5 December 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today hailed the vital partnership between the United Nations and the Organization for…
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2 December 2013 – Amid ongoing political protests in Ukraine, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today appealed for restraint and urged…
2 December 2013 – Welcoming the peaceful conduct of local Kosovo elections, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on…
23 November 2013 – Four people have been arrested for alleged witness tampering in the war crimes trial of former…
22 November 2013 – The United Nations-backed International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea today ordered that Russia release…
21 November 2013 – Saying they themselves had received threats, United Nations human rights experts today called on the Government…
19 November 2013 – The United Nations pledged full cooperation today with the European Union (EU) in tackling the “critical…
16 December 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has deplored the shooting on Sunday of an Israel Defence Forces (IDF) soldier…
13 December 2013 – Syrians continue to fall victim to a callous indifference towards human life and disregard for safety,…
13 December 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on the international community to hold accountable those responsible for the…
12 December 2013 – The United Nations and its humanitarian partners are ramping up efforts to assist more than 800,000…
12 December 2013 – The United Nations team probing the use of chemical weapons in Syria, which in September found…
11 December 2013 – A senior United Nations humanitarian official today voiced concern as Israeli demolitions in the Jordan Valley…
10 December 2013 – As the Syrian crisis passes the tragic 1,000-day mark, the United Nations refugee agency is working…
10 December 2013 – The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today voiced grave concern…
9 December 2013 – A group of independent United Nations human rights experts today called on the Iraqi Government to…
9 December 2013 – The Government of Israel has decided to resume the transfer of construction materials for United Nations…
An Indonesian prosecutor on Monday sought a 16-year jail term for a British woman who has admitted trafficking crystal methamphetamine into the country from China. Andrea Waldeck, aged in her early 40s, was arrested in late April at a hotel in the city…
A US warship that was forced to manoeuvre to avoid a collision with a Chinese naval vessel had “posed a threat”, state-run media said Monday, after Washington accused China of being the aggressor. The Global Times newspaper, which often takes a nationalistic…
Australian combat troops have completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Monday, marking the end of the nation’s longest war which left 40 of its soldiers dead. Abbott announced that more than 1,000 troops would pull…