UNITED NATIONS

Talks with Ukraine on a new loan package are continuing but Kiev will need to address corruption and reduce the power of oligarchs to attract much needed investment, an IMF spokesman said Thursday.

The global debt load has surged to a new all-time record equivalent to more than double the world's economic output, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva warned Thursday.

The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has stepped aside temporarily as an internal probe into alleged mismanagement at the organisation proceeds, it said on Wednesday.

Russia called Tuesday for closing the office of the UN High Representative in Bosnia, claiming the senior UN official there is biased.The remarks by Moscow's UN ambassador Vassily Nebenzia came after the Security Council unanimously approved a further one-year extension of the European Union's military force (Eufor-Althea) to implement the 1995 Dayton Accords in Bosnia.Some analysts see Bosnia as a proxy for power struggles between Washington and Moscow, with western powers frequently accusing Moscow of meddling in the region to prevent Balkan states from joining NATO.

Protesters demonstrate in Port-au-Prince on October 30

Grossi becomes the first IAEA head from Latin America and is believed to have had the backing of the US

The International Monetary Fund says it looks forward to working with Argentina's new government

A Palestinian protester makes an insulting gesture to Israeli border guards during a protest against construction of an Israeli outpost near an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank

Trade and the impact on global growth overshadowed the discussions of global finance officials gathered for the International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings

Venezuela has been elected to one of two seats alloted for Latin America on the UN Human Rights Council -- beating Costa Rica

Georgieva said the possible Brexit breakthrough was 'welcome' news

International Monetary Funds Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva says the US-China trade truce was 'not good enough'

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said she never knew she could negotiate for a higher salary

UN peacekeepers patrol gang territory in Port-au-Prince in July 2019 -- the United Nations' 15-year-old peacekeeping mission in Haiti is being replaced by a scaled down political mission

Acting Director General of IAEA, Romania's Cornel Feruta (r), and Argentina's Mariano Grossi are vying for the top IAEA job

IMF growth forecasts for selected European countries

Chinese-made cars waiting to be loaded on a ship for export in Lianyungang, in China's eastern Jiangsu province. The IMF has trimmed China's growth forecast for 2019 on the back of the trade war with the US and weak domestic consumer demand

The United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, is now accepting donations in cryptocurrencies through their newly established UNICEF Cryptocurrency Fund.

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has warned that the global body is in dire financial straits

Georgieva said the IMF will cut its forecast for global growth amid a 'synchronized slowdown'

UN Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet urged Australia to reform its criminal and refugee detention systems