The United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, a global chemical weapons watchdog group, have finished up their confidential report on the use of chemical weapons by the government of Syria as well as the Islamic State in 2014-2015. The UN and OPCW have concluded in their year-long investigation, that both […]
The United Nations Security Council remains divided over how to respond to North Korea’s increasingly provocative missile tests, while Japan and South Korea continue to face opposition at home and abroad for pursuing more aggressive military policies. The 15-member Security Council on Wednesday met at the request of Japan and the United States after North Korea […]
VIENNA—The five-year-old war in Syria was the focus of diplomats Tuesday in Vienna where the 17-nation International Syria Support Group (ISSG) met to discuss stalled political talks, difficulties in maintaining a cease-fire deal and uneven U.N. results in delivering humanitarian aid. The cease-fire, which went into effect at the end of February, brought a dramatic […]
SEOUL—North Korea’s defiant and accelerated efforts to develop an advanced nuclear arsenal have not been deterred, so far, by the tough new United Nations sanctions imposed in March. The latest infraction of U.N. resolutions banning Pyongyang’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs occurred Thursday, when the North attempted another intermediate range ballistic missile launch. But the […]