Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, has condemned an attack on a convoy of an African Union-UN peacekeeping force in Darfur that resulted in the death of three Senegalese peacekeepers. Ban described Sunday's incident, the second deadly attack in th
The UN has not commented directly on allegations that the US National Security Agency had hacked into the internal communications of both it and the EU. Related Articles The German magazine Der Spiegel reported on Sunday that documents it obtained from Ed
The new cooperative tone set by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani at the United Nations this week delivered its first concrete result Thursday as world powers and Iran agreed to hold what all sides predicted would be “substantive” and “ambitious” talks on
UNITED NATIONS: The bravery of 43 Indian peacekeepers stationed at a UN base in South Sudan, which was attacked by about 2,000 rebels this week, prevented more casualties, a top UN official said as she lauded the dedication shown by Indian troops in peace
Just as the Horn of Africa is witnessing the slow restoration of one collapsed state - after more than two decades of anarchic conditions in Somalia - it may be facing the collapse of another. The small country of Eritrea, only 20 years after gaining inde
By Giuliano Battiston HERAT, Afghanistan - The threat to the stability of the Hamid Karzai government in Afghanistan arises not so much from outside as from within. And the one thing that is eating into its edifice is the malaise called corruption. "
The new cooperative tone set by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani at the United Nations this week delivered its first concrete result Thursday as world powers and Iran agreed to hold what all sides predicted would be “substantive” and “ambitious” talks on