United Nations General Assembly

U.N. recognition of Palestinian state ups pressure on Israel to negotiate

2012-11-29 14:08:00

Over the strenuous objections of the U.S. and Israel, the United Nations General Assembly voted today to grant nonmember observer status to a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza. The U.N. action, which was widely anticipated, was largely a...

Who needs reform most: Egypt or America?

2012-09-29 04:00:00

Prior to leaving Egypt for the United Nations General Assembly, Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Morsi told The New York Timesthe United States needs to "fundamentally change" its approach to the Arab world. That includes, he said, showing greater...

Obama goes soft on Iran — again

2012-10-03 04:30:00

After listening to speeches during the opening session of the United Nations General Assembly, I concluded that both U.S. President Barack Obama and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad do not take each other seriously. Mr. Obama repeated his old...

U.N. must act, Bush says, or U.S. will

2002-09-13 00:00:00

UNITED NATIONS - President Bush demanded yesterday that the United Nations act boldly and quickly to disarm Iraq, warning that the international body's reputation was at stake and that yielding to Saddam Hussein's regime could render the United Nations...

Turkey's Erdogan says U.N. must decide on any Syria no-fly zone

2013-05-17 11:42:03

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday it would be up to the U.N. Security Council to decide whether to establish a no-fly zone inside Syria and said he backed the involvement of Russia and China in planned peace...

EDITORIAL: The Benhazi scandal: Obama's buck

2013-05-16 00:14:02

Amid rightful public anger over the planned terrorist attack on the U.S. outpost in Benghazi, Libya, one key player in the ongoing obfuscation has been all but excused from accountability for what he said -- not to select media outlets but to a forum of...

Reuters World News Highlights at 1230 GMT, May 16

2013-05-16 07:43:02

May 16 (Reuters) - KABUL - A suicide bomber in a car attacked a convoy of foreign troops in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 15 people including six Americans, in one of the worst attacks in the Afghan capital in months. - - - - UNITED NATIONS -...

Niger villagers take mass public vow to end female genital mutilation

2013-05-16 08:08:02

* Niger outlawed female genital mutilation in 2003 * Rate at about 2 percent from about 5 percent in late 1990s * Ceremony sponsored by government, NGOs and UNICEF By Abdoulaye Massalatchi MAKALONDI, Niger, May 16 (Reuters) - About 14,000 villagers...

UN condemns Assad's Syrian forces, unease with rebels grows

2013-05-15 10:43:02

UNITED NATIONS, May 15 (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday condemned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces and praised the opposition Syrian National Coalition, but support for the Gulf Arab-drafted declaration was less than a similar...

U.N. condemns Assad forces, but unease grows about rebels

2013-05-15 14:44:02

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly condemned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces and praised the opposition on Wednesday, but a decline in support for the resolution suggested growing unease about extremism among Syria's...

Reuters World News Highlights at 2045 GMT, May 15

2013-05-15 15:02:02

May 15 (Reuters) - WASHINGTON - As Republican lawmakers stepped up their calls for top Internal Revenue Service officials to resign, President Barack Obama planned to meet with Treasury to discuss how to respond to the growing uproar over the IRS's...

Communications cut between Syria and rest of the world

2013-05-15 08:44:02

Internet connections between Syria and all other countries were severed Wednesday for the second time in a week as rebels launched a coordinated assault on the main prison in Aleppo. While Internet may still be running inside the country, "traffic is...

Delegates to the United Nations General Assembly applaud the passage of the first U.N. treaty regulating the international arms trade on Tuesday.

2013-04-02 00:00:00

Delegates to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday applaud the passage of the world body's first treaty regulating the international arms trade.

2013-04-02 00:00:00

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez moments before addressing the United Nations General Assembly on September 20, 2006 at the UN in New York City.

2013-01-11 08:54:57