Russia on Monday freed one of the jailed members of punk band Pussy Riot whose almost two-year incarceration for a performance against President Vladimir Putin prompted global outrage. The release of Maria Alyokhina from her prison in the city of Nizhny…
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22 December 2013 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the international community to scale up support for the…
21 December 2013 – Visiting the storm-ravaged Philippine city of Tacloban, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hailed the resilience of the people…
20 December 2013 – Proceeds from the annual United Nations all-star charity football game, led by legends Ronaldo and Zinédine…
20 December 2013 – The United Nations human rights office today called on Egyptian authorities to immediately release all individuals…
20 December 2013 – The Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria,…
20 December 2013 – The United Nations voiced deep concern today about the intimidation and prosecution of individuals in Saudi…
19 December 2013 – Enforced disappearances are being committed throughout Syria as part of a campaign of intimidation and as…
18 December 2013 – The Security Council today extended the nearly 40-year-old United Nations observer force in the Golan Heights…
18 December 2013 – The search for suitable vendors to assist in the commercial transport and destruction of Syrian chemical…
17 December 2013 – The long-sought international peace conference on Syria is set to begin on 22 January with a…
16 December 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the members of Security Council have deplored the shooting on Sunday of…
16 December 2013 – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) voiced horror today at reports that as many as 28…
16 December 2013 – With another release by Israel of Palestinian prisoners set for later this month, the top United…
A secret CIA program helped Colombia kill at least two dozen leftist FARC guerrilla leaders, The Washington Post reported Sunday. Washington’s covert help in targeting Latin America’s oldest insurgency, funded through a multibillion-dollar black budget…
The pro-EU protest movement in Ukraine on Sunday appeared to lose its momentum after the government’s bailout deal with Russia, as the latest rally in Kiev drew far fewer demonstrators. Some 40,000 showed up at Independence Square for the fifth in a…
Another Chinese city has capped the total number of car licence plates it will issue annually, state media said Sunday, following moves by Beijing and other metropolises to curb pollution and congestion. The world’s most populous nation is also the…
A deadly Al-Qaeda attack this month on a Yemeni defence ministry hospital was a mistake and the jihadist network is ready to pay blood money, a top jihadist commander has said. The brazen daylight attack on the defence ministry complex on December 5…
Security service faces scrutiny as it emerges Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale were on its radar for years
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• 29-year-old seen at Kenya mosque frequented by ‘white widow’