Syria says does not trust chemical weapons claims by U.S., Britain
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria urged the United Nations on Tuesday to send scientists to investigate its claim of a chemical attack by rebels in Aleppo, but said it does...
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Syria access essential for credible chemical weapons inquiry: U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said on Monday that investigators have been gathering and analyzing available information on alleged chemical weapons attacks in Syria, but access to...
United Nations says Syria conflict a humanitarian catastrophe
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syrian families have been burned in their homes, people bombed waiting for bread, children tortured, raped and murdered and cities reduced to rubble in Syria's two-year-old...
Babies as young as six months victims of rape in war: U.N. envoy
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - In her first seven months as U.N. envoy on sexual violence in conflict, Zainab Hawa Bangura has visited a Congolese district where rebels raped babies, and...
Congo army battalion accused of mass rape U.S. trained: U.N. envoy
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - An army battalion in the Democratic Republic of Congo, some of whose members have been accused of mass rape, was trained by the United States, a...
Egypt warns giving women some rights could destroy society
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Egypt's ruling Muslim Brotherhood warns that a U.N. declaration on women's rights could destroy society by allowing a woman to travel, work and use contraception without...
U.N. tweaks Libya arms embargo amid concern over spread of weapons
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Thursday made it easier for Libya to obtain non-lethal equipment such as bulletproof vests and armored cars, but expressed concern at...
Iran, Russia, Vatican threaten to derail U.N. women’s rights appeal
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - An "unholy alliance" of Iran, Russia, the Vatican and others is threatening to derail a U.N. declaration urging an end to violence against women and girls...
U.N. hopes to retrieve peacekeepers from Syrian rebels on Saturday
BEIRUT/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations hopes to retrieve 21 peacekeepers from Syrian rebels on Saturday during a two-hour truce agreed to by Syrian troops and opposition groups after...
U.N. threatens to stop working with Congo army units accused of rape
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo has threatened to stop supporting two Congolese army battalions unless soldiers accused of raping scores of...