YANGON, Poppy McPherson (dpa)- Human Rights Watch on Monday called for new sanctions and an arms embargo on the Myanmar military, which has been accused of violent actions against the Rohingya Muslim...

BAGHDAD, Kadhem al-Attabi (dpa)– Iraq's Supreme Court on Monday ordered the suspension of an independence referendum in the autonomous region of Kurdistan, as the stand-off between Baghdad and Erbil...

NEW YORK (dpa)- Making the UN "fit for purpose" will dominate Donald Trump’s first day at his debut General Assembly in New York on Monday. Trump chose UN reform as the theme of a traditional...

BAGHDAD, Kadhem al-Attabi and Khalil Hamlo (dpa) - Iraqi forces on Saturday claimed control of a western town near the Syrian border from Islamic State, hours after they started a major offensive...

SEOUL (dpa)- The United States and South Korea agreed on Sunday to increase the pressure on North Korea, following the latter's latest missile test. US President Donald Trump and South Korean...

ISTANBUL (dpa) - An independence referendum organized by Kurds in northern Iraq would be a key issue at Turkey's meetings at the United Nations, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday as he set...

BERLIN/VIENNA, Robin Powell and Albert Otti (dpa) - UN chief Antonio Guterres has said that Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has one "last chance" to stop the refugee crisis in the west of the...

ERBIL, Resala Sharkani (dpa)- The parliament of Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan voted Friday in favour of holding an independence referendum, which is set for September 25. Sixty-five members...

NEW YORK, Christina Horsten (dpa)- Some 200 representatives from member countries and international organizations are travelling to New York for the UN General Assembly. For many, the gathering is a...