U.S. responds to strike threat
74 days ago
The threat from the North Koreans came ahead of a unanimous vote in the U.N. Security Council approving its toughest sanctions yet on the North in response to an atomic test last month.
UK hosts Friends of Yemen meeting in London
75 days ago
British Foreign Secretary William Hague has warned that any attempt to disrupt elections in Yemen will be met with a "serious" response from the United Nations Security Council.
NKorea vows to cancel Korean War cease-fire
77 days ago
North Korea's Korean People's Army Supreme Command made the statement Tuesday amid reports that Washington and North Korean ally Beijing have approved a draft of punishing resolutions that is...
US lawmakers push for tougher NKorea sanctions
77 days ago
Lawmakers are pushing for tougher U.S. financial restrictions on North Korea even as the U.N. Security Council moves closer to a new resolution tightening international sanctions in response to...
Syria protests Israel's approval for oil drilling
82 days ago
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UN removes Osama bin Laden from sanctions list
83 days ago
The U.N. Security Council committee monitoring sanctions against the terrorist group approved the deletion on Feb. 21, according to their website.
Somalia urges UN to lift arms embargo
95 days ago
Iran's U.N. Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee, in a letter to the Security Council obtained Thursday by The Associated Press, said the allegations were part of a "malicious campaign."
Iran denies transferring arms to Somali militants
95 days ago
Iran's U.N. Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee said in a letter to the U.N. Security Council obtained Thursday by The Associated Press that the allegations in a report by experts monitoring sanctions...
Report: North Korea upgrading rocket launch site
95 days ago
A successful satellite launch in December, and a nuclear test on Tuesday, both in defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions, have intensified concern that North Korea is moving toward its...
U.N. condemns North Korea nuclear test, but no clear answer to what happens now
97 days ago
Meeting in New York, the U.N. Security Council condemned the test, calling it "a clear threat to international peace and security."