NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations called Tuesday for an investigation into what is believed to have been the deaths of hundreds or more people while protesting the disputed election in Tanzania in which presidential candidates from the two main opposition parties were barred. The U.N. human rights chief, Volker Türk, said there was…
(Reuters) -Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese cited an Australian aid worker killed in Gaza, along with journalists and “tens of thousands of civilians”, in a speech at the United Nations where dozens of leaders met on Monday to promote Palestinian statehood. Australia, Britain and Canada on Sunday recognised Palestine, joining more than three-quarters of the…
SEOUL (Reuters) -The permanent mission of North Korea to the United Nations said the country’s position as a nuclear weapons state was irreversible, denouncing U.S. “anachronistic” claims for denuclearisation, state media KCNA reported on Monday. “The position of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea as a nuclear weapons state which has been permanently specified in…