Turkey fumes at UN Cyprus extension
Turkey has criticised the UN Security Council for extending the mandate of its peacekeeping force on Cyprus, saying it ignored…
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France refuses to share Security Council seat
France’s Foreign Ministry has rejected a suggestion by Germany’s finance minister to turn its UN Security Council seat into a…
Salvini under investigation over migrants
Italy’s controversial interior minister, Matteo Salvini, is being investigated for his role in preventing migrants rescued in the Mediterranean Sea…
Srebrenica boss cleared of war crimes
A former Bosnian-Muslim commander Naser Oric has been cleared of war crimes by a court in Sarajevo. Oric and another…
Students dodge Uzbek cotton harvest
Human Rights Watch (HRW) says that Uzbekistan has recalled some students from forced labour in its notorious cotton fields, but…
UN slams Crimea occupation
Russia has committed “multiple and grave” human rights abuses in Crimea since the 2014 occupation, the United Nations said. It…
Russia UN envoy, 64, dies
Former president Dmitry Medvedev presents state decorations to Vitaly Churkin. Source: Kremlin Vitaly Churkin, Russia’s ambassador to the UN, has…
Russia vetoes UN resolution on Srebrenica massacre
Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Russia has vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that described the massacre of Muslims in the Bosnian…