The United Nations mission in Libya called for de-escalation Monday after fighting erupted in the North African nation’s capital.

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul attends a press conference with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, during the United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial, an international conference on peacekeeping missions, in Berlin, Germany May 14, 2025. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has told countries that the world body’s peacekeeping operation is “only as strong as member states’ commitment to it” as he pleaded with them to pay their share.

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -Countries are meeting at the United Nations on Monday to revive efforts to regulate the kinds of AI-controlled autonomous weapons increasingly used in modern warfare,

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will put forward new peacekeeping commitments, and support the reform and transformation of the United Nations' peacekeeping efforts, state news agency Xinhua said on Wednesday, citing the Chinese defence chief.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised combined tactical drills of special operations forces and stressed "full preparations for war," state media reported Wednesday.

In an interview with FRANCE 24, former UN envoy and ex-Tunisian foreign minister Mongi Hamdi described the war in Sudan as a "real tragedy" unfolding amid the "shameless indifference" of the