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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz speaks during an event at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Jan. 27.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 7, 2026
U.S. plans initial payment toward billions owed to U.N.
U.N. officials say more than 95% of what is owed to the regular U.N. budget is owed by the United States — $2.19 billion by the start of February.
Since April 2023, the conflict between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has killed tens of thousands, displaced 11 million and triggered what the United Nations calls one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
WORLD
Feb 6, 2026
Famine spreading in Sudan’s Darfur, U.N.-backed experts warn
A grinding war between the army and paramilitary forces has left millions hungry, displaced and cut off from aid.
Yutaka Matsuo, professor of the University of Tokyo's graduate school of engineering, has been named among 40 experts to sit on a U.N. panel on AI.
JAPAN
Feb 5, 2026
University of Tokyo professor recommended for U.N. panel on AI
The panel will carry out scientific assessments covering opportunities and risks associated with AI.
French Environment Minister Monique Barbut delivers a speech at the lower house of the French parliament in Paris on Jan. 27.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Feb 4, 2026
EU must be ‘less naive’ in COP climate talks: French ecology ministry
Last November’s U.N. climate summit ended with a watered-down pact that omitted EU demands over fossil fuels.
Historians’ rankings of America’s best and worst foreign-policy decisions show the U.S. succeeded when it led cooperatively through multilateral institutions and failed when it turned inward or went rogue.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 2, 2026
The 10 best and worst U.S. foreign policy decisions
America was at its best whenever it was open to the world and engaged with it, and at its worst when it became closed.
Tents and shelters are pictured at a camp for people displaced by conflict amidst the rubble of the former headquarters of the Palestinian Legislative Council and near the Unknown Soldier Square in Gaza City on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 29, 2026
U.S. tells U.N.: Gaza demilitarization to include internationally funded buyback program
Hamas retains control of just under half of Gaza following an ​October ceasefire deal brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Holocaust Remembrance Day marks the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau on Jan. 27, 1945, and honors the victims of the Holocaust while urging the world to confront antisemitism and hatred.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2026
A message to the world on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Like many Jews, I prefer not to call it a “concentration camp,” for that is what the German Nazis called the places where they confined the people they sought to exterminate.
Members of Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces arrive at the Kurdish-held city of Ain al-Arab, also known as Kobane, on Friday after they withdrew from the Al-Aqtan prison in the Raqa province of Syria.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 26, 2026
Life-saving aid reaches Kurdish-majority town in Syria: U.N.
The aid came as the Syrian authorities and Kurdish forces extended a ceasefire agreement after the latter relinquished swaths of territory.
People chant in London's Trafalgar Square on Sunday during a demonstration in support of the nationwide protests in Iran.
WORLD
Jan 26, 2026
Iran protest death toll seen rising to possibly more than 20,000
Ongoing restrictions to internet access and telecommunications have hampered rights groups’ attempts to calculate how many people died during Iran’s crackdown on demonstrations.
The Jaguari-Jacarei dam during a drought in Joanopolis, Sao Paulo state, Brazil. Three-quarters of the world’s population — about 6.1 billion people — now live in countries where freshwater supplies are insecure or critically insecure, according to U.N. report.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Jan 23, 2026
Water ‘bankruptcy’ era has begun for billions, scientists say
Chronic overuse of groundwater, forest destruction, land degradation and pollution have caused irreversible freshwater loss in many parts of the world.
The U.S. is due to officially exit the World Health Organization, despite concerns over the impact to public health and the legality of the move under American law.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 22, 2026
U.S. set to officially quit World Health Organization
Washington has yet to pay the U.N. health agency $260 million in ​fees that it owes for 2024 and 2025, despite a U.S. legal requirement to do so.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with French President Emmanuel Macron during the 80th United Nations General Assembly, in New York on Sept. 23.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 22, 2026
What is Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ and who has joined so far?
While responses from U.S. allies have varied, others such as Belarus have accepted.
Flags flutter during the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting, in Davos, Switzerland, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 20, 2026
Global leaders gather in Switzerland to ponder the future of a messy world
Among the range of likely topics at the World Economic Forum lies one central question: What will U.S. President Donald Trump do next?
A Chinese flag is seen near a fishing boat off the coast of Qingdao, China, following an oil spill in the Yellow Sea in April 2021.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 17, 2026
China bids to host secretariat of new high seas treaty
The surprise bid underscores Beijing’s desire to have greater influence over global environmental governance.
United States Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz speaks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Iran at U.N. headquarters in New York City on Thursday.
WORLD
Jan 16, 2026
U.S. says all options on table as Iran warns it will respond to any aggression
Trump has repeatedly threatened to intervene in ‍support of protesters ⁠in Iran, where thousands of people have been reported killed in a crackdown.
Rohingya refugees study in a makeshift learning center at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia, Bangladesh, on Dec. 17.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jan 15, 2026
Dreams on hold for Rohingya children in Bangladesh camps
The education system at the camps has become severely overstretched — a situation worsened by cuts to U.S. aid that slashed funding and forced sweeping closures or scale-backs.
The United Nations headquarters building in Manhattan, New York. Israel says it is severing ties with U.N. Energy, the U.N. Alliance of Civilizations and the Global Forum on Migration and Development, which is not part of the U.N. system.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 14, 2026
Israel cuts ties with three global organizations after U.S. withdrawal
The extent of Israel’s relationship with the three bodies before its announcement is unclear.
Rohingya refugees cross the border into Bangladesh in 2017. The charge that Myanmar committed genocide against the Rohingya Muslims went before the World Court on Monday, for three weeks of argument and testimony, in the first case of its kind, with implications for other genocide cases like the one pending against Israel.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 13, 2026
Myanmar made Rohingya lives a nightmare, Gambia says in genocide case
Gambia, a predominantly Muslim West African country, filed the case at the International Court of Justice in ‌2019, accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against the Rohingya.
Rohingya refugees wait outside a distribution center after collecting relief materials at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangledesh, on Dec. 20.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 12, 2026
In grim camps, Rohingya hope U.N. genocide hearing can bring justice
Hope is a fragile but persistent force in Bangladesh’s Rohingya camps of Cox’s Bazar, where more than a million refugees forced to flee Myanmar live in squalid conditions.
The United Nations University in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward is an established institution in Japan, regularly hosting lectures, exhibitions and forums.
JAPAN
Jan 9, 2026
U.N. University in Tokyo unlikely to be impacted by U.S. exit
U.S. President Donald Trump announced Wednesday his country’s withdrawal from a number of institutions, including 31 U.N. entities.
Uruguay federation reportedly cancels charter flight after World Cup exit
Uruguay's Jose Maria Gimenez reacts after the team's loss against Spain at the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Friday.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
India’s gig workers pay the price for exposure to New Delhi’s hazardous air
Rohit Kushwaha waits for a customer as he delivers his last parcel of the day, in New Delhi in January. His work as a delivery driver has helped pay the family’s bills, but has had a significant impact on his health.
Chinese and Russian bombers and fighter jets stage joint patrol near Japan
A Chinese Air Force H-6 bomber is seen during a joint patrol with Russian military aircraft on Saturday.
U.S. missile moves in Japan send China clear message: A new era has arrived
Soldiers conduct the first Typhon midrange capability live-fire exercise outside of the continental United States, firing an SM-6 missile in July last year in Australia's Northern Territory during Exercise Talisman Sabre.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troublé, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
In Kyushu’s far south, Senti.U sparks a culinary destination
Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.
‘The colors speak for themselves’: How Japan’s chroma bible went global
“A Dictionary of Color Combinations” is meant to function as a quick-reference guide for artists, designers and anyone with a passing interest in aesthetics as a quantifiable pursuit.

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