IAEA head: Iran hasn’t answered questions on uranium find
VIENNA — Iran has failed to answer questions about the discovery of uranium particles at former undeclared sites in the country, the head of...
Maldives foreign minister elected as UN assembly president
UNITED NATIONS — Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid of the Maldives defeated Afghanistan’s former foreign minister Zalmai Rassoul in an election Monday for the next...
WHO: High vaccination rates can help reduce risk of variants
GENEVA — A top World Health Organization official estimated Monday that COVID-19 vaccination coverage of at least 80% is needed to significantly lower the...
UN: Unprecedented Taliban violence in 2020 carries into 2021
UNITED NATIONS — Taliban insurgents show no sign of reducing the level of violence in Afghanistan to facilitate peace negotiations with the government, and...
UN: Famine is imminent in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. humanitarian chief warned Friday that famine is imminent in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region and the country's north and there...
Crossing points reopen in split Cyprus as virus numbers fall
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Ethnically split Cyprus took a key step toward a return to its normal rhythms of life amid the pandemic on Friday...
US envoy: Syrians face ‘senseless cruelty’ if border is shut
ANKARA, Turkey — The closure of a final humanitarian border crossing into Syrian could cause “senseless cruelty” to millions of Syrians, the U.S. ambassador...
UN urges Yemen’s Houthis to allow examination of oil tanker
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council called on Yemen’s Houthi rebels to quickly allow U.N. experts to examine an oil tanker moored off...
Watchdog: Syria has likely used chemical weapons 17 times
UNITED NATIONS — The head of the international chemical weapons watchdog told the U.N. Security Council that its experts have investigated 77 allegations against...
UN agency withdraws director from Gaza after threats
JERUSALEM — The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says it has recalled its Gaza director after he faced threats over remarks in which he...
