UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Program (WFP) have released a report that warns of high levels of food insecurity in South Sudan, UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said here on Wednesday. "It says that the number of food-insecure people has jumped from 3.Read Full Article ...
PARIS, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Wednesday designated British crossover style performer S...
Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has slammed Britain for its "militarisation" of their conflict over the Falklands, saying she would lodge ...
PRESIDENT Ratu Epeli Nailatikau is in Bankok, Thailand attending a high level United Nations Conference on combating AIDS in the Asia Pacific region.Read Full ...
The top United Nations peacekeeping official today stressed the need to boost the mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to facilitate the next ...
In Syria prospects of ending the crisis look bleak, with the UN Security Council struggling to agree on an appropriate response. The Assad regime?s brutal crackdown, including shelling of central city Homs, shows no sign...
In Iraq, the official withdrawal of the last U.S. combat troops, nearly nine years after the invasion, was quickly followed by a political crisis. Authorities issued an arrest warrant for the country?s top Sunni politician,...
The Democratic Republic of Congo?s presidential and parliamentary vote went ahead on 28-30 November, after a campaign marred by violence and amid allegations of rigging and mismanagement. Political rallies were banned in the wake of...
Deadly clashes between government forces and the insurgent Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) broke out in the troubled southern Philippines in October.
In Sudan a Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) offensive in Blue Nile state, and renewed clashes in Southern Kordofan between the SAF and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, fuelled fears of a return to civil war.