UN aims to triple Syria observer team next week
By Frank Jordans / AP GENEVA: The United Nations hopes to have…
S.Africa outraged by changes to UN Western Sahara report
UNITED NATIONS: South Africa's United Nations envoy voiced outrage on Tuesday at…
Shelling in Syria as UN monitors begin mission
By Zeina Karam / AP BEIRUT: An advance team of UN observers was…
Syria truce takes shaky hold, Annan presses Syria
By Mariam Karouny and Dominic Evans /Reuters BEIRUT: Syrian troops held their fire…
Syrian military on offensive before truce deadline
By Oliver Holmes and Douglas Hamilton / Reuters BEIRUT: Syria has assured the…
Pope, in Easter message, backs Syria peace plan
By Philip Pullella / Reuters VATICAN CITY: A fatigued-looking Pope Benedict threw his…
Annan says Syria agrees to April 10 peace deadline
By Louis Charbonneau /Reuters UNITED NATIONS: Kofi Annan asked the UN Security Council…
Syria fighting rages, Annan urges immediate ceasefire
DAMASCUS: International envoy Kofi Annan urged Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad to immediately…
Saving the Syrians
By Gareth Evans CANBERRA: Despite the United Nations Security Council’s belated endorsement of…
UN: Egypt’s foot and mouth outbreak could spread
By AP ROME: A UN agency is warning that an outbreak of…