It was a tale of just two economies when the 13th Pyongyang International Trade Fair opened in the North Korean capital on Monday, with two-thirds of the exhibitors domestic firms, and almost all the others Chinese.
Eight sets of progressively tighter United Nations Security Council sanctions imposed on Pyongyang over its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes have left its economyRead more
Somalia’s new president appealed to the international community Thursday for more aid to avert a famine threatening his country that could also undermine fledgling political hopes born in his peaceful election.
“Almost half of our people are facing acute food shortages and about 15 percent are facing famine” amid a severe drought, Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, also known asRead more
The United Nations Security Council has condemned North Korea's test-firing of a new ballistic missile and urged its members to "redouble efforts" to enforce sanctions against the reclusive state.
The 15-member council met on Monday after Japan along with South Korea and the US asked for an urgent meeting. Sunday's launch of the Pukguksong-2 missile violated UN resolutions banningRead more
Islamophobia Observatory of Egypt's Darul Iftaa hailed the United Nations Security Council resolution calling for banning Israeli settlements building in the occupied Palestinian territories.
In a statement on Saturday, the observatory called for pressing Israel to put the resolution into effect in order for the Palestinians to restore their rights to establish an independent Palestinian state with al Quds asRead more
Russia is mulling a response to the recent statements by the Turkish president on Syria, the Russian newspaper Izvestia reported on Wednesday.
If the statements proved to be true, Russia may call for an emergency United Nations Security Council meeting, the paper said.
During a symposium on the Middle East in Istanbul on Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan saidRead more
French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault called on Tuesday for an immediate United Nations Security Council meeting to discuss the situation in the Syrian city of Aleppo, which has been devastated by fighting.
"More than ever before, we need to urgently put in place means to end the hostilities and to allow humanitarian aid to get through unhindered," Ayrault saidRead more
French foreign affairs minister Jean-Marc Ayrault called on Tuesday for an immediate United Nations Security Council meeting to discuss the situation in the Syrian city of Aleppo, which has been devastated by fighting.
“More than ever before, we need to urgently put in place means to end the hostilities and to allow humanitarian aid to get through unhindered,” Ayrault saidRead more
The United Nations Security Council is expressing alarm at reports that Daesh extremists are removing civilians from their homes and relocating them to act as human shields in Mosul, ABC reported.
The council condemned the use of human shields and urged all parties to avoid harming civilians and civilian facilities.
Council members said in a statement Wednesday after their firstRead more
Russia vetoed a French-drafted United Nations Security Council Resolution on Saturday that called for an immediate end to airstrikes over Syria's Aleppo city, Sputnik reported.
This is the fifth time that Russia has vetoed a UN resolution on Syria during the five-year conflict with China joining Moscow in the previous four vetoes, but abstaining from voting on Saturday.
Meanwhile, anotherRead more
Egypt voted yes to the two resolutions, drafted by France and Russia and submitted to the United Nations Security Council, that called for reaching a truce in Syria especially in Aleppo city.
During a UNSC meeting that was held on Saturday, the council failed to approve any of the two resolutions in which Russia vetoed the French resolution while theRead more