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Taliban names Afghan UN envoy, asks to speak to world leaders

The Taliban have asked to address world leaders at the United Nations in New York this week and nominated their Doha-based spokesman Suhail Shaheen...

Iran says it will continue missile tests after U.S. allegation

DUBAI: Iran said on Sunday it would continue missile tests to build up its defences and denied this was in breach of U.N. resolutions...

Political leaders arrive in Poland in race to deliver on U.N. climate deal

KATOWICE (POLAND): Political leaders on Monday began arriving in the Polish coal city of Katowice where two weeks of talks have begun to revive...

UN votes on condemning Israel over Gaza violence

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations General Assembly will vote Wednesday on condemning Israel for Palestinian deaths in Gaza in a resolution fiercely opposed by...

Peace in Palestine pre-condition for global peace and security: Maleeha

NEW YORK: Pakistan's Permanent Representative to United Nations, Maleeha Lodhi has welcomed political reconciliation between Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas. Speaking in a debate on...

U.N. fears ‘further exodus’ of Muslim Rohingya from Myanmar

GENEVA/YANGON: The United Nations braced on Friday for a possible “further exodus” of Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar into Bangladesh six weeks after the...

Rights group urges new Myanmar sanctions over Rohingya crisis

YANGON: A rights group has called for targeted sanctions and an arms embargo against the Myanmar military in response to an offensive that has...

Repatriation of Afghan refugees to resume by April: UNHCR

PESHAWAR: Following suspension of the return of Afghan refugees from Pakistan to their country for four months, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)...

Syria calls local truces; U.N. condemns ‘monstrous disregard’ for lives

MOSCOW/BEIRUT: Syria declared brief local truces near Damascus and in one province on Friday but made no mention of halting combat on the main battlefield in Aleppo, after a surge in fighting the United Nations said showed "monstrous disregard" for civilian lives.

Air strikes on Aleppo hospital kill 27, U.N. declares catastrophe

BEIRUT/GENEVA: Air strikes destroyed a hospital and killed dozens of people in rebel-held areas of Syria's Aleppo including children and doctors, and the United Nations called on Moscow and Washington to salvage a "barely-alive" cease-fire.

U.N. Syria envoy delays peace talks to ensure players are serious

GENEVA: The start of a new round of peace talks on the Syrian war has been pushed back by two days so that U.N. mediator Staffan de Mistura can travel to Damascus and Tehran to sound out their position on a political transition, the envoy said on Thursday.

Russian warplanes leave Syria, raising U.N. hopes for peace talks

MOSCOW/BEIRUT/GENEVA: Russian warplanes flew home from Syria on Tuesday as Moscow started to withdraw forces that have tipped the war President Bashar al-Assad's way, and the U.N. envoy said he hoped the move would help peace talks in Geneva.

China blasts U.S. ‘rape and murder’ at U.N. Human Rights Council

GENEVA: China strongly rejected U.S.-led criticism of its human rights record at the U.N. Human Rights Council on Thursday, saying the United States was hypocritical and guilty of crimes including the rape and murder of civilians.

North Korea fires projectiles after new U.N. sanctions

SEOUL: North Korea fired several short-range projectiles into the sea on Thursday, hours after the U.N. Security Council voted to impose tough new sanctions on the isolated state and the South Korean president vowed to end Pyongyang's "tyranny".

U.N. to restart Syria peace talks on March 9

GENEVA: The United Nations will delay the next round of Syria peace talks by two days to allow the cessation of hostilities in force since Saturday to take hold, U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said.

U.N. fears for hundreds of thousands if Syria troops encircle Aleppo

GENEVA/AMMAN: Hundreds of thousands of civilians could be cut off from food if Syrian government forces encircle rebel-held parts of Aleppo, the United Nations said on Tuesday, warning of a massive new flight of refugees from a Russian-backed assault.

Syrian army presses Aleppo attack as U.N. envoy meets government

BEIRUT/AMMAN/GENEVA: The Syrian army threatened rebel supply lines into the northern city of Aleppo on Tuesday as a U.N. envoy met government representatives to try to advance peace talks rendered almost impossible by the continued fighting.

U.N. chief tells Israel, Palestinians: ‘writing is on the wall’

WASHINGTON: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is concerned a stalemate in the peace process between Israel and Palestinians is reaching the point of no return for a two-state solution.

Yemen negotiators to form ceasefire committee as U.N. peace talks resume

DOHA: Yemeni negotiators taking part in U.N.-sponsored peace talks agreed on Saturday to form a committee to oversee a fragile ceasefire after fresh fighting imperiled their efforts to end Yemen's civil war, sources close to the talks told Reuters.

Air strikes hit Yemen capital, U.N. envoy arrives hours before truce

CAIRO: Saudi-led air strikes pounded the rebel-held Yemeni capital Sanaa on Tuesday and the new United Nations envoy to the country arrived there hours before a five-day ceasefire after over six weeks of war was set to begin.
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