International Community
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 - 07:29
The White House has told African ambassadors and others that no African leader will be given a one-on-one meeting with President Obama during the August summit, a fact that has caused some African leaders to ask what is the utility of the trip. This breaks all protocol tradition as the Africans know it.
Friday, June 6, 2014 - 08:25
Remarks by Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis, U.S. Alternate Representative to the United Nations, at a Security Council Meeting on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), and the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT)
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 - 08:36
“We have not had a response from the Nigerian government. They’ve thanked us for our willingness to be involved in trying to rescue the girls but we haven’t had any specific acceptance of the offers that we’ve made.”
Monday, June 2, 2014 - 08:12
Following the resignation of CAR President Michel Djotodia in January 2014, there has been an unprecedented violence in the CAR with Christian vigilantes killing mostly Muslim civilians as an act of revenge.
Monday, June 2, 2014 - 07:58
China has officially accepted to send a battalion of 850 soldiers to bolster the United Nations peacekeeping efforts in war-hit South Sudan, an official disclosed.
Thursday, May 29, 2014 - 07:47
The OSCE Center in Ashgabat organized the five-day practical training course to assist the Government of Turkmenistan in enhancing the capacity of relevant bodies to conduct counter-terrorism negotiations.
Thursday, May 29, 2014 - 07:34
There are calls from the South Sudanese diaspora for US intervention to end ongoing conflict in the country and for sanctions to be imposed on the country's rival leaders.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014 - 08:22
The bombing on Saturday in the nation of Djibouti reportedly killed three people at a busy restaurant visited by international soldiers and was condemned by the European Union Naval Force and African Union.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014 - 06:35
Libya's new premier said on Monday his cabinet will focus on fighting militants, securing borders and building up armed forces with foreign help, and appealed to hardliners who want his government removed.
Thursday, May 22, 2014 - 09:09
Syria has made no progress in relinquishing a last batch of chemical weapons it says is inaccessible due to fighting, making it increasingly likely it will miss a final deadline to destroy its toxic stockpile, Britain said on Thursday.