Iran’s reengagement promises both more opportunity and more competition for India.
Islamabad is leaving nothing to chance when it comes to security for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
In the wake of Tropical Cyclone Winston that struck the island nation of Fiji Saturday night, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said it is on stand-by to provide emergency supplies and additional personnel to support the Government as it works to determine critical needs.
The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria has strongly condemned bombings in two Syrian cities earlier today that resulted in more than 100 people killed or injured, including children.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has commended the peaceful holding of elections in the Central African Republic (CAR) this past Sunday, calling for the timely holding of the second round of legislative elections to complete the political transition process.
Mother languages are essential to providing quality education, which in turn supports the achievement of the new global development agenda, the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said on the International Day established to promote the preservation and protection of all languages used by peoples of the world.
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There is growing evidence that the region’s economic prospects are dimming.
De façon captivante, deux décisions majeures viennent d'engager la politique culturelle française sur des voies qui méritent une attention soutenue : le projet de loi relatif à la liberté de création, à l'architecture et au patrimoine, adopté le 6 octobre 2015, et quelques articles de la loi portant (...)
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Manifestations contre la corruption, démission de l'ancien président Otto Pérez Molina, installation d'une commission de l'Organisation des Etats américains (OEA) sous la pression de la rue : au Guatemala, l'année 2015 a été marquée par le retour des revendications populaires. Mais l'entrée du premier (...)
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If it is to be saved, the government needs to start thinking about working people.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the progress made by the people of the Comoros in preparations for presidential elections and polls for island governors on Sunday.
The United Nations top official today called on Member States to build inclusive societies free of discrimination, in which all people can live with dignity and opportunities to improve their lives, as he observed the World Day of Social Justice.
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Washington was also trying to protect Tunisia — and help keep the Arab Spring’s only success story from going off the rails.
Addressing billions of illicit financial outflows from Africa is imperative as the continent needs domestic resources for its development, said the former President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, who chairs a United Nations panel on the issue, urging the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and partner institutions to elaborate relevant action plans.
Following a humanitarian breakthrough in delivering aid to a Syrian town inaccessible for more than 18 months, the United Nations food relief agency is now planning possible air-drops for 200,000 people in the Deir ez-Zor area besieged by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL/Da’esh.
With senior United Nations officials warning of escalating inter-communal violence and rampant human rights violations in South Sudan, the Security Council today strongly condemned all attacks and provocations against civilians and the UN by armed actors, and called for calm on all sides.
The fracturing of Afghanistan’s body politic looms. Can anyone stop it?
Two unnamed complainants asked a German court to reverse a ban on animal sex. The court threw out the claim.
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