Ahmadinejad anti-West speech sparks UN walkout
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad went on the warpath against the West at the United Nations again on Thursday sparking a mass walkout by outraged US and European delegations.
The Iranian leader r
Mahmoud Abbas asks UN to admit state of Palestine
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Friday handed over a historic request to UN chief Ban Ki-moon asking the United Nations to admit the state of Palestine as a full member, UN officials said.
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Gaddafi hometown bombed, rebels poised to attack
British warplanes bombed a bunker in Muammar Gaddafi's birthplace of Sirte as rebel fighters prepared Friday to attack the town, one of the last major regime holdouts east of Tripoli.
As insurgent le
UN peacekeepers brought cholera to Haiti: study
UN peacekeepers from Nepal brought the strain of cholera to Haiti responsible for an epidemic that has killed 5,500 people, according to a study published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Pre
Ban Ki-moon unanimously elected for second term as UN chief
The 192-nation UN General Assembly has voted unanimously to elect Ban Ki-moon for a second five-year term as the global body's secretary-general.
The assembly unanimously backed the former 67-year-o
'Eye' on Kashmir amid reports of sexual violence: UN official
A top UN official on Friday said she is ‘keeping an eye’ on Kashmir where some individual cases of sexual violence have been reported.
"We have some sort of spread reports more from individuals than
Japan backs UN Chief Ban’s intention to seek 2nd term
Japan will back UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon who has announced his bid for a second five-year term, top government official said on Tuesday.
Nato raids rock Tripoli, UN denounces war crimes
Nato air raids shook Tripoli on Thursday as the UN denounced crimes against humanity and war crimes during fighting between Muammar Gaddafi’s forces and rebels seeking to topple the Libyan strongman.
US wants to report Syria to UN: Diplomats
The United States will ask the UN atomic watchdog to report Syria to the UN Security Council over its alleged illicit nuclear activity, according to a draft resolution obtained by AFP on Monday.
We have no indigenous population, Bangladesh tells UN
Bangladesh has told a UN forum that it has “no indigenous population”. Dhaka has also objected to a study on the status of implementation of an accord the government signed in 1997 with the Buddhist tribals of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT).