Neil MacFarquhar
Monday, April 4, 2016 - 06:25
Azerbaijan announced on Sunday that it had halted combat operations in the sudden, bloody clashes with Armenia over the long-disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, but it laid the seeds for continued fighting by saying it would keep the slice of territory seized by its forces.
Tuesday, March 15, 2016 - 06:30
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Monday ordered the withdrawal of the “main part” of Russian forces in Syria, a surprise move that reflected what he called the Kremlin’s achievement of nearly all its objectives in the war-torn country.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 06:09
The bristling array of armaments underlined how military competition had overtaken diplomacy in East-West relations.
Thursday, May 29, 2014 - 07:21
He also called for economic unity to be followed by political and military unity, a concept that Kazakhstan flatly rejected.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - 00:00
Michelle Bachelet, famous for breaking gender barriers by becoming the first woman elected president of Chile, will head the new global United Nations agency created to advance women’s rights.
Thursday, April 1, 2010 - 00:00
Haitians remain skeptical because millions of dollars were pledged in the past for hurricane relief, but only a fraction was actually paid.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 00:00
More than $1.35 billion has been committed to Haiti in humanitarian assistance since the devastating earthquake on Jan. 12, but less than $23 million in cash has been given to the Haitian government so far.
Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 00:00
The collapse of the organization’s headquarters in Haiti during the earthquake on Tuesday appears to have produced a death toll larger than any previously endured by United Nations employees in a single day
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 00:00
Mr. Ban is trying to turn Haiti into something of an Exhibit A on the need to keep foreign aid flowing despite tighter budgets
Thursday, June 5, 2008 - 00:00
The Rev. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, an outspoken leftist critic of the United States and a former foreign minister in Nicaragua’s Sandinista government, was elected president of the United Nations General Assembly