United Nations
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 06:49
Russia has said it still suspected that last month's chemical weapons attack in Syria was carried out by rebel forces, despite a report by UN investigators which France said showed the government was behind the attack.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 06:21
The council's committee on Libyan sanctions told of "an increasing number of reported cases of trafficking of arms and ammunition from Libya to the Syrian Arab Republic by sea and air."
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 06:19
UN investigators found "clear and convincing evidence'' that chemical weapons were used on a relatively large scale in an attack last month in Syria that killed hundreds of people.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 06:02
Tensions among various political, tribal and armed groups have also escalated into confrontations in various parts of the country resulting in several deaths.
Monday, September 16, 2013 - 06:44
Syria must present a full inventory of its poison gases and munitions within a week, and must allow international inspectors to enter by November.
Friday, September 13, 2013 - 12:55
The unprecedented deployment of an unarmed surveillance drone by U.N. peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been delayed several months due to procurement procedures, the U.N. peacekeeping chief said on Thursday.
Friday, September 13, 2013 - 12:51
Amnesty International has denounced the forcible eviction of tens of thousands of homeless people from makeshift camps in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
Friday, September 13, 2013 - 07:42
UN chief says Congolese and UN troops beat rebel fighters in clashes, lifting threat of attack against city of Goma.
Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 08:19
Ban Ki-moon, the secretary general of the United Nations, said Wednesday that the organization was responsible for a “collective failure” to halt more than two years of atrocious violence in Syria.
Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 07:55
U.N. inspectors have collected a "wealth" of evidence on the use of nerve agents that points to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad using chemical weapons against his own people, according to a senior Western official.