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Editor's note: Here is a fast take on what the international community has been up to this past week, as seen from the United Nations perch. Vanuatu leads action on climate justice The U.N. General Assembly adopted a landmark resolution…

Former U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to be formally arrested and arraigned Tuesday, the first time a former occupant of the White House has faced criminal charges. In a move without precedent in U.S. history, a grand jury in New…

Without billions of dollars more to feed millions of hungry people, the world will see mass migration, destabilized countries, and starving children and adults in the next 12-18 months, the head of the Nobel prize-winning U.N. World Food…

The United States has announced its intention to open an embassy in Vanuatu. The State Department said in a statement Friday that the establishment of a Vanuatu embassy would “further strengthen the bilateral relationship.” Washington’s…

"While the rest of the U.S. has its Anglo-Saxon heritage, New Orleans' mother country is France – and that makes a big difference," explained Alexandra Stafford, president of the Council of French Societies, an umbrella organization that…

More than 700 delegates and 300 companies participated in the third edition of the American Chamber of Commerce summit in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, organizers said. U.S. government and private sector delegations met with counterparts…

Authorities in Montenegro say the United States and South Korea have asked the Balkan nation to extradite South Korean Terraform Lab founder Do Kwon, who is suspected in those countries of cryptocurrency fraud amounting to more than $40…

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday urged democracies around the world to work together to ensure technology is used to promote democratic values and fight efforts by authoritarian regimes to use it to repress, control and…

In a partial victory for Iran, judges at the International Court of Justice on Thursday ruled that Washington had illegally allowed courts to freeze assets of some Iranian companies and ordered the United States to pay compensation, the…

Twice impeached though not convicted, Donald Trump has become the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges. In a move without precedent in U.S. history, a grand jury in New York voted Thursday to indict Trump on charges…