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North Korea has issued a new military threat against the United States. Also Thursday, Pyongyang’s central broadcasting station sounded an air raid warning.

Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), Nigel Fisher (right), briefs the Security Council.

Refugees from Central African Republic waiting for the food and non food items distribution in Mobayi-Mbongo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

A series of car bombings in the Iraqi capital has killed more than 50 people and wounded at least 200. The attacks come on the tenth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion that toppled the regime of Saddam Hussein.

South Korean authorities are investigating what appears to be a widespread cyberattack after several of the country's broadcasters and financial institutions reported a major failure of their computer networks.

IDPs arrive in Munigi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as fighters loyal to Bosco Ntaganda approached from Goma on 1 March 2013.

Youth Envoy Ahmad Alhendawi briefs reporters in New York via satellite from Dakar, Senegal. Martin Nesirky, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, is at right.

Opening of the Final Conference on The Arms Trade Treaty at UN Headquarters in New York.

An unexplained partial power outage has shut down a crucial cooling system at Japan's tsunami-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.