The U.N. Security Council called an emergency meeting Monday after world leaders reacted with outrage to North Korea’s latest nuclear test. Pyongyang earlier said it had tested the weapon in an underground explosion, provoking an angry response from the world’s governments.
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North Korea threatened to conduct a nuclear test and more ballistic missile tests if the U.N. Security Council doesn’t withdraw its condemnation...
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A week after North Korea ignored international warnings and launched a long-range rocket, the U.N. Security Council is considering a draft statement &...
- N. Korea orders out nuclear inspectors
The International Atomic Energy Agency said its inspectors left North Korea on Thursday after being ordered out by the reclusive nation. North Korea, ...
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday he did not call for a ban on Facebook during the country’s presidential election.
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French fishermen suspended their blockade at two English Channel ports Thursday, allowing ferry traffic and freight to move through, a ferry operator ...
- Somali leader pleas for help in Islamist fight
Somalia needs international help to fight Islamist extremists battling for power in the lawless Horn of Africa nation, the country’s moderate Is...
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North Korea threatened to conduct a nuclear test and more ballistic missile tests if the U.N. Security Council doesn’t withdraw its condemnation...
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Russia declared an end Thursday to its 10-year anti-terror “operation” in the autonomous republic of Chechnya.
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After a three-hour emergency session Sunday, the United Nations Security Council failed to come to any agreement on how to deal with North Korea’...
- Taliban tighten grip on area outside Islamabad
Taliban militants appeared to be consolidating their control Thursday after this week’s land-grab of a district about 96 kilometers (60 miles) f...
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The U.N. Security Council called an emergency meeting Monday after world leaders reacted with outrage to North Korea’s latest nuclear test. Pyon...
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The Sri Lankan offensive against the faltering Tamil Tiger rebel movement has killed or wounded “significant numbers,” and thousands are t...
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- Five win Security Council seats
Iran and Iceland lost their bids Friday to win two of five rotating member seats on the U.N. Security Council.
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- Libya to sit on Security Council
Four years after renouncing terrorism and abandoning its WMD programs, Libya Tuesday won a two-year term on the U.N. Security Council.
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An emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council concluded Sunday without an official reaction to North Korea’s decision to ignore repeated int...
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The U.N. Security Council is scheduled to hear from a Zimbabwean opposition leader Tuesday on the country’s post-election violence and humanitar...
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North Korea must allow international inspectors to take samples from its main nuclear complex as part of an agreement to verify its past nuclear activ...
- U.N. condemns North Korean rocket launch
The U.N. Security Council on Monday unanimously adopted a declaration condemning North Korea for launching a rocket earlier this month. The statement ...
