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US State Department restricts visas for those who ‘support adversaries’

UN General Assembly that was critical of US policy. The State Department, at the time

What to know about Israeli President Herzog’s trip to Central America?

UN General Assembly have often gone overwhelmingly against Israel in recent years, Panama and Costa

Russia slams US for not granting visa to diplomat for UN meeting

UN General Assembly, in September 2025, the US imposed strict limits on the movement of the Iranian

Thai Princess Bajrakitiyabha dies at 47 after three years in coma

UN General Assembly adopted the “Bangkok Rules” on care and conditions for female prisoners in 2010. The presumptive

Barbados prime minister announces manifesto for slavery reparations

UN general assembly [resolution that described chattel slavery as the gravest crime against humanity](https://www.theguardian.com

Who is Khalilur Rahman, Bangladesh FM who beat Cyprus to UNGA presidency?

General Assembly (UNGA). He will assume office when the UNGA session opens in September. Rahman, who earlier held several portfolios at the UN

Palestinians drop bid for a senior U.N. role after U.S. pressure

General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, at UN headquarters](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2523x1685+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1c%2F4e%2F0cb7e9b74bcabfdff8309f133c48%2Fap25266543056097.jpg) Palestinian ambassador to the U.N. Riyad

Slavery reparations are just, but who exactly owes whom?

General Assembly passed a landmark [resolution](/news/2026/3/25/un-passes-resolution-naming-slave-trade-gravest-crime-against-humanity). Proposed by Ghana, it recognised the transatlantic slave trade as the “gravest crime against humanity” and called for reparations. A total of 123 countries supported the resolution; three

The myth of white Argentina still shapes the nation

General Assembly [adopted](/news/2026/3/25/un-passes-resolution-naming-slave-trade-gravest-crime-against-humanity?utm) a landmark resolution, spearheaded by Ghana and backed by the African Union and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), recognising the transatlantic slave trade and chattel slavery as the gravest crime against

British universities paid security firm to ‘spy’ on pro-Palestine students

UN special rapporteur for freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, said: “The use of AI to harvest and analyse student data under the guise of open source intelligence raises profound legal concerns.” It allows

Bus riders to Montgomery retrace old steps while fighting a new fight

un-American, this possibility that the person who represents me is someone who is not from my community and does not understand me or my community." When he arrived, Owens saw no federal authorities

‘Family values’ African charter condemned by rights groups as regressive and dangerous

general assembly next February, when it would be put to a vote. Critics say the charter’s definition of family based strictly on heterosexual marriage ignores the huge diversity of families across the continent