Rick Gladstone
Friday, January 10, 2014 - 13:18
Mr. Araghchi was quoted as saying that “we found solutions for all the points of disagreements, but the implementation of the Geneva agreement depends on the final ratification of the capitals.”
Thursday, January 9, 2014 - 06:39
It was the first time the Syrian authorities had reported such attacks in the three months since an international effort began to sequester and purge the country of the banned munitions.
Friday, December 20, 2013 - 07:04
The United Nations said on Friday that it had sent helicopters to rescue personnel from a base in South Sudan that came under lethal attack amid a worsening political crisis and President Obama warned that South Sudan, the world’s youngest country, “stands at the precipice.”
Thursday, December 5, 2013 - 08:02
Saying the most dangerous materials would be sealed by trained Syrians and sent overland to the country’s Mediterranean port of Latakia, where ships would take them to a second, unspecified foreign port.
Thursday, December 5, 2013 - 00:00
Cobalt 60 can be extremely dangerous when exposed to humans, and the theft has raised concerns of a more sinister motive, like the manufacture of a dirty bomb
Wednesday, December 4, 2013 - 08:42
France formally circulated a Security Council resolution on Tuesday night that would authorize thousands of African troops, aided by hundreds of French soldiers, to restore order in the Central African Republic, a mineral-rich country that has plunged into deadly anarchy and threatens to destabilize the region.
Tuesday, November 19, 2013 - 13:07
Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary general, raised the possibility on Monday that thousands of international peacekeeping troops in Africa might have to be temporarily redeployed in the Central African Republic, one of the most unstable on the continent.
Monday, November 18, 2013 - 11:57
An African-led attempt to postpone the trials of Kenya’s top two leaders at the International Criminal Court collapsed on Friday when it failed to gain enough support on the United Nations Security Council, an outcome bitterly criticized by Kenya and other African nations that accused the Council’s majority of a patronizing mistrust.
Monday, November 11, 2013 - 10:24
United Nations officials on Friday reported new deprivations in the Central African Republic, one of Africa’s most unstable countries. The World Food Program of the United Nations, which has been feeding 250,000 people in the Central African Republic since January, said in a statement that 1.1 million were at risk of hunger and that their plight could worsen because of poor harvests and economic collapse from political violence.
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 10:04
“In Riyadh, Secretary Kerry will meet with King Abdullah to discuss a wide range of bilateral and regional issues,” Jen Psaki, a State Department spokeswoman, said.