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Three United Nations peacekeepers from Burundi are killed and two others injured in the Central African Republic during two attacks by unknown gunmen. The shootings are carried out two days before the general election in the country.
2020-12-25

A World Health Organization worker collecting coronavirus samples is killed after his United Nations–marked vehicle was hit by gunfire in Rakhine State, Myanmar. Both the Myanmar Army and Arakan Army rebels deny any involvement in the attack.
2020-04-21

The United Nations special rapporteur on torture, Nils Melzer, accuses the United States, the United Kingdom and Sweden of "ganging up" on Julian Assange and subjecting him to "psychological torture" and "collective persecution" after spending seven years living inside London's Ecuadorian Embassy.
2019-06-1

An Afghan community centre is burned down in Athens, Greece. An extreme far-right group claims responsibility, and the United Nations condemns the attack.
2018-03-24

The United Nations says 120,000 people in South Sudan required aid amid tribal fighting.
2012-01-20

The Justice and Equality Movement in Darfur, western Sudan, asks the United Nations to rescue its leader in Libya, after accusations he was supporting mercenary activities in the country.
2011-02-28

Thousands of people gather in front of the United Nations in New York City to support the anti-government protests.
2011-01-29

Advocates of free speech march through the streets of Sydney in support of WikiLeaks spokesperson Julian Assange, who is in England battling attempts by Sweden to have him extradited. Greens MP David Shoebridge addresses the crowd and calls for support from the Australian government.
2011-01-15

WikiLeaks spokesperson Julian Assange calls for the resignation of Hillary Clinton "if it can be shown that she was responsible for ordering U.S. diplomatic figures to engage in espionage in the United Nations, in violation of the international covenants to which the U.S. has signed up".
2010-12-2