US ends funding for UN Palestinian refugee agency
AFP | The United States announced it was halting funding for the United Nations' agency for Palestinian refugees Friday after declaring the organization was irredeemably...
100 years since his birth, S.Africa pays tribute to Mandela
AFP | South Africa on Wednesday marked 100 years since Nelson Mandela's birth, with Barack Obama hosting a youth leadership project as Archbishop Desmond Tutu...
Syria to head UN’s body for disarmament, an ironical twist
News Analysis | In a paradox, Syria has been appointed as the head of the United Nations-backed disarmament body as the result of the rotation...