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CHINA TO DEVELOP ARCTIC SHIPPING ROUTES OPENED BY GLOBAL WARMING
China has announced plans to develop shipping lanes through the Arctic to become a Polar Silk Route ... READ MORE›
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AS MIGRANT TRAGEDIES SHOCK EUROPE A BIGGER CRISIS LOOMS IN MIDEAST
The United Nations is urging countries worldwide to grant asylum to 130,000 Syrians in the coming year... READ MORE›
HOW THE USSR'S EFFORT TO DESTROY ISLAM CREATED A GENERATION OF RADICALS
They did, and by the '70s Islam had made a comeback in much of Central Asia... READ MORE›
AS SOUTH SUDAN CRISIS WORSENS THERE IS NO MORE COUNTRY
MALAKAL South Sudan In places where the fighting is fiercest no one is even attempting to count the dead... READ MORE›
AT UN POPE ISSUES SWEEPING CALL FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE
Standing before the General Assembly in his first speech here Francis endorsed United Nations efforts to reach a global compact to fight poverty and climate change... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN TROOPS 'FIGHTING ALONGSIDE ASSAD'S ARMY AGAINST SYRIAN REBELS'
An unnamed activist with the Syrian rebel group the Free Syrian Army told The Times The Russians have been there a long time... READ MORE›
PM NARENDRA MODI LEADS THOUSANDS IN CELEBRATION
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has led thousands in a mass yoga programme in the capital Delhi on the first ever International Yoga Day... READ MORE›
EDITORIAL LOST VOICES OF THE WORLDS REFUGEES
In the many conferences and diplomatic discussions about refugees, their own voices are rarely heard... READ MORE›
RUSSIA RESPONSIBLE WHOEVER STRUCK AID CONVOY
The US has reached the preliminary conclusion that it was Russian warplanes that bombed an aid convoy and warehouse belonging to the Syrian Arab Red Crescent... READ MORE›
UN SAYS AFGHAN TALIBANS REACH IS WIDEST SINCE 2001
All four of the United Nations provincial evacuations took place in northern Afghanistan... READ MORE›
READ PUTIN'S U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPEECH
Russia believes in the huge potential of the United Nations, which should help us avoid a new global confrontation and engage in strategic cooperation... READ MORE›
GLOBAL POVERTY DROPS SHARPLY WITH CHINA MAKING BIG STRIDES UN REPORT SAYS
In releasing the report, United Nations officials celebrated meeting some of the goals... READ MORE›
NEW TALIBAN LEADER MULLAH MANSOUR 'IS BUSINESSMAN PROTECTED BY PAKISTAN'
Mullah mansour taliban's new leader is wealthy businessman with homes in pakistan and dubai operating under protection of pakistan's isi afghan officials tell nyt... READ MORE›
UN SECURITY COUNCIL IS FAILING SYRIA, BAN KI-MOON ADMITS
We need some solidarity unity of purpose particularly among the permanent members of the security council he said in an interview... READ MORE›
PARTNERSHIP AIMS TO BOLSTER LOCAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
We need good information, Dr. Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization, said at an event to announce the new partnership... READ MORE›
U.N. SAYS SOME OF ITS PEACEKEEPERS WERE PAYING 13-YEAR-OLDS FOR SEX
As the United Nations maintains nine peacekeeping operations in Africa, employing over 100,000 people on the continent, the abuses threaten to erode the organization's legitimacy... READ MORE›
CHINESE COMPANIES POISED TO HELP REBUILD WAR-TORN SYRIA
China is turning towards the Middle East and is ready to play a major role in helping to rebuild war-torn Syria... READ MORE›
REFUGEE CRISIS IN EUROPE PROMPTS WESTERN ENGAGEMENT IN SYRIA
To aid refugees fleeing the Central African Republic, for instance, he has to dip into a pot of United Nations money not earmarked for specific crises... READ MORE›
UN TO EXAMINE SYRIA CHEMICAL WEAPONS ATTACKS
The UN has adopted a resolution aimed at identifying those behind chemical weapons attacks in Syria... READ MORE›
EBOLA OUTBREAK CAN BE ENDED IN 2015
Ebola outbreak can be ended in 2015 un's ban ki-moon... READ MORE›
2 DEGREES CELSIUS: A CRITICAL NUMBER FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
China and the United States, respectively, account for about 24 percent and 14 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions, according to the World Resources Institute... READ MORE›
UN ADOPTS AMBITIOUS GLOBAL GOALS AFTER YEARS OF NEGOTIATIONS
The new goals follow and expand on an earlier list, the Millennium Development Goals, adopted by the United Nations in 2000... READ MORE›
70 ACHIEVEMENTS, 70 YEARS: A VISUAL GUIDE TO WHAT THE UN HAS DONE
70 achievements, 70 years a visual guide to what the UN has done... READ MORE›
IS CENTRAL ASIA A 'HOTBED FOR EXTREMISM'?
As evidence, many cited a string of recent attacks carried out by individuals of Central Asian origin in Istanbul, Saint Petersburg and Stockholm... READ MORE›
CPEC: PAKISTAN AND CHINA STRENGTHEN ECONOMIC TIES
The 3,000km trade route, called the China Pakistan Economic Corridor CPEC, links China's Xinjiang province with Gwadar in Pakistan's Balochistan province... READ MORE›
SOUTH SUDANS PRESIDENT SIGNS PEACE DEAL WITH REBELS
In its report to the United Nations, the panel found that both the government and rebels had devoted vast resources to the conflict... READ MORE›
CHINA MAKES CARBON PLEDGE AHEAD OF PARIS CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT
China submits carbon-curbing plan to UN ahead of Paris climate change summit, saying it will work hard to peak emissions earlier than 2030 target... READ MORE›
CHINA WIDENS ITS SILK ROAD TO THE WORLD
China's new 'Silk Road' initiative is the only large-scale, multilateral development project that the 21st century has seen so far... READ MORE›
MUSLIM STATES BLOCK GAY GROUPS FROM U.N. AIDS MEETING; U.S. PROTESTS
The issues of LGBT rights and participation in events at the United Nations have long been contentious... READ MORE›
UK TO GIVE ?5 MILLION IN EMERGENCY RELIEF TO HELP ALLEVIATE EUROPE'S REFUGEE CRISIS
UK to give ?5 million in emergency relief to help alleviate Europe's refugee crisis... READ MORE›
FOSSIL FUEL BURN-OFF WILL SUBMERGE U.S. CITIES
Obama called on nations to make commitments to reduce carbon emissions at the United Nations climate summit later this year... READ MORE›