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The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the principal organs of the United Nations and is charged with the maintenance of international peace and security.
Read More at Wikipedia ›Negotiations between two rebel groups in Mali's north, who signed an initial agreement to merge and create a new Islamic state in the region, have run into problems over the imposition of Shariah law and the influence of an al-Qaeda-linked group, representatives from both groups said Wednesday.
The National Movement for the Liberation of the Azawad, a separatist group fighting for independence, and Ansar Dine, whose fighters want to impose an extreme form of Islam, took over the northern half Mali in late March when a coup in the distant capital, Bamako, caused disorder in the country.The two groups had often fought together against government soldiers before March, but there has been rivalry between them since they gained control of major towns. Fighters have occupied different parts of each city and sometimes compete for whose flag should fly over key buildings.On Saturday, the two groups came to an agreement in principle to merge and create a transitional council and an army of the "...While Syria is blaming rebel fighters for a weekend massacre in Houla, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says he doesn't see the U.S. taking military action without the...
With as little public notice as possible, the United Nations Security Council plans to hold a summit meeting next week to significantly boost its role as a global mi...
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Monday to extend its political mission in Libya with a mandate to support the government in promoting democracy, restorin...
The previously divided U.N. Security Council sent a strong and united message to the Syrian government and opposition on Wednesday to immediately implement proposals...
The U.N.'s top human rights official warned Friday that all-out civil war could engulf Syria unless countries that have backed international envoy Kofi Annan's peace...
Russia wants to help U.N. envoy Kofi Annan achieve "positive results" and prevent an all-out civil war in Syria, President Vladimir Putin said in Germany on Friday.M...
International Criminal Court judges said Friday that Libya doesn't have to hand over Muammar Qaddafi's son, pending a ruling on Tripoli's challenge to the court's ri...
France's president said Friday that only the departure of Bashar Assad would end the violence in Syria, saying his regime had acted in an "intolerable way."Francois ...
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Syria Thursday to stop its attacks, saying U.N. observers monitoring the cease-fire were not there to watch the killing ...
Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., told Fox News he thinks the White House is moving closer to getting involved to halt the bloodshed in Syria, but added "the administrati...
The U.S. is heaping new pressure on Russia to change course and support international action in Syria, warning that intransigence by Moscow may lead to open civil wa...
President calls for India to be on U.N . Security Council
Diplomats say the U.N. Security Council will hold an emergency meeting Sunday afternoon to discuss the recent massacre in the Syrian town of Houla that left more tha...
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Nigeria this weekend as the West African nation assumes the rotating presidency of the United ...
The U.N. Security Council on Sunday blamed the Syrian government for attacking residential areas of the town of Houla with artillery and tank shelling and also conde...
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday to impose sanctions on the leaders of last month's military coup in Guinea-Bissau and key supporters, demanding th...
The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to impose sanctions on the leaders of last month's coup in Guinea-Bissau and key military officers preventing the ret...
They did it again.North Korea's latest missile launch is a "provocation, threat to international stability, and another violation of United Nations Security Council ...
The United Nations Security Council approved a resolution Thursday evening authorizing a no-fly zone over Libya and other military action against Libya, as the Obama...
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