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Portraits of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il sit in downtown Pyongyang, North Korea on Dec. 19, 2018. North Korea is continuing to steal hundreds of millions of dollars from financial institutions and cryptocurrency firms and exchanges, illicit money that is an important source of funding for its nuclear and missile programs, U.N. experts said in a report quoting cyber specialists. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)

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UN experts: North Korea stealing millions in cyber attacks
By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press
Sun,02/06/22-12:24AM , 427 Reads
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea is continuing to steal hundreds of millions of dollars from financial institutions and cryptocurrency firms and exchanges, illicit money that is an important source of funding for its nuclear and missile programs, U.N. experts said in a report quoting cyber specialists.
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The then head of Sudan's sovereign council, Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, seated center-left, President of South Sudan Salva Kiir, seated center, and then President of Chad Idriss Deby, seated center-right, attend a ceremony to sign a peace deal between Sudan's transitional authorities and a rebel alliance, in Juba, South Sudan, on Oct. 3, 2020. In a report to the U.N. Security Council circulated Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, its experts say rebel groups in Darfur that signed a peace agreement with the Sudanese government in 2020 continue to operate in Libya and profit from opportunities provided by the civil war and lack of government control in the oil-rich north African nation. (AP Photo/Maura Ajak, File)

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UN experts: Darfur rebel groups make money in Libya
By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press
Sat,02/05/22-12:40AM , 368 Reads
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. experts say rebel groups in Darfur that signed a peace agreement with the Sudanese government in 2020 continue to operate in Libya and profit from opportunities provided by the civil war and lack of government control in the oil-rich north African nation.
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China's U.N. Ambassador Zhang Jun addresses the United Nations Security Council, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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China says US should do more to reduce North Korea tensions
By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press
Fri,02/04/22-3:18PM , 295 Reads
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — China’s U.N. ambassador said Friday the U.S. should come up with “more attractive and more practical” policies and actions to reduce tensions with North Korea and avoid a return to a “vicious circle” of confrontation, condemnation and sanctions over its nuclear and ballistic missile program.
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Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, addresses the United Nations Security Council, before a vote, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Russia, US exchange accusations over Ukraine at UN
By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press
Mon,01/31/22-12:01AM , 425 Reads
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia accused the West on Monday of “whipping up tensions” over Ukraine and said the U.S. had brought “pure Nazis” to power in Kyiv as the U.N. Security Council held a stormy and bellicose debate on Moscow's troop buildup near its southern neighbor.
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