Peacekeeping forces
Spanish U.N peacekeepers pass under a Palestinian flag as they patrol on the Lebanese side of the Lebanese-Israeli border in the southern village of Kfar Kila, Lebanon, Saturday, May 15, 2021. On Israel's northern border with Lebanon, Israeli troops opened fire on Friday when a group of Lebanese and Palestinian protesters on the other side cut through the border fence and briefly crossed. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
UN condemns peacekeeper attacks, urges prosecution, safety

By Edith M. Lederer May. 24, 2021 09:19 PM EDT

UN seeks proposals to end force on Sudan-South Sudan border

May. 11, 2021 10:56 PM EDT
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to extend the mandate of the nearly 3,700-strong peacekeeping force in the disputed Abyei region on the...

A Tigrayan employee of the state-owned Ethiopian Airlines, who said he fled the country after being released on bail, poses for a portrait at an undisclosed location in April 2021. “We need you very badly today,” he recalled federal police saying as they took him from his home without explanation. He said he saw almost 100 high-ranking military officials during his two months in detention ending in January 2021. (AP Photo)
'Clean out our insides': Ethiopia detains Tigrayans amid war

By Cara Anna Apr. 29, 2021 02:12 AM EDT

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam gives a thumbs up after he receives a COVID-19 vaccination from Lt. Col. Kris Clark, of the Virginia Air National Guard at the Governor's Mansion in Richmond, Va., Monday, March 15, 2021. Northam got a shot of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine on Monday, joining the growing number of Virginians who are being inoculated against the potentially deadly disease. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
The Latest: China donates vaccine doses to UN peacekeepers

By The Associated Press Mar. 15, 2021 09:47 AM EDT

FILE - In this Saturday, June 27, 2020 file photo, trainees parade with the wooden mock guns which they use to train with, during the visit of the defense minister to a military training center in Owiny Ki-Bul, Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan. The scale of violence in South Sudan is "a lot worse" than during the country's five-year civil war, a United Nations commission announced Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, accusing senior officials of supporting armed groups that at times have included tens of thousands of fighters. (AP Photo/Maura Ajak, File)
UN mandates South Sudan force to prevent return to civil war

By Edith M. Lederer Mar. 12, 2021 11:42 PM EST

Niger's leader: Fragility of nations must be top priority

By Edith M. Lederer Jan. 06, 2021 09:29 PM EST
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Days after attacks on two villages killed more than 100 civilians in his African nation, Niger’s president said Wednesday that tackling...

In this photo provided by NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo (KFOR), Italian soldiers decorate lights on the Christmas Eve in the KFOR military headquarters in Kosovo capital Pristina, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020. The coronavirus pandemic has totally changed Christmas time operation method and celebrations for the Kosovo Force but it has left unchanged its mission: keeping Kosovo safe and secure for 22 years now on. (KFOR via AP)
Virus changes work, not goal, of Kosovo's NATO peacekeepers

By Florent Bajrami And Llazar Semini Dec. 25, 2020 03:51 AM EST

UN divided on timing to end UN-AU peacekeeping in Darfur

By Edith M. Lederer Dec. 09, 2020 12:39 AM EST
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Security Council members have affirmed their commitment to end the joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force in Sudan’s western...

In this image made from UNTV video, Felix Tshisekedi, President of Congo, speaks in a pre-recorded message which was played during the U.N. General Assembly's special session to discuss the response to COVID-19 and the best path to recovery from the pandemic, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, at UN headquarters in New York. (UNTV via AP)
UN envoy warns new Congo crisis could impact its security

By Edith M. Lederer Dec. 07, 2020 07:37 PM EST

FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2018 file photo, U.N. peacekeepers parade during a ceremony to mark the transfer of authority between the outgoing and the newly appointed head of the mission at the UNIFIL headquarters in the southern Lebanese town of Naqoura, Lebanon. As the United Nations prepares to renew the mandate of its peacekeeping operation in southern Lebanon, Israel is working with Security Council members to push for tough changes in the way the force deals with the Hezbollah militant group, Israeli officials said Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)
UN council approves cut in Lebanon peacekeepers as US sought

By Edith M. Lederer Aug. 28, 2020 12:00 AM EDT

A damage is seen after a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. The explosion flattened much of a port and damaged buildings across Beirut, sending a giant mushroom cloud into the sky. In addition to those who died, more than 3,000 other people were injured, with bodies buried in the rubble, officials said.(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
The Latest: Germany sends crews to find blast survivors

Aug. 05, 2020 08:20 AM EDT

Differences on peace progress in Mali amid terrorist acts

By Edith M. Lederer Jun. 11, 2020 05:17 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and Belgium on Thursday criticized signatories to Mali’s 2015 peace agreement for failing to implement it while the U.N...

FILE - In this May 19, 2017 file photo, a French soldier stands inside a military helicopter during a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to the troops of Operation Barkhane, Islamic extremists in West Africa's Sahel region are trying to exploit COVID-19 to gain followers but haven't had much success, according to the commander of the French military's Operation Barkhane there. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP, File)
Sahel force fighting terrorism faces growing threat

By Edith M. Lederer Jun. 06, 2020 01:59 AM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2019, file photo, Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok speaks at a news conference in Khartoum, Sudan. A statement from Hamdok’s office says deadly tribal clashes between Arabs and non-Arabs in the country's South Darfur province that erupted on Tuesday, May 5, 2020, and continued into Wednesday have since subsided. (AP Photo, File)
UN moves toward ending UN-AU peacekeeping in Sudan's Darfur

By Edith M. Lederer Jun. 04, 2020 01:44 AM EDT

UN announces first 2 deaths of UN peacekeepers from COVID-19

May. 29, 2020 09:50 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday announced the deaths of the first two U.N. peacekeepers from COVID-19. ...

A woman passes a fence outside Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery adorned with tributes to victims of COVID-19, Thursday, May 28, 2020, in New York. The memorial is part of the Naming the Lost project which attempts to humanize the victims who are often just listed as statistics. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
The Latest: 400 German managers, workers returning to China

By The Associated Press May. 29, 2020 04:12 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 20, 2020, file photo, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks during a news conference in Chicago. Chicago officials say the nation's third-largest city cannot begin to loosen restrictions designed to limit the spread of the coronavirus before early June. Gov. J.B. Pritzker has said all parts of the state are on track for restrictions to begin loosening on May 29. But Mayor Lightfoot said Friday, May 22, that the city is not yet hitting the metrics in her plan for gradually loosening restrictions and that she is hopeful that can happen by early June. (Tyler LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)
The Latest: UN warns cybercrime on rise during pandemic

By The Associated Press May. 22, 2020 03:07 AM EDT

China goes after US over more than $1 billion owed to the UN

By Edith M. Lederer May. 15, 2020 09:53 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — China is going after the United States over more than $1 billion that the Trump administration owes the United Nations in unpaid dues for...

UN urges swift release of Mali's kidnapped opposition leader

By Edith M. Lederer Apr. 07, 2020 11:05 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council urged the government of Mali and armed groups Tuesday to accelerate implementation of a 2015 peace agreement...

Police officers wearing face masks to protect against the spread of new coronavirus sit on motorcycles near a toll gate for vehicles entering and exiting Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. After 11 weeks of lockdown, the first train departed Wednesday morning from a re-opened Wuhan, the origin point for the coronavirus pandemic, as residents once again were allowed to travel in and out of the sprawling central Chinese city. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
The Latest: Bars, clubs in Seoul closed to halt virus spread

The Associated Press Apr. 07, 2020 01:48 AM EDT