UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday recommended bringing Iraq one step closer to ending all U.N. sanctions imposed on Baghdad more than two decades ago after former leader Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait In 1990.Full story
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A new law in Libya that bans anyone linked to Muammar Gaddafi from government, regardless of their part in toppling the long-time leader, is arbitrary, vague and likely to violate civil and political rights, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Full story
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday expressed alarm at the violence in Turkey as confrontations between Turkish security forces and protesters continued after three weeks of demonstrations against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan. Full story
Susan Rice is taking over as Obama’s national security advisor and longtime foreign policy adviser Samantha Power will become the next U.N. ambassador. NBC’s Chuck Todd reports.
Thumbing his nose at the many Republicans who have bashed her in recent months, President Obama named Susan Rice to be his new National Security Adviser today.
Investigators at the United Nations now believe that Syria has used chemical weapons and thermobaric bombs against rebels in recent weeks.
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.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon waves as World Bank President Jim Yong Kim looks on upon their arrival in Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo's war-torn east, May 23, 2013. REUTERS/Jonny Hogg
United Nations (U.N.) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks with children during his visit to a U.N.-run school in Al Zaatri refugee camp, in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria December 7, 2012. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed
A soldier casts a shadow onto a United Nations (U.N.) car during the arrival of peacekeeping soldiers from Austria at the Vienna International airport in Schwechat June 12, 2013. Austria has begun withdrawing peacekeepers from the Golan Heights, winding down a four-decade mission due to spillover fi
United Nations (U.N.) peacekeeping soldiers from Austria stand in an airport bus after they arrived at the Vienna International airport in Schwechat June 12, 2013. Austria has begun withdrawing peacekeepers from the Golan Heights, winding down a four-decade mission due to spillover fighting from the
