STORY: Thailand cut power supply, fuel and internet to some border areas with Myanmar on Wednesday. It’s an attempt to choke scam syndicates operating out of there that have become a growing security concern. Scam compounds in Southeast Asia are suspected to have entrapped hundreds of thousands of people in illegal online and telecom operations, […]
By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s authorities investigating last month’s Jeju Air plane crash have submitted a preliminary accident report to the U.N. aviation agency and to the authorities of the United States, France and Thailand, an official said on Monday. The investigation into the deadliest air disaster on the country’s soil remains […]
A surge in gang violence over the past two weeks has led international aid organizations to rethink their staff levels in Haiti.
The action could lead to sanctions against Tehran, which has barred international monitoring of its accelerated uranium enrichment efforts.
The United States, which has blocked four other resolutions, said it vetoed the most recent version because it did not make the release of hostages a precondition for a truce.
UNRWA, the main U.N. agency aiding Palestinians, said its drivers were forced at gunpoint to unload supplies in what it called one of the worst such incidents of the war.
U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701 was intended to create a buffer zone between Israel and Hezbollah. Here’s a look at why it didn’t and what lies ahead in efforts to end the conflict in Lebanon.
U.N. Peacekeeping Force in Southern Lebanon Will remain, U.N. Official Says
Some of the sharpest criticism about a lack of sufficient assistance in the enclave came from Israel’s allies, including the United States.
