Russia’s defense ministry confirms it has carried out a “high-precision” airstrike on Kiev during a visit by UN officials.

Antonio Guterres has called for a ceasefire in war-torn Ukraine "as soon as possible" as the Russian military offensive in the former Soviet republic lingers for more than 60 days.

Iran’s foreign minister says the negotiating parties in Vienna on the revival of the JCPOA are close to a final agreement, adding that the ball is now in US court.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned of the "hurricane of hunger and a meltdown of the global food system" in the wake of a simmering crisis in Ukraine.

Russia has rejected as “information terrorism” a claim that its forces have bombed a children’s hospital in Ukraine’s Mariupol City, more than two weeks after Moscow launched a military offensive against Ukraine.

Iran’s foreign minister warns of the Afghan refugee crisis and Yemen’s humanitarian catastrophe during talks with the UN chief.

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres warns that Afghanistan “is hanging by a thread."

Following Sunday’s military coup in Burkina Faso, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expresses “deep concern” over developments in the West African country.

Saudi warplanes have bombed homes Yemen's western city of Hudaydah and a prison in north-western Sa'ada, with initial reports putting casualties above 180 people. 

Palestine has called upon the international community to promptly intervene, and force the Israeli regime into stopping settler "terrorism" against Palestinians.