France Will Ask UN To Authorize Sahel Counter-Terror Force
France will ask the UN Security Council to authorize an African military force for the Sahel region that will be ...
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Envoys Wade In To Help US Waters Despite Trump Climate Snub
President Donald Trump may have torpedoed the Paris climate accord as US diplomats brace for huge cuts to their environmental ...
US Urges UN To Investigate DRCongo Murders
The United States on Monday urged the United Nations to establish a special investigation into the murder of two UN ...
Cyprus Leaders Agree To Push On With Reunification Talks
Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders agreed Sunday to return to the negotiating table later this month in a new bid ...
Former German President To Be Named UN Envoy For W. Sahara
Former German president Horst Koehler will be appointed new UN envoy for Western Sahara, tasked with restarting talks between Morocco ...
Dismay As Trump Signals Exit From Accord
There has been widespread international condemnation of President Trump’s announcement that the US is withdrawing from the 2015 Paris climate ...
Global Outrage After ‘barbaric’ Kabul Truck Bomb Kills 90
President Donald Trump has condemned the "barbaric" truck-bombing in Kabul in a phone call with his Afghan counterpart, as global ...
Putin Hosts Modi At Russia’s Economic Showcase
Russian President Vladimir Putin hosts Indian premier Narendra Modi on Thursday on the sidelines of the Kremlin's annual economic forum, ...
UN Chief Guterres Says Climate Deal Is Essential
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said it is "absolutely essential" that the world unite to combat the threat from climate ...
UN Honours 2 Ghanaian Peacekeepers Posthumously
The United Nations has posthumously conferred its highest awards, the Dag Hammarskjold Medals on two Ghanaian Peacekeepers who paid the ...
Trump Isolated Over Paris Climate Change Deal
Leaders of the G7 group of rich nations have failed to agree a statement on climate change. Six world leaders ...
G7 Leaders Turn Attention To Africa
Leaders of the G7 group of rich nations are due to meet African heads of state for talks on the ...
UN Chief Decries Attacks Targeting Medical Facilities
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Thursday warned that attacks on medical facilities are on the rise in war zones, ...
UN To Honour Two Ghanaian Peacekeepers Posthumously
Two fallen peacekeepers from Ghana will be honoured at the United Nations Headquarters on Wednesday, 24 May, to mark the ...
UN Security Council Condemns N. Korea Missile Test, Vows Sanctions
The UN Security Council on Monday strongly condemned North Korea's latest ballistic missile test and vowed to take further measures ...
Civilians, Peacekeepers Killed In CAR
Armed militias targeting Muslims in the remote Central African Republic town of Bangassou in recent days have killed up to ...
We Want Big Guns To Fight Al-Shabab Not AK-47
Somalia's president has called on the international community to lift an arms embargo on his country as government soldiers battle ...
Fifth UN Peacekeeper Found Dead After C. Africa Attack
Another UN peacekeeper has been found dead in the Central African Republic, bringing to five the toll from an attack ...
Somalia Asks World To Help Stabilise Ravaged Nation
Somalia's president Thursday urged world powers to help him fight the "raging enemies" of terror, corruption and poverty, at an ...
London Conference Aims For Stable Somalia Under New Chief
International leaders are gathering in London on Thursday to thrash out agreements with Somalia aimed at stabilising the country under ...