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16 May 2014 – A United Nations report released today documents an “alarming” deterioration of the human rights situation in…

16 May 2014 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed his solidarity with the people of Turkey following the…

15 May 2014 – Ahead of the ‘hotly contested’ elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a senior United Nations official today…

14 May 2014 – This August, Major General Kristin Lund will become the first female commander of a United Nations…

Ukraine was preparing Saturday for a presidential election seen as crucial to its very survival after months of turmoil that has driven the country to the brink of civil war. Sunday’s vote comes with tensions running high after a bloody upsurge in fighting…

At least five people were killed in fighting early Friday between pro-Russian militiamen and Ukrainian forces near the eastern city of Donetsk, an AFP photographer said. The photographer said he saw five bodies near the village of Karlivka northwest…

Disgraced British fashion designer John Galliano, little-seen since being sacked by Dior in 2011 for making drunken racist tirades, reappeared in Moscow Thursday as creative director of a Russian cosmetics chain. The L’Etoile chain, which has some 850…

Scandal-hit Barclays has been fined more than £26 million pounds after a former trader at the bank was accused of trying to manipulate the price of gold, Britain’s financial regulator said on Friday. The Financial Conduct Authority said in a statement…

UKIP dealt a major blow to mainstream parties Friday with initial results of local elections in England showing strong gains for the eurosceptic party. Nigel Farage predicted his party could chalk up some 200 council seats by the end of the day after…

Pro-Russian rebels firing mortar shells and grenades killed 14 Ukrainian soldiers on Thursday, the blackest day yet for the military and a dramatic ratcheting up of tensions just three days before a crunch election. The attacks in the eastern industrial…