An American teacher has been shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, media reports citing local officials said Thursday.
The slain American teacher was identified as 33-year-old Ronnie Smith, a Texas native who taught chemistry at an international school in the city....
The United Nations has called on all political parties and actors in Burundi to show restraint as the country carries out its constitutional review process.
In a news release issued late Wednesday, the UN Office in Burundi (BNUB) also welcomed the Government's commitment to promote dialogue before...
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday strongly condemned the two recent attacks in Afghanistan's Uruzgan and Faryab provinces resulting in the deaths of nine development workers.
Including those two attacks, there have been a total of 237 attacks against humanitarian personnel, facilities...
London-based rights group Amnesty International on Wednesday urged authorities in Mali to swiftly identify the 21 bodies found in a mass grave a day earlier.
The bodies were found buried in a mass grave in the southern garrison town of Kati on Tuesday night. Many believe that the bodies might be...
NATO Foreign Ministers and their counterparts from partner nations contributing to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan on Wednesday welcomed the encouraging briefings from acting Afghan Foreign Minister Zarar Ahmad Osmani and Interior Minister Omar Daudzai on ongoing preparations...
At least eighteen people have been killed and dozens of others injured in a rocket attack on two government-held neighborhoods in Syria's northern city of Aleppo, media reports citing local officials and rights groups said Wednesday.
The rocket attack was reportedly carried out by rebel forces attempting...
Global pop superstar Katy Perry has been appointed by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) as its newest Goodwill Ambassador, with a special focus on engaging young people in efforts to improve the lives of the world's most vulnerable children and adolescents.
"Katy Perry is already a champion...
A senior commander of Lebanon's Shiite armed group Hezbollah has been "assassinated" by unidentified gunmen outside his home in southern Beirut, the group said Wednesday.
Hezbollah said in a statement that Hassan Lakkis was killed in Hadath area of the Lebanese capital as he returned home from work...
The United Nations mission in Afghanistan on Wednesday welcomed the appointment of the Media Commission as another important step towards holding credible presidential and provincial council elections in the war-torn South Asian nation next year.
The Media Commission is charged with monitoring the...
NATO Foreign Ministers together with their Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, have agreed to launch a joint trust fund project to dispose of obsolete and dangerous ammunition in the Kaliningrad region and discussed pressing international security issues, according to a press release issued Wednesday.
"Today,...
The European Commission has imposed fines worth EUR1.7 billion on eight banks for forming cartels in the interest rate derivatives industry to rig benchmark interest rates.
Four of these financial institutions participated in a cartel relating to interest rate derivatives denominated in the euro currency....
A group of independent United Nations human rights experts on Tuesday urged the Kenyan Government to reject a proposed legislation that would impose severe restrictions on civil society.
The bill, which was presented to Parliament on October 30, would amend Kenya's Public Benefit Organization Act...
At least two people have been killed in a powerful bomb explosion at the center of Syria's capital city of Damascus, media reports citing witnesses and rights groups said Tuesday.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a UK-based group that monitors and reports casualties in the Syrian conflict,...
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed Tuesday that it has been notified by the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) in Sudan of a yellow fever (YF) outbreak affecting twelve localities in West and South Kordofan states.
The UN health agency identified the affected localities as...
The European Investment Bank (EIB) said Tuesday that it is renewing its support for climate action in Turkey with a EUR 150 million loan for forest rehabilitation, afforestation and erosion control activities to take place in the period 2014-2015.
The new loan is a follow-up to previous EIB support...