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Topic: UN Security Council

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February 22, 2013
10:05 pm

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, at UN Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, June 30 (photo credit:AP/Martial Trezzini, Keystone)

Russia-US spat dooms UN statement on Damascus bomb

Sniping between Moscow and Washington over Syria does not augur well for upcoming meeting between foreign ministers

February 22, 2013
7:59 am

Syrian fire fighters extinguish burning cars after a huge explosion that shook central Damascus on Thursday (photo credit: AP/SANA)

UNSC fails to pass resolution on Syria attacks

US and Russia blame each other for impasse; Russian diplomat says US reluctance encourages terror attacks

By Yoel Goldman and AP

February 18, 2013
6:22 pm

North Korean army officers and soldiers attend a rally at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, in February. (photo credit: AP/Jon Chol Jin)

EU approves tighter sanctions on North Korea

From the web European effort to limit regime’s ability to build nuclear missile program comes on heels of third nuke test since 2006, Reuters reports

February 16, 2013
2:20 am

Washington seeks tougher sanctions on N. Korea

Following Tuesday’s nuclear test, Pyongyang threatens further, unspecified measures of ‘greater intensity’

By Matthew Pennington

February 16, 2013
1:05 am

Yemenis attend a pro-election rally in Sanaa, Yemen, in February 2012 (photo credit: AP/Hani Mohammed)

UN warns Yemen’s ex-leaders of possible sanctions

Former president and vice president accused of meddling in the country’s democratic transition

February 15, 2013
2:50 am

Iran's ambassador to the UN, Mohammad Khazaee (photo credit: screen capture YouTube/CBS)

Tehran denies transfer of weapons to Somali militants

Iranian UN envoy calls experts’ report an ‘absurd fabrication’

February 14, 2013
11:24 pm

Mourners walk past open graves at a cemetery during a funeral for four people killed in a raid by government forces in a neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, April 7, 2012 (photo credit: AP)

Kerry says 90,000 killed in Syria

Figure, cited by Saudi foreign minister, is well beyond 70,000 estimated by UN human rights chief earlier this week

By Philip Podolsky and AP

February 14, 2013
7:54 am

South Korean army soldiers patrol by the national flags and ribbons, wishing for the reunification of the two Koreas, attached on the barbed-wire fence at the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Lee Jin-man)

Kerry: Response to N. Korea will send Iran message

Nations must settle on ‘swift, clear, strong and credible response’ to Pyongyang’s third nuclear test, secretary of state says

By Matthew Pennington

February 13, 2013
11:42 am

Anatoly Isaikin, the head of Russia's state arms trader Rosoboronexport, speaks at a news conference in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, February 13, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Russian state arms dealer to continue shipments to Syria

Rosoboronexport director says sales of defense weapons to Assad regime not prohibited by the UN

By Vladimir Isachenikov

February 13, 2013
3:20 am

Smoke rises from the Aleppo International Airport earlier this month (photo credit: AP/Aleppo Media Center AMC)

Syrian rebels advance on Aleppo airport

Captured airfield on perimeter houses regime fighter jets used in airstrikes on rebel-held areas

February 13, 2013
12:34 am

Ron Prosor addressing the Security Council in November (photo credit: screen grab http://webtv.un.org)

UN envoy urges EU to add Hezbollah to terror list

Be brave like Richard, not blind like Napoleon, Ron Prosor says at UN Security Council

By Ilan Ben Zion

February 12, 2013
8:28 pm

A man carries a body among ruins in the Syrian city of Aleppo, Sunday (photo credit: Aleppo Media Center AMC/AP)

Syria death toll is probably near 70,000, UN says

Organization’s human rights chief says almost 10,000 people killed in recent weeks

By AP and Times of Israel staff

February 12, 2013
6:40 am

A South Korean man watches TV news showing file footage of North Korea's nuclear test at the Seoul train station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 12 (photo credit: AP /Lee Jin-man)

Obama calls for international action after North Korea nuke test

Security Council to hold emergency meeting after Pyongyang defies UN orders by detonating nuclear device

February 10, 2013
8:46 am

Yemen minister says Iran behind weapons seized from ship

Investigation underway after discovery of arms destined for local insurgents; ‘Iran continues to defy the international community,’ says US State Department

February 6, 2013
5:26 am

A US nuclear-powered submarine, is docked before South Korea and US joint military exercises, at Jinhae naval base, South Korea, February 1 (photo credit: AP/Yonhap)

Kerry warns of punishment for N. Korea nuclear test

Pyonyang may simultaneously conduct multiple nuclear tests as it tries to create a warhead small enough to fit atop a long-range missile, says South Korea’s president

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