10 June 2014 Urging all political leaders in Iraq to show national unity against the myriad threats facing the…
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The main political groups in the European Parliament on Thursday backed the “democratic” right of Jean-Claude Juncker to be the next head of the European Commission, in the face of fierce opposition from Britain. “There is growing support for Juncker…
29 May 2014 The Security Council has condemned “in the strongest terms” the recent terrorist attack against the Jewish…
28 May 2014 In the Security Council’s first meeting on Ukraine since the presidential election there, United Nations political…
27 May 2014 Despite a slower pace recently on implanting the aims of the European Union-led political dialogue between…
27 May 2014 The United Nations independent expert on the human rights of internally displaced persons ended his official…
27 May 2014 While welcoming the “generally peaceful” nature of Ukraine’s weekend presidential elections, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon…
Ukraine’s Western-backed billionaire Petro Poroshenko was sworn in as president on Saturday as glimmers of hope emerged for a solution to the bloody crisis that has pitted his splintered ex-Soviet country against Russia. Poroshenko took the oath of…
More than 2000 Argentine hooligans will be prevented from entering Brazil ahead of the World Cup because they are considered to be violent, Brazil’s Interpol chief told AFP. The 2,100 ‘barra bravas’ hooligans are already the subject of banning orders…
A Saudi special court jailed 33 people for up to 30 years after finding them guilty of “forming a terror cell” among other charges, state news agency SPA reported Monday. The 33 are part of a group of 71 people who have been on trial since Sunday for…