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UN envoy sees progress in South Sudan amid security concerns
The top UN envoy in South Sudan, Nicholas Haysom, on Monday reported progress in South Sudan and voiced concern over the security situation in the country.
2021-06-22 15:38 -
Hamas chief says meeting with UN delegation on Gaza's humanitarian situation "completely negative"
Yehya Sinwar, leader of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Gaza Strip, said on Monday that his meeting with a UN delegation over Gaza's humanitarian situation was "completely negative."
2021-06-21 22:03 -
Iran talks show positive signal, say officials
"We are closer to an agreement ever than before, but bridging the gaps ... requires decisions by the parties," said senior Iranian nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi, adding that some issues still need to be resolved.
2021-06-21 15:38 -
Iranian negotiator says documents for nuke deal "almost ready": media
Senior Iranian nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday that documents for an agreement on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, commonly known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), are almost ready, official IRNA news agency reported.
2021-06-20 23:02 -
New U.S. nuke envoy in Seoul to discuss stalled nuclear negotiations
The newly appointed U.S. special representative for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) policy, Sung Kim, arrived in Seoul on Saturday for talks with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts. Officials are meeting to initiate a coordinated strategy to resume nuclear diplomacy with Pyongyang.
2021-06-20 19:08 -
World Refugee Day: How many people were displaced amid the COVID-19 pandemic?
"Wars, violence, persecution, and human rights violations" amid the pandemic led to a record high of 82.4 million people being displaced by the end of 2020, according to the latest data from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
2021-06-20 17:54 -
Germany, UN to host Libya peace talks
In the upcoming week, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will host the second Libya conference in Berlin.
2021-06-20 16:49 -
Russia to leave Open Skies Treaty on Dec. 18
The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Friday that the country will officially withdraw from the Treaty on Open Skies on Dec. 18 this year.
2021-06-19 19:17 -
U.S. fails to recognize its own human rights' violations, says senior UN advisor
The United States, instead of recognizing its own violations of human rights, criticizes other countries with "biased" human rights application, a senior United Nations (UN) advisor told Xinhua in a recent email interview.
2021-06-19 16:53 -
Guterres appointed as UN secretary-general for a second term
The UN General Assembly unanimously elected Antonio Guterres to a second term as secretary-general on Friday, giving him another five years at the helm of the 193-member organization beginning on January 1, 2022.
2021-06-18 23:35 -
Lebanese experts slap U.S. for its obsession with aggression, dominance
The recent Group 7 (G7) and NATO summits have laid bare the hypocrisy of Washington, which once again revealed the U.S. obsession with aggression and dominance, Lebanese experts have said.
2021-06-18 22:13 -
U.S. House votes to repeal 2002 Iraq war authorization
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted to repeal the 2002 authorization for the Iraq War, an effort to curb presidential war powers.
2021-06-18 15:36 -
DPRK leader says Pyongyang should prepare for dialogue, confrontation with US
Kim Jong-un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), said here Thursday that his country should get prepared for both dialogue and confrontation with the United States, especially for confrontation, to protect the DPRK's dignity and interests for independent development, the official Korean Central News Agency reported Friday.
2021-06-18 15:32 -
Biden, Putin meet amid high tensions in bilateral ties
As widely predicted, the summit produced limited results, including a joint statement on strategic stability. Experts prefer to regard the meeting as an effort to prevent the confrontation from further escalation, not as a "reset" in bilateral relations.
2021-06-17 20:17 -
S. Korea's nuke envoy to hold talks with U.S., Japanese counterparts
South Korea's top nuclear envoy will hold talks in Seoul next week with U.S. and Japanese counterparts over the Korean Peninsula issues, the South Korean foreign ministry said Thursday.
2021-06-17 17:35 -
Ukraine holds anti-terrorism drills
The coordination group of the anti-terrorist center of Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) carried out large-scale training in the Nikolaev region, south of Ukraine, the agency's press service reported Wednesday.
2021-06-17 15:40 -
White House releases national strategy for countering domestic terrorism
The White House on Tuesday unveiled a national strategy for countering domestic terrorism, which U.S. media said is long overdue and may have a limited effect when implemented.
2021-06-16 15:37 -
NATO summit opens with focus on solidarity after Trump era
Leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), including US President Joe Biden, met at a summit here on Monday in a bid to rebuild solidarity among member states.
2021-06-14 23:10 -
Texas wants to build its own wall on border
With illegal border crossings into the United States at a 20-year high, the governor of Texas wants to build a wall between his state and Mexico.
2021-06-14 23:12 -
Bring multilateralism alive: EU foreign policy chief tells Security Council
Josep Borrell, the foreign policy chief of the European Union, on Thursday called for efforts to bring multilateralism alive.
2021-06-11 08:45 -
France's Macron urges European sovereignty ahead of G7, NATO summits
On the NATO summit next week in Brussels, French President Emmanuel Macron, who said in 2019 that the trans-Atlantic alliance was experiencing "brain death", stressed that "the strategic capability autonomy of Europeans should be recognized."
2021-06-11 08:38 -
U.S. President Biden arrives and holds talks on 'Atlantic Charter' with UK
U.S. President Joe Biden has arrived in the UK ahead of the G7 Leaders Summit.
2021-06-11 08:03 -
Blinken says "hundreds of sanctions" against Iran to remain in place
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday that "hundreds of sanctions" against Iran will remain in place even if Washington and Tehran return to compliance with the nuclear deal.
2021-06-09 09:17 -
UN Security Council endorses Secretary-General Guterres for second term
The UN Security Council on Tuesday endorsed Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for a second five-year term.
2021-06-09 09:15 -
Blinken says unclear if Iran prepared to return to compliance with nuclear deal
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday that it remains unclear if Tehran is willing to take steps to return to compliance with the Iran nuclear deal.
2021-06-08 08:18 -
Iraq vows to work with int'l community to stabilize region, fight terrorism
Iraqi President Barham Salih said Sunday that Iraq is working with the international community to stabilize the region by confronting terrorism and violence as common global challenges.
2021-06-07 08:27 -
Afghan president meets with U.S. peace delegation in Kabul
Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Sunday met with the visiting U.S. inter-ministerial delegation led by Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, the president's office said.
2021-06-07 08:10 -
What's up, Big Brother?
Pentagon runs world's largest 'secrest army' of 60,000 undercover operatives.
2021-06-04 17:55 -
Security Council extends mandate of UN mission in Sudan
United Nations Security Council on Thursday extended the mandate of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) for one year, until June 3, 2022.
2021-06-04 08:09 -
European countries urge explanation on alleged U.S. spying on Merkel
European countries urge explanation on alleged U.S. spying on Merkel.
2021-06-03 14:53 -
Russian parliament approves Open Skies withdrawal bill: RIA
The upper house of Russia's parliament, the Federation Council, on Wednesday approved the withdrawal bill on the Treaty on Open Skies, RIA news agency reported.
2021-06-02 16:43 -
Ukraine has alternative for security before joining NATO: president
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the security guarantees provided by the European Union and the United States could become an alternative to Ukraine's joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the president's press service reported Tuesday on its official website.
2021-06-02 17:45 -
Iran says no "deadlock" in Vienna nuclear talks
The Iranian government on Tuesday said the international talks in Vienna aimed at reviving the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal have not reached a stalemate, semi-official Fars news agency reported.
2021-06-02 10:25 -
Russia updates national security strategy to address new threats
Russia's Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said on Monday that the country's national security strategy is being renewed in light of the changing nature of security threats.
2021-06-01 10:25 -
UN interim force chief reiterates support for Lebanon
Head of Mission and Force Commander of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Stefano Del Col reiterated on Monday the UNIFIL's continued support for Lebanon and its people, according to a statement by the UNIFIL.
2021-06-01 08:49 -
DPRK slams end to U.S. guidelines limiting ROK's missile range
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Monday criticized the recent termination of a pact between the United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK) that capped the development of the ROK's ballistic missiles.
2021-05-31 14:46 -
Danish intelligence service collaborates with U.S. to spy on allies: media
Danish Defense Intelligence Service (FE) has given the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) open internet access to spy on senior politicians of neighboring countries, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Denmark's national broadcaster DR News reported on Sunday.
2021-05-31 11:22 -
UN chief closely follows situation in Mali, calls for release of civilian leaders
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is continuing to monitor the evolving situation in Mali very closely following the detention of civilian leaders by the military, said his spokesman on Tuesday.
2021-05-26 09:07 -
Israel tries in vain to assassinate Hamas military chief: Gaza source
Israeli army had found Hamas military chief on 2 occasions in past 10 days of bombardment in Gaza but failed both, as he escaped just minutes before each operation began, a Gazan source says.
2021-05-19 23:17 -
Afghan president rejects military solution to crisis, calls for political settlement
Afghanistan's President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said Thursday that there is no military solution to the lingering crisis in his country, calling upon the Taliban leadership to give up fighting and support the peace process to find a political settlement.
2021-05-13 23:56