In Partnership with:
15616 Stories, most recent news story added 1 minute ago
Washington, 10 November (WashingtonTV)—United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday welcomed the formation of a national unity government in Lebanon, and urged it to commit to a UN resolution which calls for the disarmament of Hezbollah.
Food prices remain stubbornly high in the developing world despite a strong cereal harvest this year, and 31 countries need emergency aid, the UN food agency warned on Tuesday.
New York - The United Nations reiterated a call Tuesday for Israel to freeze all settlement activities in order to move forward the peace process with the Palestinians. Robert Serry, the UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, said ...
The United Nations on Tuesday warned that money was running short for crucial relief aid in Somalia, as floods forced another 16,000 people to flee their homes in the south.
UN secretary-general heads to Washington deal to push climate change deal
Letters containing a mysterious white powder were received Monday at the UN missions of France and Austria and the Consulate General of Uzbekistan - triggering a huge emergency response, officials said.
Thousands more people than previously thought have fled an ethnic conflict in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday, amid accounts of killings, rapes and pillaging.
The NYPD says letters sent to 3 UN missions appears to be an elaborate hoax.
The UN's decision to withdraw 200 workers after an attack at a Kabul guesthouse could prompt other aid groups to rethink their presence.
Colombia is to seek UN help after Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez instructed his military to ready "for war."
At least 10,000 Salvadorans are in urgent need of food aid after floods and mudslides destroyed huge swaths of crops during harvest season, the U.N. World Food Program said Tuesday.
New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon welcomed Monday the new national unity government in Lebanon, urging the parties to work together. Ban expressed satisfaction that the political stalemate was over. It took five months after parliamentary...
Southern Sudan faces potential famine and the risk of further ethnic conflict, with over one million people already hit by serious food insecurity, the UN Children?s Fund deputy head warned Sunday.
Associated Press - November 10, 2009 2:15 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) - A fourth foreign mission to the United Nations has received a package containing a suspicious powder.
UN: Israel must allow Gazans to repair homes damaged in January offensive before winter
A giant pharmaceutical company is slated to donate 50 million doses of the pandemic H1N1 vaccine to the United Nations public health arm, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced today.
Colombia has said it will seek UN help after Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez instructed his military to ready "for war."
"Copenhagen can and must be the turning point in the international fight against climate change," said Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Colombia said on Sunday it will appeal to the U.N. Security Council and the OAS after Hugo Chavez, the fiery leftist president of neighboring Venezuela, ordered his army to prepare for war in order to assure peace.
The G20 talked big but delivered little on climate finance, campaigners said Sunday, as the clock ticks down to the UN's key Copenhagen summit in just one month's time.
With Turkey Day lurking just around the corner, those opposed to gobbling up gobblers, like Questionland user Charles B. , are starting to talk un-turkey. In a recent post, he asked: "Alternatives to turkey? I like all the stuff that comes with the turkey, even the gravy. But the turkey itself is booooring at best. Are there any good substitutes? I don't care if they are vegetarian or not. I ...
