Zimbabwe’s government and the country’s main opposition party were holding talks in a bid to ease its political crisis
AP - Members of the U.N.’s new human rights watchdog formally agreed Tuesday to continue their scrutiny of Israel while halting investigations into Cuba and Belarus — a move that immediately drew fire from Canada and the United States.
Reuters - Ice-breaking talks over the
disputed Western Sahara were set to end on Tuesday with U.N.
mediators expected to propose further rounds in what the world
body said were "very difficult" negotiations.
General Petraeus’s drive against Sunni militants has got off to a much
quicker start than past ones. But its success will depend on intelligence
The imminent closure of Lambs may be the price paid for a game’s failure to attract TV coverage
AP - The U.N. Security Council has given a green light to U.N. investigators to help probe last week’s killing of an anti-Syrian lawmaker in a massive car bombing in Beirut.
AP - People fleeing Iraq have swelled the ranks of the world’s refugees, reversing a five-year decline, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday.
AP - Iran’s U.N. ambassador complained in a letter circulated Monday that the Security Council has done nothing to stop Israel’s “unlawful and dangerous threats” against his country.
AP - The chief U.N. war crimes prosecutor said Monday the remaining fugitive leaders from the Bosnian war are within Serbia’s reach and the failure to apprehend them is “a permanent stain” on the tribunal.
AP - Syria’s U.N. ambassador on Monday dismissed rumors of secret Syrian-Israeli talks and reiterated Damascus’ call for Israel to resume peace negotiations that stalled seven years ago.
