Browsing: World News

31 March 2014 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has followed with keen interest the electoral process in El Salvador,…

A man who opened fire on the White House with an assault rifle after telling friends he was on a mission from God to kill President Barack Obama was jailed for 25 years on Monday. Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez drove more than 2,000 miles (3,200 kilometers…

Two British nationals arrested for an alleged plot to steal oil from a pipeline in Nigeria are “totally innocent” and should be released immediately, according to their employer. Maritime security company Port2Port West Africa said the charges against…

British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline on Monday announced a five-year investment programme for sub-Saharan Africa to fuel the company’s growth and to serve an area with “pressing health needs”. GSK will invest up to £130 million ($216 million…

29 March 2014 – The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemned today’s attack on the Kabul headquarters of…

28 March 2014 – Voicing concern about attacks this week on United Nations and non-governmental organization premises in Sittwe in…

28 March 2014 – The United Nations peacekeeping chief today expressed his solidarity with the Afghan people on the eve…

27 March 2014 – The United Nations Human Rights Council today voted to open an international inquiry into alleged war…

27 March 2014 – The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today certified as polio-free 11 countries in Asia that…

The two Koreas traded live fire into the sea across their disputed maritime border on Monday, after Seoul said a North Korean military exercise dropped shells into South Korean waters. “Some of the shells fired by North Korea dropped in our area and…

A Tibetan nun set herself on fire in southwestern China at the weekend, a campaign group and a report said, in the latest apparent act of protest against Chinese rule. The self-immolation by the nun, whose name and age were not immediately available…

28 March 2014 – A senior United Nations official expressed deep concern today about the ongoing displacement of Palestinians in…

28 March 2014 – The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator warned the Security Council today that as the Syrian civil…

China has laid out the charges against four suspects captured after a brutal railway station attack that killed 29 people and injured 143 earlier this month, officials said. Eight members of what Beijing labelled a “terrorist gang” carried out the stabbing…

“Noah,” the big screen adaptation of the biblical tale starring Russell Crowe in the lead role, topped the North American Box Office at the weekend, estimates showed Sunday. The action drama, which reunites Crow with Jennifer Connelly whom he starred…

The party of Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan took a strong lead in local elections Sunday, despite turbulent months marked by mass protests, corruption scandals and Internet blocks. If the national trend holds up, it would considerably brighten…

Anne Hidalgo, a Spanish-born Socialist, will be the first female mayor of Paris after an unexpectedly comfortable win in municipal elections on Sunday. Hidalgo, 54, had been expected to be run extremely close by her centre-right rival, former government…

The United States is giving ex-Soviet Moldova $10 million to strengthen security on its border with Ukraine, Washington’s top diplomat in Europe Victoria Nuland said Sunday. Part of Moldova’s eastern border with Ukraine is occupied by the breakaway…

27 March 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon travelled to the Ilulissat Icefjord today as he wrapped up his visit to…

27 March 2014 – In a vote that reaffirmed Ukraine’s unity and territorial integrity, the United Nations General Assembly today…