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Yemen: Saleh supporters protest against Saudi-led air strikes

Iran

Iran: Rouhani says nuclear deal shows enrichment is 'not a threat to anyone'

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says a preliminary nuclear deal shows that his country’s enrichment work poses no ‘threat’ to the world. He was

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Local Libyan leaders seek peaceful end to conflict

EU and UN officials have called for a peaceful end to the conflict in Libya after a meeting with local representatives in Brussels. The UN’s envoy to

Libya

Libyan peace talks falter as fighting continues

There are fears of an early and fruitless end to the UN’s Libyan peace talks. Delegates convened again on Friday as the second week ended to find

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Jordan

Fears of Palestinian-style deadlock for Syrian refugees

Syrian refugees living in the huge camp at Zaatari in northern Jordan say they see little sign of a solution to the war or their own plight. Today

Syria

UN resolutions have 'failed' people of Syria, say aid groups

On the fourth anniversary of the Syrian conflict, a report by several charities and humanitarian organisations finds that in 2014, the worst year of the war to date, three United Nations Security Coun

Mali

UN base comes under attack in Mali

Unknown attackers fired more than thirty rockets at a United Nations base in northern Mali early on Sunday (March 8). One UN peacekeeper was killed

Syria

UN Security Council slams use of chlorine weapons in Syria

A US-backed resolution has been approved by 14 members, including Russia, while Venezuela abstained.

Europe News

EU ministers endorse climate pledge ahead of UN conference

Morocco

Libya factions hold peace talks

Libya’s warring factions held UN-backed peace talks in Morocco with the aim to end the conflict between the two rival governments which many fear

Syria

Syria: Civilians pay heavy price amid fierce fighting for Aleppo

The battle for Aleppo is raging and civilians are paying the price. Reports say at least 22 have been killed in a government barrel bomb attack as

Ukraine

Pro-Russian separatist "not opposed" to UN peacekeepers in eastern Ukraine

Pro-Russian separatists in the disputed eastern Ukraine region say they are not opposed to the idea of UN mandated peacekeepers. The Deputy Defence

Ukraine

Poroshenko gets backing of Ukraine's security council as he calls for UN peacekeepers

Ukraine’s national security and defence council has approved President Petro Poroshenko’s call for UN peacekeepers to be deployed in the east of the

Libya

Libya urges UN to lift arms embargo in fight against ISIL militants

The UN Security Council has been urged to lift an arms embargo on Libya to enable its internationally recognised government to tackle ISIL and other

Sudan

Darfur - A brief history of Sudan's silent suffering

While Sudan’s north-south civil war was raging in 2003 – the country’s second major internal conflict since it gained independence in 1956 – worrying

USA

UN adopts Russian-drafted resolution on Ukraine crisis

The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday called on all parties in eastern Ukraine to stop fighting and implement a European-brokered peace deal

Switzerland

200 countries agree on draft to slow climate change

Almost 200 countries have agreed a draft document on how to best slow down climate change. The blueprint is a first step towards negotiations for a

Sudan

Exclusive: Sudan president challenges reports of mass rape by soldiers

The rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) says that more than 200 women and girls were raped by members of the Sudanese army in a 36-hour assault on

USA

UN Security Council votes yes to cutting off ISIL funding

It's unanimous: the UN Security Council votes 'yes' to cutting off sources of funding for ISIL's terror campaign.

Italy

Hundreds of migrants feared dead in Mediterannean

The perilous sea journey across the Mediterannean has reportedly claimed the lives of hundreds of migrants. The United Nations Refugee agency, which