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Iraq

ISIL did not shoot down Jordan plane - US military

The statement contradicts the Jordanian government which earlier admitted that one of its jet fighters was shot out of the sky by ground to air missiles.

24/12/2014

Israel

Abbas will 'no longer deal with Israel' if UN statehood resolution fails

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warns he'll cut all ties with Israel if the United Nations Security Council resolution on statehood fails.

23/12/2014

USA

North Korea human rights 'a living nightmare'

The United Nations Security Council has over-ruled objections from China and Russia and held a session about North Korea’s human rights record

23/12/2014

Sierra Leone

Locally-run Sierra Leone clinic fights Ebola against the odds

In Sierra Leone, there is no let up in the fight against Ebola. The country now accounts for more than half of the known cases of the disease. At the

22/12/2014

Sierra Leone

Ban Ki-moon praises healthcare workers in Ebola-hit African countries

During a trip to Sierra Leone and Liberia the United Nation’s Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has praised healthcare workers fighting the Ebola virus

20/12/2014

World News

Climate change deal agreed by UN members at Lima talks

Nations gathered for the COP20 summit in Lima, Peru since December 1 have agreed measures to tackle global warming. A four-page draft document is the

14/12/2014

World News

US climate talks stall over China and US disagreements

UN talks on climate change looked likely to collapse on Saturday after China and the US clashed over a draft agreement. The summit has already

14/12/2014

World News

Global leaders extend UN Lima talks on climate change

UN talks on climate change have run into overtime. About 190 nations have been gathered at the COP20 summit in Peru since December 1 hoping to agree

13/12/2014

World News

Mediterranean deadlier than ever as migration surges in 2014

The world’s deadliest sea is the Mediterranean, the United Nations refugee agency tells us, reporting that more people than ever are embarking on

10/12/2014

World News

Surprise Australian pledge helps UN climate change fund reach target

described climate change science as "absolute crap". Meanwhile Canada has said it will refuse to force its oil and gas industry to reduce greenhouse

10/12/2014

World News

Ban gives stark climate change warning to UN talks in Lima

Urging a radical shift to greener economies, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told governments at UN talks in Peru’s capital Lima on

09/12/2014

World News

UN climate talks enter second week with pressure on to reach a deal

The first week of UN climate talks has drawn to a close in the capital Lima. Representatives from nearly 200 countries have gathered together. By the

07/12/2014

Somalia

Somalia: Suicide car bomb attack on UN convoy near Mogadishu airport

A suicide car bomb attack on a UN convoy near Mogadishu airport in Somalia, which has left several people dead, bears the hallmarks of al Qaeda-linked Somali Islamist group al Shabaab.

03/12/2014

Syria

UN suspends aid to Syrian refugees as money runs out

01/12/2014

Ukraine

Rebel leaders call for UN peacekeepers to help crisis-hit eastern Ukraine

25/11/2014

France

France delays decision on Mistral carrier delivery to Russia

25/11/2014

World News

Trafficking in children on the rise, says United Nations

24/11/2014

My Europe Series

What happens to Syrian refugees?

07/11/2014

My Europe Series

Gaza reconstruction: mission impossible?

03/11/2014

USA

Mood monitor: New York Times Square

24/09/2014