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Syria’s new foreign minister will appear at the UN in his first US visit
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani raised his country’s new flag at the United Nations headquarters in New York and to ...
UN food, refugee agencies plan deep cuts as funding slashed, memos show
The U.N. agencies for food and refugees plan deep cuts due to an unprecedented plunge in funding, including from former top ...
Israel acknowledges killing aid worker in strike after initially accusing UN of ‘baseless slander’
The Israeli military acknowledged on Thursday that it was responsible for killing a United Nations aid worker in a strike on ...
In reverse of a longtime stance, US says UN Palestinian refugee agency isn’t immune from lawsuits
The Trump administration has decided that the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees is not immune from being sued, reversing ...
North Korea unveils new 'Kim Jong Un style' 5,000-tonne warship
By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a ceremony for the launch of a "new multipurpose ...
New Syrian foreign minister attends UN Security Council in first US appearance since Assad's fall
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani has attended a U_N_ Security Council briefing, raising his country’s new flag at the ...
IDF investigation finds Israeli tank fire responsible for death of UN staffer
Initial findings in an Israel Defense Forces investigation showed Israeli tank fire damaged a United Nations structure in ...