The United Nations refugee chief on Tuesday appealed for greater international support for the millions who fled the civil war in Syria and for the countries sheltering them.
U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres made the appeal as he kicked off a visit to the region in Lebanon, where...
U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have agreed at a meeting in Northern Ireland that cooperation at many levels will help reduce misunderstandings between the two nations, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
According to a Pentagon report, the two leaders made the observation...
At least nine school children have been killed in an attack by members of the outlawed Boko Haram Islamist militant group in Nigeria's north-eastern Borno State, media reports citing local officials said on Tuesday.
The attack reportedly targeted children studying in a private school in the Jajeri...
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel held talks with visiting Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay on Tuesday, marking their second meeting at the Pentagon since Hagel took office earlier this spring.
According to Pentagon Press Secretary George Little, Hagel and MacKay discussed global security...
The East Rennell area in the Solomon Islands was on Tuesday inscribed on UNESCO's list of endangered sites due to logging that is affecting the island's ecosystem.
According to a press release, UNESCO World Heritage Committee determined that "logging is threatening the outstanding universal value...
Four American soldiers have been killed in an insurgent attack on the Bagram U.S. airbase in Afghanistan just hours after NATO forces transferred responsibility for the security of the entire country to Afghan security forces for the first time since the Taliban were ousted in 2001, media reports citing...
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday announced the appointment of Major-General Michel Finn of Ireland as head of Mission and Chief of Staff of the Jerusalem-based U.N. Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), the first such operation the world body set up almost 60 years ago.
"Major General...
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has welcomed the formal transfer of security lead throughout Afghanistan to Afghan national security forces for the first time since the Taliban were ousted in 2001, noting that the milestone was achieved due to determination and sacrifices of the Afghan people.
"This...
The much-awaited trial of Saif al-Islam, the son of slain Libyan leader Col. Moammar Qadhafi, will begin in Libya in August, a top Libyan official told reporters on Monday.
According to Al-Seddik al-Sur of the state prosecutor's office, Qadhafi's spy chief Abdullah al-Senoussi, ex-Premier al-Baghdadi...
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday renewed his call for the earliest entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), which prohibits all nuclear tests across the world.
"Now it is time for the international community to exercise political will and act," Ban said in...
A surprise attack by unidentified gunmen on a military weapons depot in Mozambique's central region has left at least five soldiers dead and two wounded, media reports citing unnamed military officials said on Monday.
The incident reportedly happened in the Dondo district of central Sofala province...
A U.N. independent expert on right to freedom of expression on Monday urged Montenegro to set up an inclusive mechanism to resolve and prevent cases of attacks against reporters and media outlets, and called for effective accountability in all cases of violence against journalists.
"Insecurity will...
The United States on Monday strongly condemned the shelling of a U.N. logistics base in Sudan's South Kordofan State which killed one U.N. peacekeeper from Ethiopia and wounded two others late last week.
"The United States strongly condemns the shelling of the Joint Border Verification and Monitoring...
The next round of negotiations between the European Union and Japan for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is set to take place in Tokyo from June 24 to July 3, the EU said in a press release on Monday.
According to the press release, further talks on the FTA are excerpted in October. It said the first...
The United States on Monday expressed hopes that the newly- elected Iranian President would fulfill his campaign pledges to make every possible efforts to improve relations with Western nations and to ease sanctions imposed on Iran over its disputed nuclear program.
"He does not take office until...