The ceasefire arrangements in the northwest and northeast of Syria are fragile and the country faces a consistent risk of escalation, UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen said during a UN Security Council meeting on Wednesday. “I welcome the fact that there has been significant calm in many areas ...
The global coronavirus death toll approached 200,000 on Saturday as the United Nations launched an international push for a vaccine to defeat the pandemic. Governments around the world are struggling to limit the economic devastation unleashed by the virus, which has infected nearly 2.8 million people and left half of ...