Politics

Remembering 9/11: FBI Has Evolved in Response to Changing Threats

September 9, 2016

This weekend, the FBI joins the nation in remembering and honoring the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks, which occurred 15 years ago this month.

UN expert calls on Ukraine to step up its efforts to protect the rights of the internally displaced

Photo:The situation in eastern Ukraine remains volatile and continues to have a severe impact on human rights.

Security Council strongly condemns DPRK nuclear test

Photo:A wide view of the Security Council.

Security Council urges warring parties in Yemen to resume talks with UN envoy

Photo: A large ball of fire and plume of smoke – resulting from an air strike that hit a military site on Faj Attan Mountain, Yemen, high above Sana’a, the capital – rises skyward and begins to spread over the city below.

London conference on UN peacekeeping sharpens focus on planning, pledges and performance

Photo:UN delegates from 80 nations gathered at Lancaster House in London for the annual UN Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial. Pictured left to right. UN Under Secretary General Herve Lasdous, Michael Fallon UK Secretary of State for Defence and Atul Khare UN Under Secretary General.

UN food relief agency and partner to roll out €348 million EU cash aid to refugees in Turkey

Photo: Inside the Islahiye camp for Syrian refugees, in Gaziantep Province, Turkey.

Afghanistan: UN aid chief calls for scaled-up support to one million people on the move

Photo:Bish-Bator compound in Afghanistan where around 650 conflict-displaced families live.

State Parties to UN-backed treaty agree to aim for clearance of cluster bombs by 2030

Photo:Deminer at work in Colombia.

At ASEAN-UN Summit, Ban highlights complementarity between world and regional bodies on sustainable development

Photo:Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (fifth from left) poses for a group photo with participants of the eighth summit between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the United Nations (ASEAN-UN Summit), in Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic.

Iraq: UN food relief agency’s supplies reach Qayyarah’s 30,000 people under 2-year siege

Photo:WFP distributes desperately needed food for more than 30,000 people in Qayyarah.