New UN Ebola chief vows swift response to crisis
The new head of the UN Ebola response team vowed to take swift action on the crisis.
At UN, Argentina's Kirchner slams debt 'vultures'
Argentine President Cristina Kirchner lashed out at "vulture funds" that are pursuing her country for payment on Argentine bonds they hold.
S.Korea leader urges world to 'tear down' Cold War frontier
South Korean President urged the world to help bring down the world's last Cold War frontier with the North.
US companies thinking of expanding their business in Kazakhstan
Foreign Minister Idrissov arrived in NY to attend the 69th session of the UN General Assembly and hold bilateral talks with his foreign counterparts and heads of international organizations.
World greenhouse emissions threaten warming goal: report
Emissions of greenhouse gases are rising so fast that within one generation the world will have used up its margin of safety for limiting global warming.
World will 'change course' on climate at UN summit: envoy
A UN summit on climate change will see the world "change course" and begin to seriously tackle global warming.
Leonardo DiCaprio joins UN climate campaign
Leonardo DiCaprio will address world leaders at a UN climate summit next week as the new "UN messenger of peace" with focus on climate change.
UN Security Council blasts 'heinous' murder of British aid worker
The UN Security Council condemned the "heinous and cowardly murder" of British aid worker David Haines by an Islamic State militant.
Kazakhstan selects 20 people to join UN peacekeeping missions
The country’s Foreign Ministry has sent a note to the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations confirming readiness to send Kazakhstan’s peacekeepers.
UN voices 'serious concern' on human rights in Thailand
The United Nations said it was "seriously concerned" about growing restrictions on human rights activists in Thailand.
Besieged UN peacekeepers in Syria ready to use 'deadly force'
Filipino members of a UN peacekeeping force besieged by Syrian rebels on the Golan Heights are ready to use "deadly force" to defend themselves.
UN chief 'gravely concerned' by Ukraine crisis
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed grave concerns about the intensifying conflict in Ukraine.
CSTO Secretary General meets with Kazakh Minister of Foreign Affairs
Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Nikolai Bordyuzha has met with Yerlan Idrissov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan.
Philippines to repatriate UN troops in Golan, Liberia
The Philippines said it will repatriate over 400 of its troops serving as UN peacekeepers amid security threats and concerns over the Ebola virus.
Ukraine sets conditions for Russian convoy as death toll soars
Ukraine set conditions for letting in Russian aid shipments to rebel-held eastern regions.
UN takes aim at Islamist oil grab in Syria, Iraq
The UN Security Council backed a Russian initiative to bar trade in oil with Islamists in Iraq and Syria.
Cambodia court begins genocide trial of Khmer Rouge leaders
Cambodia's UN-backed Khmer Rouge court began a second trial of two former regime leaders on charges including genocide of Vietnamese people and ethnic Muslims, forced marriages and rape.
US and Europe hit Russia with toughest sanctions yet
The United States and Europe targeted Russia's key financial, arms and energy sectors Tuesday with tough new sanctions in response to Moscow's intervention in the Ukraine crisis.
Deadly Israeli shelling hits UN school as Hamas mulls truce
An Israeli shelling on a UN school in Gaza killed 20 people early Wednesday, medics said, as Palestinian factions were to head to Cairo to discuss a temporary humanitarian ceasefire.
EU to impose new Russia sanctions as fighting blocks MH17 probe
The EU is set to approve punishing sanctions against Russia Tuesday over its role in the Ukraine crisis, after Kiev seized control of part of the MH17 crash site in fighting that blocked an international effort to recover victims' remains.