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Destroyed cars at the site of a blast in Baghdad on May 30, 2013. A wave of violence in Iraq that has raised fears of a return to all-out sectarian strife killed more than 1,000 people in May, the United Nations said.
Over 1,000 people killed in May Iraq violence: UN
AFP 01 Jun 2013
A wave of violence in Iraq that has raised fears of a return to all-out sectarian strife killed more than 1,000 people...
UN approved charter on ending violence against women: NCW chief
Al-Masry Al-Youm 16 Mar 2013
Mervat al-Tallawy, head of the National Council for Women (NCW) and the Egyptian official delegation which took part in...
Yemen troops in Sanaa in August
UN Security Council warns against arms transfers to Yemen
Reuters 16 Feb 2013
  UNITED NATIONS –– The UN Security Council warned on Friday against attempts to destabilize...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon listens to journalists' questions during a joint press conference with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, Sofia, May 5, 2010. The two-day panel, to be addressed on May 6 by Ban, brought together more than 150 government officials, analysts and journalists from across eastern Europe, as well as activists who took part in the upheavals in Egypt, Yemen and Tunisia.
UN Secretary General: Egypt needs 'meaningful aid'
Egypt Independent 12 Feb 2013
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for "meaningful aid" to Egypt and Libya in order to help both...
A supporter of the Likud party holds a banner showing Israeli Prime Minister and party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, on 21 January 2013 at the Ben Yehuda Mall in Jerusalem. Israelis vote Tuesday in a general election expected to return Netanyahu to power at the head of a government of hardline right-wing and religious parties.
Israel boycotts human rights scrutiny
Reuters 29 Jan 2013
Israel boycotted the United Nations' human rights forum on Tuesday, becoming the first country ever to decline to...
NATO foreign ministers meet at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels 4 December 2012. NATO foreign ministers will agree on Tuesday to send Patriot missiles to beef up Turkey's air defenses and calm Turkey's fears that it could come under missile attack, possibly with chemical weapons, from Syria, diplomats said.
Syria envoy meets Assad as opposition frustration grows
Reuters 24 Dec 2012
Syria special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi discussed solving the country's conflict with President Bashar al-Assad on...
File picture dated December 29, 2009, construction continues in the mostly Arab east Jerusalem Jewish settlement of Maaleh Hazeitim. The construction of more than 13,000 new homes for Israeli settlers in the West Bank has been approved and will proceed when a partial moratorium expires this month, a watchdog group said on September 13, 2010.
Israel pushes settlement plan ahead; EU summons envoy
Reuters 06 Dec 2012
Israel moved ahead with plans to build 3,000 settler homes in one of the most sensitive areas of the West Bank, as the...
Goma rebels say will 'liberate' all Congo
Reuters 21 Nov 2012
Rebel forces in eastern Congo vowed on Wednesday to “liberate” all of the vast central African country as...
People's Assembly Speaker Saad al-Katany during a brief session of Parliament, the first since the Supreme Constitutional Court ruled the chamber unconstitutional on 14 June 2012.
Katatny to head delegation to Gaza Monday
Egypt Independent 18 Nov 2012
The Freedom and Justice Party called on members of all political currents to join a delegation to the Gaza Strip Monday...
A handout picture released by the Hamas Press Office shows Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas (R) shaking hands with Palestinian leader Ismail Haniya (L) during a meeting, Cairo, February 23, 2012, to implement the terms of a reconciliation deal they signed in the Egyptian capital in last May, which called for an interim government and general elections in a year.
Israel ministry proposes 'toppling' Abbas over UN
AFP 14 Nov 2012
Israel's foreign ministry has proposed in a policy paper "toppling" Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas...