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Barack Obama has accused Congress of holding back the US economic recovery by blocking "common sense" measures he said would create jobs.
A Republican plan to break a congressional deadlock over raising the US debt limit has stumbled amid delays and a revolt by fiscal conservative.
About 5 400 women have reported being raped this year in one province of the DRC, the UN said on Tuesday.
The UN Human Rights Council has endorsed a report that accused Israel of war crimes in Gaza, passing a resolution that singled it out for censure.
About 150 nations met in Geneva on Monday to discuss how to plug gaps in climate information to help the world cope with global warming.
Teaching new mothers how to breastfeed could save 1,3-million children’s lives every year, the WHO said on Friday.
Thousands of Somalis are prepared to risk their lives for the chance to be smuggled into Yemen, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) expects mineral exporting countries to suffer from China’s slowdown, whose full effects may not yet be felt.
World economic leaders called on commercial banks to step up lending to revive an economy pitched into recession.
The appointment was met with surprise and disbelief by a range of sources in the criminal justice sector.
Countries should be ready for more serious H1N1 flu infections and more deaths from the newly discovered virus, the WHO said on Friday.
The H1N1 flu strain is spreading fast in Japan, the WHO said on Monday, and ministers and top officials in Geneva discussed how to fight pandemic flu.
Diplomats at the UN sought on Tuesday to advance an anti-racism declaration and brush off comments from Iran’s president that prompted a walkout.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad prompted a walkout from his speech to a UN racism summit on Monday when he accused Israel of racism against the Palestinians.
Sri Lankan forces are holding back their strength against Tamil Tiger rebels to comply with international rules of war, a minister said on Monday.
Hundreds of people rallied in Geneva and Davos on Saturday to protest against the World Economic Forum.
Repairing the giant particle collider built to simulate the ”Big Bang” could cost up to -million.
The UN Human Rights Council on Monday condemned abuses against civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
China defended itself against allegations of torture before a UN watchdog on Monday, saying it had ”zero tolerance” for abuses in its police stations.
The World Health Organisation’s 193 member states on Saturday overcame their deep divisions over intellectual property rules and endorsed a strategy to help improve…
