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SKorea: Japan must educate people on colonial past
South Korea's foreign minister said Thursday that Japan's wartime past will overshadow relations between the two staunch U.S. allies until Japan ...
Myanmar leader praises Suu Kyi at UN
Myanmar's president Thursday said his country has taken irreversible steps toward democracy as he paid unprecedented public tribute to opposition ...
Abbas accuses Israel of 'ethnic cleansing'
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel of ethnic cleansing Thursday for building settlements in east Jerusalem. "It is a campaign of ...
WHO urges docs to watch for new SARS-like virus
Global health officials have alerted doctors to be on the lookout for a virus related to SARS but said there were no signs the disease was behaving ...
Aid groups raise Syria refugees appeal to $490M
The United Nations on Thursday increased its funding appeal for Syrians who have fled the conflict in their country to almost $490 million, warning ...
Assange: Obama exploiting Arab Spring in campaign
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange accused President Barack Obama on Thursday of seeking to exploit the Arab uprisings for personal political gain, as ...
Egypt's Morsi assumes major role in Mideast
Egypt's new President Mohammed Morsi assigned himself the heavyweight's role in the Middle East on Wednesday, declaring in his first speech to the ...
US eases Myanmar import ban
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday the U.S. will ease its import ban on Myanmar that had been a key plank of remaining American ...
Guinea to see $2.1 billion of its debt cancelled
More than $2.1 billion of Guinea's foreign debt is being cancelled in a major boost for the deeply impoverished West African nation whose mineral ...
LatAm presidents call for drug debate at UN
The leaders of three Latin American nations hit hard by drug trafficking called on the membership of the United Nations on Wednesday to promote a ...
Israel's Netanyahu to push case against Iran at UN
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads to the United Nations Wednesday night with a single item on his agenda: Iran. Netanyahu is convinced ...
Interview: Ahmadinejad pushes new world order
After an hour of fielding questions about Syria, sanctions and nuclear weapons, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had enough. Now, he said, it was ...
Morsi: Won't rest until Syrian war ends
Egypt's new President Mohammed Morsi, making his debut on the global stage at the United Nations, said Wednesday that he will not rest until the civil ...
US urges tighter border security in Mali, region
The U.S. says western and northern African nations need to tighten security on their borders to combat the increased movement of extremists, weapons ...
UN chief demands global action to end war in Syria
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon demanded international action to stop the war in Syria, telling a somber gathering of world leaders Tuesday that the ...
Obama summons world leaders to reject extremism
Confronting global tumult and Muslim anger, President Barack Obama exhorted world leaders Tuesday to stand fast against violence and extremism, ...
NAACP takes bid to ensure US ex-con voting to UN
The NAACP is taking to the U.N. its effort to ensure that all former convicted felons in the United States can vote. A delegation from the National ...
Palestinians likely to ask UN GA for statehood
A Palestinian legislator says President Mahmoud Abbas will likely ask the United Nation's General Assembly to vote on recognizing Palestine in ...
US, UN grapple for workable peace plan in Syria
The United States and the U.N.'s new Syria mediator grappled for a new strategy Tuesday toward stopping 18 months of brutal government crackdowns and ...
Israel: Syrian mortars accidentally land in Golan
Syrian soldiers fought rebels Tuesday in a firefight that killed nine people and sent several mortars sailing across the border into the ...
WikiLeaks' Assange to address UN on asylum bid
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange plans to address a meeting on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly via a videolink from his hideout at ...
Obama urges UN to confront roots of Muslim rage
President Barack Obama told world leaders Tuesday that attacks on U.S. citizens in Libya "were attacks on America," and he called on them to join in ...
Obama: time 'not unlimited' to resolve Iran nuke
President Barack Obama is telling the U.N. General Assembly that he wants to resolve the dispute over Iran's nuclear program through diplomacy but ...
Obama condemns violence tied to anti-Muslim film
President Barack Obama is condemning an anti-Muslim film and the violence in the Middle East that has followed its release, saying there is "no speech ...
Iran's president dismisses threats on nuke program
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday dismissed threats of military action against Iran's nuclear program, arguing that his country's ...