Why These Teen Girls Give Helen Clark More Snaps Than Beyoncé
Girl Up's teen leaders reveal their (surprising) girl heroes and talk about what feminism means in 2016.
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North Korea Test-Fires Two Missiles, And One Isn't Deemed A Failure
One of the two midrange ballistic missiles launched Wednesday appears to be the most successful test yet.
Saudi Arabia Dropped From List Of Those Harming Children; U.N. Cites Pressure
United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon says he delisted Saudi Arabia because of threats to cut U.N. funding and "the very real prospect that millions of other children would suffer grievously" as a result.
U.N. Panel Blocks Accreditation Bid By Committee To Protect Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists confronted a "Kafka-esque" process — put off for years, then blocked by countries including China, which it calls the biggest jailer of journalists in the world.
The World Promises To Do A Better Job Aiding Refugees From Violence
But it's one thing to make a pledge. Will the participants in the first U.N. World Humanitarian Summit deliver?
The Deadly Consequences To Children Of Yemen's War
Hundreds of kids have been killed in the violence. And a new UNICEF report suggests that many times more children died because of the near-collapse of the country's health system.
Why The U.N. Is Being Sued Over Haiti's Cholera Epidemic
The demands: a U.N. apology for bringing the disease to the island, reparations for victims, repairs to the water system. Meanwhile, a study shows the toll is far worse than previously thought.
At 16, She Was Raped By Her Boyfriend. Nobody Wanted To Talk About It.
But now she is talking about it — at the U.N., this week, on a panel about care for women who've been raped. Miamah Grace Kannah of Liberia, now 18, shares her story — and her tears.
Living In A Camp By A Ruined City, They're Strangers In Their Own Land
U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon is urging both sides in the South Sudanese civil war to resolve their differences. In the meantime, some 2 million people are living in limbo in the brutalized nation.
U.S. Proposes Tough New Sanctions On North Korea — With China's Support
Samantha Power, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, says the proposed U.N. Security Council resolution "is nearly unprecedented in many respects and the toughest ... in more than two decades."