By Peter Heinlein United Nations 14 December 2006 South Korea's Ban Ki-moon has been sworn in as U.N. secretary-general, and though he has yet to assume his position he is already vowing to restore trust in the world body battered by scandals and di...
By Challiss McDonough Beirut 07 December 2006 Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah addresses supporters on giant screen in downtown Beirut 7 Dec 06 The leader of Hezbollah has vowed that protests in central Beirut will continue until the government cha...
By Benjamin Sand Irbil, Iraq 25 October 2006 Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is promising a major crackdown on illegal militias, which are blamed for widespread sectarian violence. During a nationally televised speech Maliki also sharply reject...
By Bill Rodgers Washington 20 October 2006 A top State Department official says the United States will be assessing whether it will continue to be engaged in the United Nations Human Rights Council - following what the official called a disappointin...
By Lisa Schlein Genava 23 August 2006 The World Food Program says devastating floods that hit Ethiopia earlier this month are continuing to cause problems. The United Nations reports that an estimated 48,000 people have been made homeless and hundre...
By Stephanie Ho Washington 10 July 2006 The U.S. Director of National Intelligence, John Negroponte, says the intelligence community puts high priority on protecting the privacy and civil liberties of Americans. He spoke to business leaders Monday a...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 09 June 2006 The International Labor Organization says progress in eliminating child labor is being made in countries that have the political will to get rid of it. Delegates attending the ILO's annual conference have been ass...
By Stephanie Ho Washington 04 June 2006 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says there will a full investigation into reports that American Marines last November indiscriminately shot and killed...
By Patricia Nunan New Delhi 17 April 2006 Erik Solheim, center, with Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka A top Norwegian envoy facilitating Sri Lanka's peace talks says mediators will continue to talk to repr...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 13 April 2006 Iran's president says he will not halt his country's uranium enrichment program, despite international pressure to do so. U.N. Nuclear Chief Mohamed ElBaradei...