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UN Security Council condemns NKorea rocket launch
The U.N. Security Council condemned North Korea's successful rocket launch on Wednesday and said it will urgently consider "an appropriate response.
West accuses Iran of shipping arms to Syria
The four Western powers trying to rein in Iran's nuclear program accused Tehran on Thursday of shipping arms to Syria in violation of U.N.
Syrian war looms over UN meeting of world leaders
Hovering over this month's annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations is the international community's failure to end the escalating war ...
Somalia: Militants said to leave last stronghold
Fighters from Somalia's Islamist extremist rebels have started to leave their remaining coastal stronghold in the face of advancing allied African ...
UN General Assembly denounces Syrian crackdown
The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly denounced Syria's crackdown on dissent Friday in a symbolic effort meant to push the deadlocked Security ...
Russia and China again veto Syria resolution
Russia and China again vetoed a Western-backed U.N. resolution Thursday aimed at pressuring President Bashar Assad's government to end the escalating ...
UN vote on Syria delayed until Thursday
The U.N. Security Council delayed a vote on a new Syria resolution until Thursday in a last-minute effort to get key Western nations and Russia to ...
UN envoy says Syria president discusses transition
Syrian President Bashar Assad has discussed the possibility of forming a transitional government for his country as proposed by an international ...