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19.02.2025 07:40 Strengthening international cooperation and delivering on a UN pact that calls for reforming global governance, among other measures, was the focus of debate in the Security Council on Tuesday.

19.02.2025 07:40 During a day-long Security Council debate on practicing multilateralism and reforming global governance today, speakers stressed the urgent need to update the United Nations — founded 80 years ago — including reforms to the Council itself and to the global economic order to better address twenty-first-century challenges.

19.02.2025 07:40 A Chinese military helicopter flew dangerously close to within 3 meters of a Philippine aircraft in the skies above the contested Scarborough Shoal, a Filipino coast guard spokesman said.

19.02.2025 07:40 India has boosted security for the Dalai Lama, adding about 30 police commandos to protect the Tibetan spiritual leader amid reports of potential security threats, according to a person familiar with the matter and Indian media reports.

19.02.2025 07:40 The UN human rights office on Tuesday sounded the alarm over escalating rights abuses in Sudan, warning that impunity is driving violations as fighting spreads and more armed groups become involved.

19.02.2025 07:40 The humanitarian emergency in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has deteriorated sharply with serious human rights violations and abuses, including reported summary executions of children and generalised sexual violence.

19.02.2025 07:40 The reconstruction of Gaza and the occupied West Bank will require an estimated $53.2 billion over the next ten years, according to the latest Damage and Needs Assessment from the UN and partners.

19.02.2025 07:40 "Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with the foreign ministers of France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom and the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs, immediately following his meeting with Russia's foreign minister earlier today in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia."

19.02.2025 07:40 Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres' remarks to the UN Security Council open debate on the maintenance of international peace and security: practicing multilateralism, reforming and improving global governance, in New York today:

19.02.2025 07:40 The rebel Arakan Army is closing in on Sittwe, the capital of Myanmar's western Rakhine state, firing artillery on military junta outposts outside the city and preparing for an assault, residents told Radio Free Asia.

19.02.2025 07:40 Tibetan and Uyghur groups and other activists have expressed concern over the U.S. withdrawal from the U.N. Human Rights Council, saying the move will remove a key voice speaking out against autocratic countries that don't respect human rights, including China.

19.02.2025 07:40 U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that the United States is working toward a "fair" and "sustainable" solution to end Russia's three-year war on Ukraine, but that both Moscow and Kyiv would have to make concessions to achieve peace.

19.02.2025 07:40 France will host a second meeting to discuss the war in Ukraine and European security, but will invite Canada and other European countries not present at the earlier emergency summit this week in Paris.

19.02.2025 07:40 Top U.S. and Russian officials have finished their first talks on ending the war in Ukraine, with the Kremlin voicing new demands as Washington and Moscow agreed to move quickly to normalize their ties and begin negotiations around the nearly three-year conflict.