EU, Britain strike pessimistic tone on Brexit trade talks
Britain and the European Union struck a pessimistic tone in trade talks on Thursday, with a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson say...Read More
Showing posts with label UN. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UN. Show all posts
UN URGES 'RESTRAINT' IN EGYPT
UN: The Argentine President of the UN Security Council urged all parties in the crisis in Egypt to exercise "maximum restraint" Th...Read More
Sharp rise in civilian casualties in Afghanistan - UN
AFGHANISTAN: Civilian casualties in Afghanistan rose by almost 30 percent in the first three months of 2013, a UN envoy has said, describing...Read More
UN estimates more than 60,000 have been killed in Syrian conflict, calls toll ‘truly shocking’
BEIRUT — The United Nations estimated Wednesday that more than 60,000 people have been killed in Syria’s 21-month-old uprising against autho...Read More
World leaders face big challenges in 2013
Barack Obama is back and China has a new leader in Xi Jinping, but world leaders face heavyweight issues in the coming year, from lingering...Read More
UN aid call as typhoon toll tops 600
SWITZERLAND: The United Nations launched a $65 million global aid appeal Monday to help desperate survivors of a typhoon that killed more ...Read More
Record vote for UN resolution condemning Cuba embargo
UN: A record 188 countries voted Tuesday for an annual UN General Assembly resolution condemning the five-decade old US embargo against Cuba...Read More
UN meet in Rome to debate easing global food prices
ITALY: The international community is gathering in Italy for World Food Day on Tuesday with a round of UN-hosted talks on how to keep global...Read More
UN assembly to vote on Syria resolution
UNITED NATIONS: Arab nations have dropped an explicit demand for President Bashar al-Assad to quit, from a resolution on the Syria conflict...Read More
United Nations fails to agree landmark arms-trade treaty
(Reuters) - Delegations from around the world failed on Friday to agree a landmark U.N. arms-trade treaty to regulate the more than $60 bill...Read More
Russia, China veto sparks West’s outrage
UNITED NATIONS: Russia and China on Thursday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on Syria for the third time, sparking outrage by the We...Read More
Warlords keep huge army of child soldiers in slavery
UNITED NATIONS: More than 11,000 child soldiers were freed from military slavery last year, but the United Nations believes hundreds of thou...Read More
UN report condemns US use of assassination drones
UN: A UN investigator has condemned the use of deadly drones by the United States, questioning the legality of such attacks that have led to...Read More
UN environment summit opens, but prospects grim
BRAZIL: Twenty years after the first Earth Summit, a renewed bid to rally the world behind a common environmental blueprint opened Wednesday...Read More
UN frets over ‘sitting duck’ monitors in Syria
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations is increasingly worried about the unarmed observers it has sent into Syria to monitor the war between Pr...Read More
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