during the investigation. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

Defendant in Vatican trial takes case to U.N., accuses pope of violating rights with surveillance

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un pose for a photo during a signing ceremony of the new partnership in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a new partnership that includes a vow of mutual aid if either country is attacked, during a Wednesday summit that came as both face escalating standoffs with the West. (Kristina Kormilitsyna, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

What’s known, and not known, about the partnership agreement signed by Russia and North Korea

By Kim Tong-hyung and Jim Heintz - Associated Press

Pope Francis during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, on Oct. 18, 2023. One of the defendants in the Vatican’s big financial trial has formally complained to the United Nations that Pope Francis violated his human rights by authorizing wide-ranging surveillance during the investigation. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

Defendant in Vatican trial takes case to UN, accuses pope of violating his rights with surveillance

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Burna Boy arrives for the Louis Vuitton Spring Summer 2025 collection, that was presented in Paris, France, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

Pharrell at Louis Vuitton celebrates the diversity of human skin in Paris UNESCO show

By Thomas Adamson - Associated Press

Security guards stand guard as Haiti's Prime Minister Garry Conille leaves after attending the inauguration of the nation's new cabinet in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Haitian leaders have ousted police chief, appoint a new one as gang violence claims officers’ lives

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In this image taken from a video released by Philippine Coast Guard, a Chinese coast guard vessel sails along a Philippine boat, bottom, to block off the Waters of Second Thomas Shoal, on May 19, 2024. The Philippines has asked a United Nations body to formally recognize the extent of its undersea continental seabed in the South China Sea, where it would have the exclusive right to exploit resources, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Saturday, June 15, 2024, in a move that rejects China’s vast territorial claims to the region.(Philippine Coast Guard via AP, File)

Philippines asks for U.N. confirmation of vast continental seabed in the disputed South China Sea

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

This image provided by the U.S. Army shows trucks loaded with humanitarian aid from the United Arab Emirates and the United States Agency for International Development cross the Trident Pier before arriving on the beach on the Gaza Strip, May 17, 2024. The U.S.-built pier to bring food to Gaza is facing one of its most serious challenges yet. The United Nations is deciding if it can keep safely delivering supplies from the U.S. sea route to starving Palestinians (Staff Sgt. Malcolm Cohens-Ashley/U.S. Army via AP) **FILE*

U.S.-built pier in Gaza is facing its latest challenge—whether the UN will keep delivering the aid

By Ellen Knickmeyer and Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

The U.N. flag waves outside the Peace palace, housing the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, May 23, 2024, where Mexico took Ecuador to the United Nations' top court accusing the nation of violating international law by storming into the Mexican embassy in Quito on April 5, and arresting former Ecuador Vice President Jorge Glas, who had been holed up there seeking asylum in Mexico. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

A worsening crisis of integrity: The United Nations is morally bankrupt

By Danielle Ofek – Special to Higher Ground

Judge Albert Hoffmann from South Africa, President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), opens a session of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, issues a legal opinion on measures to protect the oceans from climate change, in Hamburg, Germany, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea found Tuesday that carbon emissions qualify as marine pollution and countries must take steps to mitigate and adapt to their adverse effects. It was the first of three cases in which advisory opinions are being sought from international courts about climate change.( Christian Charisius/dpa via AP)

U.N. maritime tribunal says countries are legally required to reduce greenhouse gas pollution

By Molly Quell - Associated Press

United Nations helping Hamas illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

U.N. helps Hamas

By Sean Durns

In this image provided by the U.S. Army, soldiers assigned to the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) and sailors attached to the MV Roy P. Benavidez assemble the Roll-On, Roll-Off Distribution Facility (RRDF), or floating pier, off the shore of Gaza on April 26, 2024. The U.S. expects to have on-the-ground arrangements in Gaza ready for humanitarian workers to start delivering aid this month via a new U.S.-backed sea route for Gaza aid. An official with the U.S. Agency for International Development tells the AP that humanitarian groups expect to have their part of preparations complete by early to mid-month. (U.S. Army via AP)

U.S. military: Gaza Strip pier project completed, aid to soon flow as Israel-Hamas war rages on

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press