31 May 2015 – The elimination of the world's illicit tobacco trade will not only save millions of lives but also generate billions of dollars in windfall for governments, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) announced today as it marked the 2015 edition of World No Tobacco Day.
Politics
Kathmandu, Nepal, May 31, 2015
As schools throughout Nepal prepare to open for the first time in over a month, it is estimated that close to one million children may not be able to return to their classrooms due to the extensive damage caused by the earthquakes of April 25 and May 12.
GENEVA
Sat May 30, 2015 5:58am EDT
A drought in North Korea could lead to huge food shortages this year, the top U.N. official in the country told Reuters in an interview.
GENEVA
Sat May 30, 2015 5:39pm EDT
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif for six hours on Saturday trying to overcome obstacles to a final nuclear agreement, a month ahead of a deadline for a deal between Tehran and six world powers.
UNITED NATIONS
Sat May 30, 2015 3:53pm EDT
ROME
Sat May 30, 2015 5:40pm EDT
More than 4,200 migrants trying to reach Europe have been rescued from boats in the Mediterranean in last 24 hours, the Italian coastguard said on Saturday.
29 May 2015
•UK Devolution Bill will pave the way for cities and counties around the country to gain new wide-ranging powers over budgets and spending
The largest operational UK military base to be built since the Second World War, Camp Bastion began as a patch of sand with just a few tents in 2005. By 2013 it had transformed in to a 26km2 metropolis - the size of Reading.
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Saturday that Beijing's island-building in the South China Sea was undermining security in the Asia-Pacific but, despite his blunt remarks, the response from Chinese officials was measured.