Italy becomes first EU state to ratify UN arms treaty
Italy's parliament on Wednesday ratified the UN's Arms Trade Treaty, which is intended to stop arms supplies to countries at ...
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US to sign global treaty on conventional arms trade
US Secretary of State John Kerry will sign the first global treaty to regulate the $80 billion annual trade in ...
Russia tells US it needs UN approval for Syria strike
Arab nations have offered to help pay for any US military intervention in Syria, Secretary of State John Kerry told ...
Turkey to withdraw troops from UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon
Turkey plans to pull out troops from the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon UNIFIL, Turkish and UN sources said Saturday, ...
UN Passes Landmark Arms Treaty
The United Nations has overwhelmingly approved (154-3 with 23 abstentions) a landmark treaty regulating trade in conventional arms. The legally-binding ...
UN Launches Investigation Into Drone Killings
The United Nations is launching a special inquiry into drone strikes and targeted civilian killings. The investigation's main objective is ...
Hackers hit UN atomic agency server, post expert details
The UN atomic agency said Wednesday that hackers had accessed one of its computer servers and posted the contact details ...
Proposed arms treaty gives too many ‘loopholes’: NGOs
The International Red Cross has joined opponents of a draft arms trade treaty out Tuesday that critics said contains only ...
West trying to ‘distort’ Syria deal says Russia
Russia accused the West of seeking to distort an agreement for a political transition in Syria, after international peace envoy ...
North Korea parade’s fake missiles and smuggled Mercedes: UN
North Korea may have put fake versions of a new missile on display at a major military parade this year, ...
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