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Australian journalist Peter Greste on Friday said his detention and that of his Al-Jazeera colleagues in an Egyptian jail had become a powerful symbol of press freedom worldwide. In a statement from his prison cell on the eve of World Press Freedom…

1 May 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appealed to Israelis and Palestinians to exercise prudence and avoid unilateral steps…

1 May 2014 – United Nations officials today congratulated the people and Government of Iraq for turning out in significant…

30 April 2014 – The United Nations Security Council today welcomed the timely holding of parliamentary elections in Iraq, and,…

30 April 2014 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today condemned ‘in the strongest terms’ the latest attacks in Syria…

If it were up to former US President George W. Bush, a third member of the Republican family dynasty — his younger brother Jeb — would run for the White House. Jeb Bush, the former two-term governor of Florida, has acknowledged he has not ruled out…

Two football fans were convicted Thursday of tearing up a copy of the Koran during an English football match and throwing the pieces in the air. Julie Phillips, 50, ripped pages from the Islamic holy book and handed them out to fellow away supporters…

US stocks Thursday opened slightly lower following mixed corporate earnings and economic data and ahead of Friday’s monthly jobs report. Five minutes into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 27.94 (0.17 percent) to 16,552.90, retreating from…

Pro-Russian militants Thursday unleashed fresh violence in restive east Ukraine, storming yet another public building and further fueling fears that the ex-Soviet republic could disintegrate. The violence in the city of Donetsk confirmed the separatists…

Thousands of Formula One fans gathered for a commemoration on Thursday at the Imola circuit — 20 years to the day after Brazilian champion Ayrton Senna was killed here in the sport’s darkest day. Dozens of enthusiasts drove their own cars around the…

US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Thursday of a risk of genocide in South Sudan if the country’s four-month-old civil war is not stopped. “There are very disturbing leading indicators of the kind of ethnic, tribal, targeted nationalistic killings…

A 15-year-old boy is due to appear in court Thursday charged with the murder of a teacher at a school in Leeds. Ann Maguire, 61, was fatally stabbed in front of a class of pupils at Corpus Christi Catholic College on Monday, months before she was due…

28 April 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today strongly condemned the detention of international military monitors and staff in Ukraine,…

28 April 2014 – A senior United Nations official today condemned a recent attack on two vehicles belonging to the…

25 April 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on all parties to seek a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine…

25 April 2014 – An independent United Nations human rights expert today urged authorities in Belarus, the only European nation…

25 April 2014 – “This is an opportunity to pay tribute to the emergency workers who responded, remember the more…

24 April 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is deeply concerned about continued violence in eastern Ukraine, which has led to…

Mexico’s state oil giant Pemex on Wednesday reported a nearly $2.7 billion loss in the first quarter. Pemex, which provides a third of Mexico’s government revenue, had a $327 million loss in the same quarter of 2013. The company saw a net loss of $12…

The International Monetary Fund approved Wednesday a $17 billion aid deal for Ukraine, even as Kiev fights to prevent pro-Moscow separatists from hiving off another chunk of the country. The IMF executive board’s green light opens the way for an immediate…