Tag: United Nations

Libya's foreign minister said Tuesday a rival general must accept civilian rule in order to play a role in the ...

South Sudan President Salva Kiir sacked his powerful, hardline army chief Paul Malong on Tuesday, a government spokesman said. General ...

World Bank Country Director Henry Kerali has confirmed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is in discussions with Ghana over extension ...

President Donald Trump delayed a decision to honor or walk away from the Paris climate accord until he returns from ...

European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on Tuesday urged the United States to maintain funding for UN agencies, saying ...

Japan and Sweden have requested a UN Security Council meeting to obtain specific details of a Russia-backed agreement on establishing ...

Thirty-four people have died of cholera-related causes and more than 2,000 have been taken ill in less than two weeks ...

A UN peacekeeper was killed and four others were missing following an attack on their convoy in the southeast of ...

More than 50 people including children were injured on Tuesday when a car bomb exploded outside a supermarket in Thailand's ...

Statistics released by the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) indicates that 708 persons died from 4,049 road accidents as of ...

Moscow's communications regulator has added WeChat to its list of prohibited websites, according to Russian state news agency TASS. The ...

The IMO Secretary General, Kitack Lim has held a farewell luncheon in honour of Dr. Kofi Mbiah at the IMO ...

Eleven migrants have died and nearly 200 are missing after two boats carrying asylum seekers sank off the coast of ...

Taiwan said Tuesday it had been excluded from a major World Health Organisation meeting for the first time in eight ...

Efua Dorkenoo’s campaign against female genital mutilation, an unfinished business A SPECIAL NOTE: In New York, this author sat in ...

Donald Trump will huddle with top climate and economic advisors Tuesday to discuss US participation in a global climate accord ...

Military pressure, in-fighting within Boko Haram and Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's health combined to secure the release of 82 kidnapped ...

The United Nations on Monday welcomed the release of 82 Nigerian schoolgirls after years of Boko Haram captivity and appealed ...

Russia on Monday faced resistance from Western powers to a bid to win UN Security Council backing for an agreement ...

An average of 4,600 people flee their homes every day in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN said Monday, ...