United Nations

Thursday 24 May 2012

SCOTS drugs expert Dr Neil McKeganey has won a prestigious award for his contribution to research and policy in tackling illegal substances.

Syrian police kill two rebels as UN monitors enter town

Wednesday 23 May 2012

SYRIAN police killed two people yesterday when they opened fire on a crowd that came out to welcome United Nations observers in the eastern province of Deir al Zor, a rebel official said.

Change Nato to UN peacekeeping force

Wednesday 23 May 2012

The Nato conference in Chicago is more a presidential election contrivance rather than any critical strategic knocking of heads ("PM reaffirms Afghan pull-out date", The Herald, May 22).

Sudan frees four foreign detainees

Monday 21 May 2012

Sudan has released four people, including a British man, detained near the border with South Sudan after weeks of heavy clashes between the two African neighbours.

UN convoy missed by bomb blast

Monday 21 May 2012

A roadside bomb exploded yesterday about 500 feet from a United Nations convoy carrying the head of a Syria ceasefire monitoring mission and a senior UN official in the town of Douma.