MENA News Yemen peace talks set to resume amid shaky ceasefire aya salah Apr 16, 2016 0 A concerted United Nations effort aimed at ending nearly 13 months of war in Yemen sees peace talks resuming on…
Egypt News Cairo defends abstention from UN resolution on peacekeeping sex abuse aya salah Mar 13, 2016 0 Egypt has slammed criticism related to its reservation on supporting a UN Security Council resolution that calls…
Egypt News FAO expert heads to Egypt today, to work on ergot laws Yomna Yasser Mar 13, 2016 0 A U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) expert will arrive in Cairo Sunday to study the effect of ergot…
MENA News Russia wants Syrian border with Turkey closed: Lavrov aya salah Mar 2, 2016 0 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called Tuesday for the closure of Syria's border with Turkey to cut off…
MENA News Syria’s opposition tell UN continued govt truce violation would hamper peace talks aya salah Feb 29, 2016 0 Syria's opposition said that what it called continued violations by the Syrian government and its allies of a…
MENA News Syria ceasefire begins under US-Russia deal aya salah Feb 27, 2016 0 Guns fell silent across Syria on Saturday after a landmark UN-backed ceasefire came into effect, as a special task…
MENA News UN carries out first humanitarian airdrop in Syria aya salah Feb 25, 2016 0 The United Nations on Wednesday carried out its first humanitarian airdrop in Syria to reach thousands of people…
MENA News Pressure builds ahead of deadline for Syria ceasefire aya salah Feb 25, 2016 0 Pressure was building on Syria's warring parties to abide by a partial ceasefire brokered by Moscow and Washington…
Egypt News Egyptian Boutros Boutros-Ghali, first UN chief from Africa, dies Yomna Yasser Feb 16, 2016 0 Egyptian diplomat Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who served one five-year term as secretary general of the United Nations…
Egypt News Egyptian Boutros Boutros-Ghali, first UN chief from Africa, dies Yomna Yasser Feb 16, 2016 0 Egyptian diplomat Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who served one five-year term as secretary general of the United Nations…