Chemical weapons watchdog urges cooperation in Syria to carry out UN-joint mission
An advance team of the UN and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)...
UN renews pledge to help Haiti overcome cholera epidemic
A nurse prepares re-hydration fluid for patients at a Cholera treatment center in Lester, a...
Obama Open to Budget Talks, Short-Term Debt Deal, But Government Must Reopen First
U.S. President Barack Obama says he is open to broad budget talks and a potential short term debt limit deal. But he says he will not sit down with Republicans while a government shutdown continues and Americans are subject to what he calls "extortion...
UN Urges More Military Force to Confront al-Shabab in Somalia
The top U.N. official for Somalia said more military force is needed to push Islamist militant group al-Shabab out of its remaining strongholds. Such strongholds include the town of Barawe -- the scene of a U.S. Special Forces strike over the weekend...
