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Washington, 16 July– The United States is ”still hopeful of a diplomatic solution” to the nuclear situation in North Korea, Secretary of State Colin Powell said July 16 during a press availability with German Foreign […]

Salang, 16 July– The principal humanitarian route linking the capital Kabul and northern Afghanistan will be closed for three months for badly-needed reconstruction work ahead of the winter, a government official has told IRIN. The […]

Almaty, 15 July– Kazakhstan launched its first solar energy project in the Kazakh commercial capital of Almaty on Tuesday. Funded by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the move […]

Geneva, 15 July– Small groups of Iraqi refugees are spontaneously crossing back from Iran, as High Commissioner Ruud Lubbers leaves for Iraq to determine when the country may be ready to receive more returning refugees. […]

Islamabad Following an apology from Afghan President Hamid Karzai for the ransacking of the Pakistani embassy in Kabul on Tuesday, government officials, peace activists, Afghan refugees and regional experts have expressed mixed reactions to the […]

Kingston, Jamaica, 2 July– In a message to Caribbean Heads of State gathered in Jamaica to discuss crucial issues affecting the region, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said the United Nations would continue to work in […]

CHAMAN, Pakistan, 30 June — The U.N. refugee agency relocated 800 Afghan refugees to new sites inside Pakistan and Afghanistan on Monday as it began to clear a controversial makeshift camp just inside the Pakistani […]

Moscow, 30 June– The future of U.S.-Russian relations depends ”in large measure” on the ability of the two countries ”to work together in facing the related security threats of terrorism and the proliferation of weapons […]