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Senior UN official visits North Korea in fresh push to curb crisis
- Asia-Pacific
- December 5, 2017, 15:27
The United Nations’ political affairs chief Jeffrey Feltman is visiting Pyongyang in North Korea this week in a bid to ease growing tensions following(...)

Outgoing UN aid chief calls for action to end Syria’s civil war
- Middle East
- May 28, 2015, 22:01
The United Nations’ outgoing humanitarian chief on Thursday painted a harrowing portrait of savagery in Syria’s civil war, now in its fifth year, and (...)

A 101-year-old man has been pulled alive from the rubble of his house in Nepal seven days after an earthquake hit the country, police said on Sunday.F(...)

UN aid chief and Angelina Jolie urge action on Syria
- Middle East
- April 24, 2015, 21:52
The United Nations aid chief has urged the UN Security Council to impose an arms embargo and sanctions in Syria for violations of humanitarian law, as(...)

UN seeks $16.4bn to address crises in 2015
- World
- December 8, 2014, 20:29
Struggling to cope with record numbers of victims of conflict, the United Nations appealed Monday for $16.4 billion (€13.3 billion) to finance humanit(...)

Ten children among dead in Syria bombings
- Middle East
- October 2, 2014, 01:00
At least 32 people, including 10 children, were killed by twin bombings near an elementary school in Syria yesterday.The second blast went off as pare(...)

UN chief demands Security Council action on Syria
- Middle East
- April 24, 2014, 06:31
UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has demanded that the Security Council take action in Syria on violations of international law as he reported(...)

Russia accuses US of using Syrian talks to effect ‘regime change’
- Middle East
- February 14, 2014, 19:10
Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the US of using the Syrian peace talks to effect “regime chan(...)

Homs ceasefire in Syria not ‘progress’, says UN official
- Middle East
- February 14, 2014, 11:25
The hard-won humanitarian ceasefire in the Syrian city of Homs - the sole success that occurred during the peace talks in Geneva - cannot be co(...)

More than 600 civilians evacuated from Homs
- Asia-Pacific
- February 10, 2014, 01:00
The Syrian Arab Red Crescent yesterday evacuated under fire more than 600 civilians from the besieged old city of Homs as the government delegation ar(...)