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Russia has blocked a request put forward by France at the UN Security Council for "independent investigations" into the alleged massacre of several hundred civilians in Mali by the Malian army and Russian paramilitaries, diplomatic sources said on Saturday.

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - The long-simmering debate over UN reform -- and particularly over the role of the Security Council, which does not represent today's world and which failed to prevent Russia's invasion of Ukraine -- has suddenly become acute.

In his first address to the UN Security Council since the Russian invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky this week called on the 15-member body to reform itself or face dissolution. That may be easier said than done. But the response to reports of Russian atrocities in Bucha, near Kyiv, highlights…

North Korea is prioritising ballistic missile programmes at expense of its citizens, US special envoy says

When India condemned the killings of civilians in Ukraine's Bucha at a meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday and sought an independent investigation, it did not mention Russia once.

In a powerful speech to the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of the “most terrible war crimes” since World War II and rightly demanded that Russia face “full accountability” for its atrocities committed during its unprovoked invasion.

“Where is the security that the Security Council needs to guarantee?” President Volodymyr Zelenksy’s address to the UN Security Council was not only a powerful plea on behalf of his people, it delivered some uncomfortable home truths to his audience.

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT Hundreds of dead civilians were found in the city of Bucha - sparking protests in the Russian capital of Moscow to highlight the atrocities that left the Ukrainian city's streets littered with dead bodies

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - The United States and EU were readying new sanctions against Russia on Wednesday, after Ukraine's president showed the UN Security Council harrowing images of violence and accused Moscow of widespread atrocities.