Pope Francis held his first Christmas Eve mass in the Vatican by highlighting the role played by humble shepherds in the Nativity, as thousands flocked to the historic site of Jesus’s birth in Bethlehem. At the service in St Peter’s Basilica, the 77…
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24 December 2013 – Despite remarkable strides in improving women’s lives, China is insufficiently implementing relevant laws against discrimination and…
23 December 2013 – A United Nations human rights body voiced grave concern today after a court in Russia ordered…
23 December 2013 – Thirty-six Asia-Pacific nations unanimously adopted a landmark declaration at a United Nations forum of ministers in…
The EFCC is constrained to clarify that, contrary to the sponsored, misguided reports in the media the Commission is NOT…
Abia women from all walks of life gathered in Umuahia, the state capital to celebrate their tenacity and accomplishments under…
24 December 2013 – The Security Council today authorized almost doubling the United Nations peacekeeping force in strife-torn South Sudan…
24 December 2013 – Amid ethnically targeted killings, arbitrary detentions, rising displacement and now the discovery of mass graves, the…
23 December 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called a crisis meeting of his top advisers on the deteriorating situation in…
23 December 2013 – Three Rome-based United Nations agencies are teaming up on a $2.7 million project to tackle the…
22 December 2013 – Amid escalating tensions and deadly clashes between military factions in South Sudan, the United Nations Mission…
21 December 2013 – The top United Nations official in Somalia congratulated Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, who was appointed…
CNN’s Michael Holmes takes you through 2013’s top international stories. See which ones topped the list.
European stock markets rose in light pre-holiday trading on the coattails of Wall Street gains on renewed confidence in the strength of the US economic recovery, with Frankfurt setting a new record high. London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index gained 1.09…
Rafik Khalifa, a former Algerian tycoon who once owned an airline and a string of companies, was extradited to his homeland from Britain Tuesday, Algeria’s APS news agency reported. He took refuge in Britain in 2003 when his business collapsed, costing…
Egyptian police arrested on Tuesday Hisham Qandil, who was prime minister under deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, the interior ministry said. The ministry said he was arrested in the desert outside Cairo with a “smuggler attempting to escape…
One of the more typical pursuit of the tech writer these days is to not simply report on what Apple’s doing, but to make bold predictions (or, in reality, guesses) about what Apple is planning. And this year, there’s been plenty to guess about,…
There’s been lots of news about patents from Apple lately: earlier this month alone, we’ve heard of patents awarded to the iPhone maker revolving around improving the nascent tech behind curved displays, the smart-dock, and facial recognition. Today…
A British Greenpeace protester Tuesday said he was “jubilant” after Russia closed the criminal case against him for staging a protest on an oil rig, and vowed to keep fighting for environmental issues. Russia has dropped the case against Anthony Perrett…
Santa may already be riding his sleigh around the globe doling out gifts, but that did not stop US lawmakers and conservative groups Tuesday from warning of efforts to sabotage Christmas. Some members of Congress and religious organizations perennially…