Tag: UN

Aung San Suu Kyi has expressed hope that Myanmar will complete its transition to democracy and become a nation of hope AFP Photo / Saul Loeb

Suu Kyi: help us complete path to democracy

Aung San Suu Kyi continues her international tour

Daily News Egypt

September 23, 2012

Each of the ten bands brought a unique sound and feeling to the Peace One Day at Darb 1718 Luiz Sanchez

Then there was Peace; One Day in Cairo

Darb 1718 celebrating Peace One Day

September 23, 2012

Volunteers for the Amr Ibn al-Aass brigade train with rifles on the outskirts of Azaz, in northern Syria AFP PHOTO / MARCO LONGARI

Syrian forces clash on Turkish border

Shots fired between Syrian army and opposition wound civilian in Turkey

September 19, 2012

Syrian rebels help a wounded comrade who survived a Syrian army strike outside a hospital in the northern city of Aleppo on 18 September AFP PHOTO / MARCO LONGARI

Politics Region

Reward offered for capturing Al-Assad

Meanwhile Syrian army reported to have tested chemical weapons

Rana Muhammad Taha

September 18, 2012

Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr (centre), Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi (right), and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu attend a joint press conference after their first high-level meeting on the Syria conflict in Cairo AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI

Politics Region

Egypt, Iran, and Turkey in high level talks over Syria

Saudi Arabia did not send its foreign minister

September 18, 2012

Empty seat of the Syrian delegation at a session of the United Nations Human Right Council in Geneva AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI

Politics Region

Confidential list of Syrian war crime suspects handed to UN

Over 20,000 deaths later, independent UN investigators conclude war crimes have been…

September 17, 2012

Mali’s interim president Dioncounda Traore AFP PHOTO / HABIBOU KOUYATE

Mali and Guinea Bissau discussed at West Africa economic summit

Economic Community of West African States seeking UN approval for intervention

September 17, 2012

Iranian military personnel place a national flag on a submarine during the "Velayat-90" navy exercises in the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran on 3 January 2012 AFP PHOTO / EBRAHIM NOROOZI

Politics Region

Israel and Iran usual War Dance

Multinational armada in the Arab Gulf while Iran tests its defences

Nouran El-Behairy

September 16, 2012

USAID estimates there are roughly 4 million Syrians in need of humanitarian assistance inside the country, with 2 million internally displaced persons. AFP PHOTO/KHALIL MAZRAAWI

Politics Region

Syria’s refugee crisis and ongoing violence set the stage for Brahimi

Refugee crisis in Turkey worsens as Brahimi continues talks in Syria

September 16, 2012

Palestinian Islamists shout slogans during a demonstration against a film mocking Islam in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Helweh near the southern Lebanese city of Sidon AFP PHOTO/MAHMOUD ZAYYAT

Reactions to Innocence of the Muslims

Egypt, US, and UN call for calm, while Iran and Al-Qaeda threaten

Rana Muhammad Taha

September 15, 2012