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Secretary-General urges stronger global development partnership amid declining aid levels

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (second right) launches the MDG Gap Task Force Report 2012.

US, Allies Slam Iran Over Military Aid to Syria

The United States, Britain and France said Thursday that Iran’s supply of weapons to the Assad regime in Syria is unacceptable and must stop. U.N. ambassadors for the three powers also criticized the Islamic Republic for failing to stop enriching...

In Moldova, OSCE Chairmanship representative calls for further progress in Transdniestrian conflict negotiations

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Moldova's Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Iurie Leanca (l) speaking with the representative of the Irish Chair-in-...

Suicide Bombers Kill at Least 15 at Mogadishu Restaurant

At least 15 people were killed Thursday and many more wounded in a suicide bomb attack on a restaurant in the Somali capital. Several journalists were among those killed in the attack.