KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban militants launched a large-scale attack involving the United Nations in the center of the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday, sparking a five-hour battle with security forces. Full story
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese insurgents are obstructing a deal to deliver much-needed aid into areas under their control in two Sudanese states where almost a million people have been forced from their homes, the U.N. aid chief said on Thursday. Full story
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Metals swap deals with Iran by Switzerland-based commodities giants Glencore Xstrata and Trafigura could have been a way of skirting international sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program, according to a confidential U.N. Panel of Experts report seen by Reuters on Full story
OUTSIDE EL FASHER, Sudan (Reuters) - About 300,000 people have fled their homes due to a surge in fighting in Sudan's Darfur region this year and are now living in terrible conditions and short of food, the United Nations aid chief said on Wednesday. Full story
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations is receiving increasing reports of the use of chemical weapons in Syria's 2-year-old civil war as the violence escalates, a senior U.N. official said on Wednesday. Full story
The illegal trade in elephant ivory may constitute an important source of funding for armed groups, including the Lord's Resistance Army, threatening peace and security in central Africa, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report to the Security Council. Full story
NBC’s Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel gives MSNBC’s Alex Witt the latest on the situation in Syria. Engel gauges the White House’s reaction to the potential use of chemical weapons. He also reveals the diplomatic difficulties in dealing with Syria.
NBC’s Andrea Mitchell interviews Ambassador Susan Rice at the Women in the World summit about the escalating tensions in North Korea.
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In Part 5 of Hubris: Selling the Iraq War, Rachel Maddow shows how Secretary of State Colin Powell was given flawed evidence to make the case for war with Iraq in front of the entire world with his credibility as collateral.
Former Governor Bill Richardson, D-N.M., talks about the delayed confirmation process for Chuck Hagel, as well as his recent trip to North Korea where he describes the North Korean preference for arms development over economic development as an "unfortunate" choice.
A U.N. peacekeeper escorts U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim during their joint trip to Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo's war-torn east, May 23, 2013. REUTERS/Jonny Hogg
U.N. peacekeepers patrol the streets during the visit of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim to Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo's war-torn east, May 23, 2013. REUTERS/Jonny Hogg
