http://www.mail.com/people/1422260-mark-lyall-grant.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/1422260-mark-lyall-grant.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/1761444-un-security-council-condemns-nkorea-rocket-launch.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council condemned North Korea's successful rocket launch on Wednesday and said it will urgently consider "an appropriate response." Whether that response includes new sanctions against the North, which the United States and its European allies are seeking, depends first and foremost on China, the North's closest all... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1761444-un-security-council-condemns-nkorea-rocket-launch.html 2012-12-13T00:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1576780-west-accuses-iran-shipping-arms-to-syria.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — 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. sanctions and ignoring demands to open key nuclear facilities to U.N. inspectors. The United States, Britain, France and Germany expressed growing concern that Iran's goal is building a nuclear ar... Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1576780-west-accuses-iran-shipping-arms-to-syria.html 2012-09-21T00:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1570616-syrian-war-looms-un-meeting-world-leaders.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — 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 in Syria that is starting to spill over into a fragile and divided region. The Syrian conflict has bitterly divided the most powerful members of the Security Council, paralyzing the onl... Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1570616-syrian-war-looms-un-meeting-world-leaders.html 2012-09-18T19:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1569806-somalia-militants-to-leave-stronghold.html GALKAYO, Somalia (AP) — Fighters from Somalia's Islamist extremist rebels have started to leave their remaining coastal stronghold in the face of advancing allied African troops, residents and a military official said Tuesday. Armed militants from al-Shabab, which is allied to al-Qaida, left the coastal town of Kismayo in pickup trucks after freeing priso... Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1569806-somalia-militants-to-leave-stronghold.html 2012-09-18T15:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1475334-un-general-assembly-denounces-syrian-crackdown.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly denounced Syria's crackdown on dissent Friday in a symbolic effort meant to push the deadlocked Security Council and the world at large into action on stopping the country's civil war. Before the vote, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon reminded the Assembly of the fresh violence in the city of Ale... Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1475334-un-general-assembly-denounces-syrian-crackdown.html 2012-08-03T19:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1438152-russia-china-veto-syria-resolution.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia and China again vetoed a Western-backed U.N. resolution Thursday aimed at pressuring President Bashar Assad's government to end the escalating civil war in Syria, sparking dire warnings of even greater bloodshed and spillover to the wider region. The 11-2 vote, with two abstentions from South Africa and Pakistan, was the third... Fri, 20 Jul 2012 03:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1438152-russia-china-veto-syria-resolution.html 2012-07-20T03:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1436266-un-vote-syria-delayed-until-thursday.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — 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 agree on measures to end the dramatically escalating violence. International envoy Kofi Annan contacted several governments Tuesday and urged the council to postpone Wednesday's scheduled ... Wed, 18 Jul 2012 23:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1436266-un-vote-syria-delayed-until-thursday.html 2012-07-18T23:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1421152-un-envoy-syria-president-discusses-transition.html GENEVA (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad has discussed the possibility of forming a transitional government for his country as proposed by an international conference in Geneva last month, envoy Kofi Annan said Wednesday. Annan, the U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria, said that during his discussions with Assad in Damascus this week the Syrian leader prop... Wed, 11 Jul 2012 22:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1421152-un-envoy-syria-president-discusses-transition.html 2012-07-11T22:01:00Z