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Ahmadinejad slams West's 'nuclear intimidation' Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the West and Israel of nuclear "intimidation" on Wednesday, after US President Barack Obama vowed to halt Tehran's alleged weapons program.

28 September 2012

British minister predicts long showdown over Assange Britain and Ecuador face a prolonged showdown over the asylum bid by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in the South American nation's London embassy.

28 September 2012

New York, New York - Ahmadinejad bids farewell Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he would have fond memories of his annual trips to New York, as he wrapped up his last trip to the Big Apple as his country's leader.

27 September 2012

Obama eyes US voters in Arab Spring defense President Barack Obama delivered an unapologetic defense of American values and his under-fire Arab Spring policy, speaking to US voters from a world stage at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday.

27 September 2012

Muslim leaders challenge Obama defense on anti-Islam film Muslim leaders demanded international action to stop religious insults in a challenge to US President Barack Obama's defense of freedom of expression at the UN General Assembly.

26 September 2012

Iran's president says backing gays is for 'capitalists' Supporting homosexuality is the stuff of hardline capitalists who do not care about real human values, Iran's president said Monday.

25 September 2012

Obama to lead international assault on Syria at UN US President Barack Obama will lead Western demands for action on the Syrian civil war at the start of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday.

25 September 2012

Syria aircraft pound rebels as they claim control Regime aircraft hammered insurgent bastions nationwide on Sunday as rebels said they now control most of the country and have moved their command centre from Turkey to "liberated areas" inside Syria.

25 September 2012

Emerging powers press rich nations on emissions cuts Brazil, China, India and South Africa urged industrialized nations to commit to deeper cuts in greenhouse gas emissions at a United Nations meeting later this year.

23 September 2012

Kazakhstan is calling Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security organizations to interact Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev is advocating a platform for Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security cooperation.

18 September 2012

Syria clashes rage, UN deplores 'gross' rights abuses UN officials have denounced gross human rights violations by both sides in Syria, as fighting rages in the second city Aleppo with the army claiming to have secured much of a strategic district.

18 September 2012

Rebels say Syria envoy's mission doomed Fighting raged in Syria's two biggest cities on Sunday as UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi ended his first visit to the country on a peace mission a rebel commander said was doomed to fail.

18 September 2012

Africa, South Asia lag in boost to global child health The global mortality rate for young children has been nearly halved in the past two decades, but Africa and South Asia have not kept pace.

13 September 2012

World water crisis must be top UN priority: report A rapidly worsening water shortage threatens to destabilize the planet and should be a top priority for the UN Security Council and world leaders.

12 September 2012

OIC tours unrest-hit western Myanmar: official Members of an influential Islamic body have visited Myanmar's Rakhine state, a government official said Tuesday, to survey fallout from deadly sectarian unrest between Buddhist and Muslim communities.

11 September 2012

West seeks to pressure Iran at IAEA Western countries will seek to turn the screw further on Iran at a meeting of UN atomic agency board of governors from Monday following the watchdog's latest damning report on Tehran's nuclear programme.

10 September 2012

Somalia lawmakers to vote for new president Somalia's parliament votes Monday for a new president in what the UN has described as a historic election for the war-torn nation, which has lacked an effective central government for decades.

10 September 2012

New peace envoy says Syria death toll 'staggering' New UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has said the death toll in Syria is "staggering" and the destruction "catastrophic" and called for a united stance from the international community.

05 September 2012

World not giving Iran nuclear 'red line': Israel PM Israel's prime minister has accused the international community of failing to draw a "clear red line" for Iran over its nuclear programme, after a UN report found Tehran had doubled its capacity at a nuclear site.

03 September 2012

UN nuclear report wrongfoots Iran summit: analysts Iran's hopes of boosting its international prestige by hosting a Non-Aligned summit this week were tripped up by a critical new UN nuclear watchdog report.

01 September 2012

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