Russia is opposing a draft UN Security Council resolution that calls for new elections in Venezuela, and will instead prepare its own.
Russia’s UN envoy Vasily Nebenzya has described it as "completely unbalanced."
But as Dan Ashby reports, it's likely that all the UN resolutions won't get passed.
Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University arrested
Dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators have been arrested after they were holed-up in an academic building on Columbia University campus late on Tuesday.
Dozens of schools in India evacuated after email bomb threat hoax
Dozens of schools in India's national capital region were evacuated on Wednesday after they received a bomb threat by email, police said, adding that "nothing objectionable" was found during searches of the schools.
Evacuation continues following Indonesia's Ruang volcano eruption
Hundreds residents of Indonesia's Tagulandang island were waiting at the island's port to be evacuated on Wednesday, footage from National Search and Rescue Agency showed, while grey smoke continued to erupt from Ruang volcano.
Teenage boy killed in London sword attack
A 14-year-old boy was killed and four other people were injured after a stabbing in London on Tuesday involving a man with a sword.
Kenya searches for more than 90 missing after floods
Rescuers were searching on Tuesday for at least 91 people missing in heavy flooding across Kenya, the interior ministry said.
President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has mourned the death of Sheikh Tahnoun bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Ruler’s Representative in Al Ain Region.
Dubai Government has announced that all its entities will switch to remote work on Thursday, May 2 and Friday, May 3, except for roles that require on-site presence.
All schools in Abu Dhabi have been instructed to switch to distance learning mode on Thursday, May 2 and Friday, May 3 due to fluctuating weather conditions.
