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AP Interview: UN nuke chief concerned about Iran
The U.N's top nuclear official expressed concern Tuesday that Iran may be secretly continuing work on nuclear weapons while his agency is tied up in ...
UN chief fears North Korea on 'collision course'
The U.N. chief says he fears North Korea is on a collision course with other nations that could lead to war. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says ...
UN food agency reports 20 Syria attacks since 2011
The U.N.'s World Food Program says unknown assailants in Syria have carried out at least 20 attacks on its food trucks, warehouses and cars since ...
6,000 Syrians killed in March, deadliest month yet
March was the bloodiest month yet in Syria's 2-year-old conflict with more than 6,000 documented deaths, a leading anti-regime activist group said ...
Little Cyprus thumbs its nose at EU 'bullies'
The moment word broke that Cypriot lawmakers in Parliament had voted down a bailout deal that would have raided everyone's savings to prop up a ...
UN authorizes intervention force for Congo
The U.N. Security Council authorized a new "intervention brigade" for Congo on Thursday with an unprecedented mandate to take military action against ...
Russia criticizes Arab League move on Syria
Russia on Thursday harshly criticized the Arab League's recognition of the Syrian opposition as the only representative of the country, saying it ...
UN: Syrian refugees riot at camp in Jordan
The U.N. refugee agency says a riot has broken out at a refugee camp for Syrians in Jordan after some of the refugees were told they could not return ...
UN chief proposes peacekeepers as option for Mali
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon proposed a U.N. peacekeeping force for Mali with 11,200 troops working alongside a non-U.N. force that would conduct ...
Argentina, Britain spar over Falkland Islands
Argentina's foreign minister demanded talks with Britain on the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands, but Britain again refused, pointing to the ...
UN: Border violence halts Ivorian refugee return
U.N. officials in Liberia say they've temporarily halted the repatriation of tens of thousands of refugees from Ivory Coast because of continued ...
Swedish expert to lead weapons probe in Syria
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday appointed a Swedish professor who was a U.N. chemical weapons inspector in Iraq and now works at a research ...
C. African Republic president flees to Cameroon
The president of the Central African Republic fled the country for Cameroon after rebels overran the capital of the impoverished nation long wracked ...
US challenges Laos over missing activist
The U.S. is challenging Laos over the disappearance of a prominent social activist who went missing 100 days ago. The case has put a rare spotlight ...
Russia: UN probe must focus on Syrian rebels
Russia says a U.N. probe into the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria should focus exclusively on Syrian President Bashar Assad's claim of its ...
UN : At least 35 people killed by Congo fighters
The United Nations mission in Congo says at least 35 people were killed after hundreds of militia fighters attacked the southeast mining center of ...
UN Myanmar envoy visits ruined city after violence
The top UN envoy to Myanmar on Sunday toured a central city destroyed in the country's worst explosion of Buddhist-Muslim violence this year, calling ...
Clashes near Syria-Israel frontier add to concerns
Syrian regime forces routed rebels in fighting on the edge of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights last week, leaving at least 35 dead, activists said ...
Diplomats: Ban says info 'crucial' in Syria probe
Information provided by Syria, Britain and France on alleged chemical weapons attacks in Syria will be "crucial" in deciding the scope of the ...
UN rights body extends Syria probe to March 2014
Dozens of nations agreed Friday to extend a U.N. probe of human rights abuses in Syria's civil war for another year, signaling their grave concern ...
UN rights body criticizes Israel over settlements
The U.N.'s top human rights body has passed five resolutions critical of Israel's treatment of Palestinians in what has become a regular condemnation ...