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Guterres’ warning comes as the US threatens to blacklist the Houthis, raising fears aid delivery will be blocked.
Antonio Guterres
![German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (right) said belligerents had recently switched from a military to political logic [Michael Kappeler/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/000_1NY4CI.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Foreign minister says prospect for peace heightened now that belligerents appear uncertain about military solution.
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US announces sanctions on Iran, Venezuela’s Maduro under ‘UN’ authority as UNGA gets under way.
!["There's a lot of confidence in the world about vaccines. But don't take it for granted. Confidence goes up and down ... it's highly variable," said Heidi Larson, a professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine who led the research [Henry Ford Health System/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/4848ee00e936461484448d64dd398639_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Global survey of vaccine confidence shows that perceptions about the safety of jabs are much more...
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UN secretary-general calls for $15bn across next three months to fund global collaboration on vaccine, treatments.
![Public Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda is investigating whether war crimes were committed in Afghanistan by the Taliban, Afghan military and US forces [File: Eva Plevier/Pool via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/85e5f46522ef46e09297d59bb2047dbf_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
US sanctions target International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda and a top aide over Afghanistan probe.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres argues that inequality starts at the top and calls for a new global deal.
![UN chief took aim at vast inequality noting the 26 richest people in the world hold as much wealth as half the global population [Martin Meissner/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/51b749b421954aaa809e8a1f19239967_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
A new generation of social protection is needed – including universal healthcare and a universal basic income: Guterres.
![Iran's Foreign Affairs Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says changing the timetable for the removal of an arms embargo would undermine the entire nuclear deal [File: Handout via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5e820fec398d4454b52a10418cd89a2d_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
As the US tries to rally support to extend UN arms embargo on Iran it faces scepticism from UNSC members.
UN gives ‘free pass’ to Saudi-led coalition in Yemen despite admitting hundreds of Yemeni children killed, Tehran says.
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Each year, migrant workers send money to 800 million family members. But the pandemic is severely disrupting flows.
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Algeria, which has adopted a neutral stance on the Libyan conflict, says it rejects military intervention.
![Facilities of Saudi Aramco, the world's biggest oil company, came under attack last year [File: Amr Nabil/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/a104c1bf896c471592eb018280b3aad5_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Yemen’s Houthi rebels previously claimed responsibility for 2019 oil facility attacks. Iran has denied any involvement.
![Bangladesh has said the rescued refugees were not sent on to the camps due to concerns they might have coronavirus disease [File: Abdul Aziz/Handout via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/65e7ca7257aa4aed90f5cd5d8283175c_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Refugees rescued in early May floating adrift in the Bay of Bengal are held at an island prone to deadly monsoon.