INVESTIGATORS believe East Timor rebel leader Alfredo Reinado went to the home of the country's president Jose Ramos-Horta to kidnap him but his plan went horribly wrong, it was reported.

A senior U.N. official has told the Security Council that the situation for children caught in conflict is "grave and entirely unacceptable." The top U.N. envoy on the matter claims that 58 groups in 13 ...

Following the attacks, which left Ramos-Horta in a extremely serious condition with gunshot wounds, East Timor's Parliament agreed to impose a state of emergency and restrict civil freedoms.

THE true scale of climate change emissions from shipping is almost three times higher than previously believed, a leaked United Nations study says.

Russia is not planning any punitive measures if Kosovo unilaterally declares independence from Serbia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday.

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The Jordanian government said it would continue to support Iraqi refugees in Jordan despite them costing $2.2 billion over the past three years.

GENEVA : Double amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius has asked world sport's highest court to overturn a ruling that he is ineligible to compete in the Olympics.

LIVERPOOL, England : Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez could be about to take legal action against a British newspaper for reporting that he blamed the club's owners for its failure to challenge for the Premier ...

International and local aid agencies launched a vaccination effort in the Central African Republic to curb an outbreak of meningitis, a U.N. agency said.

ZDNet - The United Nations World Food Program has joined forces with Vodafone Group to work on a standard telecommunications system for aid agencies around the world to improve logistics and response times to disasters. In natural disasters or attacks such ...

International Herald Tribune - That's been the nihilistic Serbian drumbeat ever since United Nations Resolution 1244 of 1999 made clear that a UN-overseen and NATO-protected autonomy in Kosovo would extend only until "a final settlement." Belgrade never wanted to settle. I expect ...

International Herald Tribune - The international military force in East Timor and the government there, along with UN officials, are facing questions about how the country's two top leaders were exposed to attack.

Xinhua News Agency - BRDO, Slovenia, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that U.N. Security Council members would meet to discuss the status of Kosovo on Thursday. Everything should be done to "prevent negative effects," Lavrov ...

International Herald Tribune - The international military force in East Timor and the government there, along with UN officials, are facing questions about how the country's two top leaders were exposed to attack.

International Herald Tribune - The international military force in East Timor and the government there, along with UN officials, are facing questions about how the country's two top leaders were exposed to attack.

International Herald Tribune - Last December, in a sign of his confidence in the capability of local security forces and in his personal safety, Ramos-Horta had requested that foreign police officers and soldiers assigned to the United Nations and international stabilization force ...

PR Inside - UNITED NATIONS (AP) - First word went to a tiny island nation with a big sinking feeling. Tuvalu's cry for help to deal with global warming led off the General Assembly's second consecutive day of talks on climate change Tuesday. Like the ...