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The Ukrainian capital Kyiv is hosting the last round of negotiations on the Transdniestrian settlement under the Ukrainian OSCE Chairmanship, on 25-26 November 2013.

President Barack Obama has defended the nuclear deal world powers struck with Iran, calling it the "right thing" for security.

Anti-government protesters continued to occupy key state buildings in Bangkok on Tuesday after the government expanded an emergency security law amid fears of unrest.

Weapons being destroyed in a foundry in Chisinau, 20 November 2013.

Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, UN Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, holds a discussion with two young participants.

Iran's nuclear agreement with world powers has drawn strong criticism from Israel and silence from its main Gulf rival, Saudi Arabia.

In an historic decision, Afghanistan’s assembly of tribal and community elders, the Loya Jirga, overall approved a multi-page Bilateral Security Agreement with the United States. But it is still unclear when the deal will be signed.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed an interim agreement reached regarding Iran's nuclear programme and urged the Governments concerned to do everything possible to continue negotiations.

In Pakistan, some 10,000 or more people protesting U.S. drone strikes blocked a NATO supply route into Afghanistan Saturday.

Iranian and international negotiators have reached agreement on first steps to curtail Iran's nuclear program and ease economic sanctions, after four days of marathon high-level negotiations in Geneva that ended after 2 o'clock Sunday morning.