United Nations

UN envoy says hard to hold Libya elections in December

Sep 30, 2018 14:23

The UN envoy to Libya told AFP that it will be difficult to hold elections as hoped on December 10, following a new wave of fighting in the North African nation.
Saudi, allies cry foul over UN resolution on Yemen

Sep 29, 2018 11:04

Saudi Arabia and its allies have cried foul over a UN Human Rights Council resolution that extended the mandate of an international investigation into war crimes in Yemen, despite Riyadh’s efforts to abort the mission.
UN Human Rights Council renews mandate of investigators on Yemen

Sep 28, 2018 16:14

The UN Human Rights Council has extended the mandate of Yemen war crimes investigators, despite attempts by Saudi Arabia and a number of its allies to bully their way out of accountability for abuses in an atrocious military campaign against the impoverished Arab country.
President Rouhani: US attempts to isolate Iran at UN only backfired

Sep 27, 2018 16:39

Back home from New York, President Hassan Rouhani says Washington's attempts to advance an anti-Iran agenda at the UN only backfired, stressing that this year's General Assembly session and related events further exposed the US's isolation on the world stage.
Venezuela’s Maduro rejects US interventionism in UN speech

Sep 27, 2018 10:16

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has rejected US interventionism in the Latin American country, saying Washington opposes Venezuelan independence and determined to stop it at all costs.
UN must act against deal breaking, lawlessness: Rouhani to Guterres

Sep 27, 2018 05:29

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani slams the US’s withdrawal from the 2015 multilateral nuclear deal, saying the United Nations should not allow any country to make a habit of breaching international commitments, especially those under Security Council resolutions.
Turkish President slams use of economic sanctions as ‘weapons’

Sep 26, 2018 10:17

Turkish President Rajab Tayyib Erdoghan has used his address to the United Nations General Assembly to criticize the use of sanctions as “weapons” against countries in an implicit reference to the United States.
President Rouhani delivers his speech to UN General Assembly

Sep 25, 2018 17:16

President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday September 25 delivered his speech at the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Irked by genocide report, Myanmar army chief says UN has no right to ‘interfere’

Sep 24, 2018 10:45

Striking a defiant tone, Myanmar’s army chief says the United Nations has no right to meddle in his country’s “internal" issues, a week after the world body’s investigators called for him and fellow top generals to stand trial for “genocide” against minority Rohingya Muslims.
British government must stop arms sales to Saudi Arabia: Corbyn

Sep 24, 2018 05:22

Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn has said that the British government must stop arms sales to Saudi Arabia to help bring an end to the brutal war in Yemen.