United Nations

  • Jun 16, 2008
  • 2 min read

IRAN/UN/EU: Solana offers nuclear package

EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said after visiting Tehran on Saturday that he saw no sign...

Iran
  • Jun 16, 2008
  • 1 min read

KOSOVO: Constitution is next step towards self-rule

Kosovo's new constitution came into force yesterday, another step in the transfer of power to the...

Kosovo
  • Jun 13, 2008
  • 6 min read

RUSSIA/UN: Moscow tries to bend UN to its purposes

Russia is one of the five permanent veto-wielding members of the UN Security Council, a legacy of...

Russia
  • Jun 13, 2008
  • 2 min read

BURMA: UN warns harvest season will be critical

The UN warned today that Burmese rice farmers face serious fuel shortages as a critical planting...

Burma
  • Jun 12, 2008
  • 7 min read

KOSOVO: EULEX ambiguity may spur Kosovo partition

On June 15, the EU rule of law mission, EULEX, is supposed to take over from the UN Mission in...

Kosovo
  • Jun 10, 2008
  • 2 min read

AFGHANISTAN: Donors gear up for Paris conference

State capacity must be improved if development projects are to make progress in Afghanistan, the...

Afghanistan
  • Jun 9, 2008
  • 2 min read

IRAQ/IRAN: Maliki soothes US forces concerns

Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, today told visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki that...

Iraq
  • Jun 3, 2008
  • 6 min read

US/IRAN/UN: Iran's nuclear development remains slow

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Mohamed El Baradei yesterday said that...

United States