International pressure is mounting on Thailand – including from the new US administration – over the fate of dozens of Uyghur men held in detention for more than a decade, following reports the Thai government planned to deport the group to China.

A speech by the U.N. chief, economic growth potential in places like China and Russia, the challenges of artificial intelligence and leaders from Spain to Malaysia are set to headline the agenda at the World Economic Forum’s annual event in Davos.

Stefanik argued the US needs “to be a voice of moral clarity on the UN Security Council and at the United Nations at large for the world to hear the importance of standing with

"No, Elon Musk did not do those salutes," New York Rep. Elise Stefanik told Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy when pressed before lawmakers at her confirmation hearing.

Operations at a Red Sea port in Yemen used for aid imports have fallen to about a quarter of its capacity, a UN official said on Tuesday, adding it was not certain that a Gaza ceasefire would end attacks between the Iran-backed Houthis and Israel.

Elise Stefanik told Sen. Chris Murphy that she is more worried about a senator wasting time during the confirmation hearing for a UN Ambassador asking about it than she is about Elon Musk appearing to do a Nazi salute.

The three female hostages were released as part of the phased ceasefire agreement Israel and Hamas reached last week.

A Ryanair passenger who claimed to be a United Nations diplomat was dragged out of a Spanish flight after throwing a tantrum and demanding a front row seat, according to a local report.

Donald Trump's nominee to represent Washington at the United Nations railed against "anti-Semitic rot" in the global organization as she was grilled by senators at her confirmation hearing on Tuesday.

U.S. President Donald Trump "sees great promise in the United Nations if it focuses on its founding mission of international peace and security," his nominee to be ambassador told the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday.