The Latest: UN chief opens meeting on refugee crisis
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The latest developments from the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, where world leaders are grappling with a multitude of global crises, including the fight...
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The latest developments from the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, where world leaders are grappling with a multitude of global crises, including the fight...
View Article"Relations Between Russia And The United States Are At A Fairly Low Level"
By Vladimir Putin Vladimir Putin answered questions from Russian journalists following his participation in the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly. President of Russia Vladimir Putin:...
View ArticleWorld leaders at UN lay out sharply different views on Syria
Vladimir Putin played it cool, Barack Obama was earnest but firm and Iran's president walked in smiling. World leaders glided through the opening day of a U.N. gathering Monday that aims to wrestle...
View Article'Check your enthusiasm at the door' -- Netanyahu to U.N. on Iran deal
U.N. and Netanyahu Timothy A. Clary / AFP/Getty Images Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Oct. 1. (Timothy A....
View ArticlePutin, Obama Meet On Syria, But Sharp Disagreements Remain
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View ArticleIsrael's Netanyahu continues to protest Iran nuclear deal in U.N. speech
UNITED NATIONS — In an impassioned speech interspersed with bouts of dramatic silence, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday condemned the Iran nuclear deal as empowering Tehran to...
View Article28 September 2015 In UN speech, South African President calls for reform of...
(Source: United Nations Security Council) 28 September 2015 - In his address to the United Nations General Assembly today, South African President Jacob Zuma stressed on reforming and restructuring of...
View ArticleObama engages Iranian foreign minister in historic handshake at UN
Handshake is the first between a US president and Iran’s top diplomat since 1979 and could signal better relations even as Iranian hard-liners appear bothered...
View ArticleWorld news in one minute: Find out what happened around the world on 29...
UNITED NATIONS-SUMMIT UNITED NATIONS — President Barack Obama pledges all possible tools — military, intelligence and economic — to defeat the Islamic State group, but acknowledges the extremist group...
View Article28/09/2015 In UN speech, South African President calls for reform of Security...
(Source: United Nations General Assembly) 28 September 2015 - In his address to the United Nations General Assembly today, South African President Jacob Zuma stressed on reforming and restructuring of...
View ArticleFind out what happened around the world on 29 September
UNITED NATIONS-SUMMIT UNITED NATIONS — President Barack Obama pledges all possible tools — military, intelligence and economic — to defeat the Islamic State group, but acknowledges the extremist group...
View ArticleHow the Nuclear Deal Will Give a Huge Boost to Iran's Reformists
When future generations of Iranians and Americans look back at the deal with Iran over its nuclear program in Vienna in July, they will certainly consider it a victory for dialogical diplomacy and...
View ArticleIran news agency reports Obama, Iranian FM shook hands at UN
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian news agency says President Barack Obama and Iran's foreign minister shook hands when they ran into one another on the sidelines of the U.N. General...
View ArticleShould U.S. swap Iranian prisoners for Americans?
(CNN)One of the most controversial aspects of the Iran nuclear accord has been the fate of four American prisoners in Iran. Republican critics of the deal have lambasted President Barack Obama for...
View ArticleDavid Cameron: Russia and Iran will not accept Syria without Assad
Hassan Rouhani and Vladimir Putin’s view puts them miles apart from UK and US on ending conflict, prime minister tells CBS...
View ArticleObama, Putin clash over differences on Syria's future
UNITED NATIONS — U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin sharply disagreed Monday over the chaos in Syria, with Obama urging a political transition to replace the Syrian...
View ArticleIsrael says won't allow Iran to join "nuclear weapons club"
By Louis Charbonneau and Hugh Bronstein UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the United Nations on Thursday that his country would not allow Iran "to break in, to...
View ArticleRouhani’s UN speech challenged US bluffs on Syria: Analyst
Press TV has conducted an interview with E. Michael Jones, an editor with the Culture Wars online magazine from Indiana, to get his take on Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s warning on the threat of...
View ArticleCuba’s Castro lashes out at superpowers in 1st UN address
UNITED NATIONS — Cuban leader Raul Castro used his first speech before the United Nations General Assembly to lash out at the international body, saying Monday that member states have failed to produce...
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