Bitter Morocco-Algeria row before king’s US trip
By PAUL SCHEMM FILE – In this May 19, 2008 file photo, a pro-independence Polisario Front supporter looks on during a military parade as a Western Sahara flag flies in…
United Nations
Tons of aid in Philippines, but not where needed
By TODD PITMAN and JIM GOMEZ Typhoon survivors hang signs from their necks as they queue up in the hopes of boarding a C-130 military transport plane Tuesday, Nov. 12,…
UN COURT RULING ON CAMBODIA-THAI LAND DISPUTE
A Cambodian Buddhist monk, second from left, walks together with local tourists through the famed Preah Vihear temple near Cambodia-Thai border in Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013.…
IRAN, UN NUCLEAR CHIEF OPEN TALKS IN TEHRAN
Catherine Ashton, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, second from left, and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, center, arrive at a press conference at the end of the Iranian…
US to lose vote at UNESCO, incurs debts
By THOMAS ADAMSON FILE- This Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, file photo shows a general view of the UNESCO prior to the opening of General Conference in Paris, France. American influence…
Struggle for Syria talks comes as aid needs spike
By JOHN HEILPRIN US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman arrives for a meeting with the UN Joint Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi and the Russian…
NKOREA DEFECTOR TESTIFIES AT UN RIGHTS PROBE IN US
By MATTHEW PENNINGTON Jin hye Jo wipes a tear as she testifies during a hearing of the United Nations mandated Commission of Inquiry about the human rights situation in the…
IRAN-UN NUKE TALKS ADVANCE, NEW ROUND NOV. 11
By GEORGE JAHN Iran’s Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Reza Najafi, left, and IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Safeguards Tero Tapio Varjoranta,…