Portugal's Antonio Guterres officially elected as UN secretary general

Portugal's former Prime Minister Antonio Guterres was on Thursday appointed as the next Secretary-General of the United Nations by the General Assembly. The 193 member states of the powerful......

Trump pulls US out of UNHRC, cuts funds for Palestinian refugees

President Donald Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the US from the UN Human Rights Council, prohibiting any future funding for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees. IMAGE: US President......

Ex-Portuguese PM Guterres sworn in as UN Secretary-General

Antonio Guterres, a former Portuguese Prime Minister, was on Monday sworn in as the ninth United Nations Secretary-General, succeeding Ban Ki-moon as the chief of the 71-year-old world body.......

UN Security Council backs Guterres to be next UN chief

The UN Security Council on Thursday unanimously backed former Portuguese premier Antonio Guterres to be the next UN chief as the world body's most powerful organ recommended to the General Assembly......