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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›
KOREANS SEPARATED ALMOST A LIFETIME REUNITE BRIEFLY
On Thursday, an additional 90 elderly South Koreans will cross the border for another round of three-day reunions with 188 relatives in the North... 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›
ALCOHOL WITHOUT THE HANGOVER IN NORTH KOREA
Officials prohibited any photos of North Korean military bases... 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›
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›
DIVIDED FOR 65 YEARS KOREAN FAMILIES OVERWHELMED AT REUNION
On Thursday, an additional 90 elderly South Koreans will cross the border for another round of three-day reunions with 188 relatives in the North... 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›
WITH PLAN TO WALK ACROSS DMZ WOMEN AIM FOR PEACE IN KOREA
It was the women who said enough to the atrocities in Liberia, peacefully resolving a civil conflict there more than a decade ago... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREAS NEIGHBORS DENOUNCE CLAIM
North Korea is banned from conducting nuclear tests under a series of resolutions the Security Council has adopted in recent years... 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.S. B-52 FLIGHT UPS ANTE IN NUCLEAR WEAPONS DISPUTE WITH NORTH KOREA
For weeks, North Korea has threatened to attack the U.S. and South Korea for holding joint military drills and for supporting U.N... READ MORE›
DID NORTH KOREA DETONATE A HYDROGEN BOMB HERES WHAT WE KNOW
Douglas MacArthur wanted Washington to allow the use of nuclear weapons against Chinese and North Korean troops during the Korean War... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA EARTHQUAKE RAISES SUSPICIONS OF NUKE TEST
The United States and its allies worry about North Korean nuclear tests because each new blast brings the country closer to perfecting its nuclear arsenal... 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›
SOUTH KOREA BLASTS NORTH WITH K-POP OVER NUCLEAR TEST
And South Korean officials batted reports that North Korea was blaring broadcasts of its own... 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›
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›
US DEPLOYS B-52 BOMBER AFTER NORTH KOREA'S NUCLEAR TEST
Osan is south of Seoul and roughly 100 km from the North Korean border... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA BOMBARDS SOUTH WITH USED TOILET PAPER
South Korea resumed launches of balloons carrying propaganda into the North in the days after Pyongyang carried out its fourth underground nuclear test on January 6... READ MORE›
PHILIPPINES SEIZES NORTH KOREAN CARGO SHIP TO ENFORCE U.N. SANCTIONS
In compliance with the United Nations resolution, the North Korean ship in Subic will be impounded and not allowed to leave port, he said... READ MORE›
UN OFFICIAL RESIGNS AMID ACCUSATIONS OF SEX ABUSE BY PEACEKEEPERS
For years, the issue of how to stanch sexual abuse in its ranks has bedeviled the United Nations... READ MORE›
US FLIES B-52 BOMBER OVER SOUTH KOREA AMID NORTH TENSIONS
The US flies a B-52 bomber over South Korea in a show of force after North Korea's announcement it successfully tested a hydrogen bomb... READ MORE›
MORE THAN 60 MILLION PEOPLE DISPLACED BY WAR IN 2015
The United Nations asks the world to turn its attention Saturday to people displaced by war conflict and other crises... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA LAUNCHES ROCKET DESPITE WARNINGS
South Korea, the United States and Japan also requested an emergency meeting of the United Nations' Security Council... READ MORE›
N KOREA LAUNCHES LONG-RANGE ROCKET DESPITE WARNINGS
READ MORE North Korea 'moves up' rocket launch window Multiple UN Security Council resolutions proscribe North Korea's development of its ballistic missile programme... READ MORE›