28 January 2014 – Amid reports that riot police have been deployed in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh to break…
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27 January 2014 – Coconut farmers in the Philippines are in urgent need of assistance to recover their livelihoods nearly…
25 January 2014 – The Philippine Government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) today signed a final security agreement…
23 January 2014 – The United Nations human rights and humanitarian chiefs on Thursday voiced deep concern about reports of…
22 January 2014 – Reiterating deep concern over continued terrorist attacks and sectarian violence in Pakistan, United Nations Secretary-General Ban…
21 January 2014 – The Security Council once again today acknowledged the role of the United Nations regional office in…
20 January 2014 – The United Nations agricultural agency today issued a new warning that bird flu viruses are on…
20 January 2014 – United Nations today flew its flags at half-mast in honour of four staff members killed in…
Two people have died from the H7N9 strain of bird flu in China’s commercial hub Shanghai, including a medical doctor, the local government said Monday, the city’s first fatalities from the virus this year. The victims included a 31-year-old surgeon…
China’s working-age population continued to decline last year, the government said Monday, as Beijing grapples with a demographic time bomb that is one of its biggest challenges. The country introduced its controversial one-child policy in the late…