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Government forces and the Taliban clash in Herat, the provincial capital of Herat Province, where the Islamist group has seized many districts. The Taliban also captures adjoining border crossings with Iran and Turkmenistan as the United Nations accuses them of killing a United Nations serviceman yesterday during an attack on a UN compound.
2021-07-31

Ansar Dine, a militant Islamist group linked to Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claims responsibility for yesterday's attack on a United Nations base in Kidal, northern Mali, that killed six UN peacekeepers, all from neighboring Guinea.
2016-02-13

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urges countries to bridge differences ahead of a deadline for a draft of a new global agreement to control international arms sales. Despite this, no agreement is reached. [https:--www.bbc.co.uk-news-world-us-canada-19008740 (BBC)], [http:--www.miamiherald.com-2012-07-27-2916514-un-states-fail-to-reach-global.html ("Miami Herald")]date=August 2019
2012-07-27

The United Nations says detainees from Libya's civil war are being tortured.
2012-01-26

2011 Libyan civil war: A team from the United Nations (UN) arrives in Tripoli to investigate the Libyan government's crackdown on people protesting.
2011-04-27

A United Nations expert panel finds "credible allegations" which, if proven, indicate that war crimes and crimes against humanity were committed both by the Government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE in the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War.
2011-04-16

The Libyan opposition stronghold of Benghazi is bombed by pro-Gaddafi forces despite the declaration of a no-fly zone by the United Nations.
2011-03-19

Al Arabiya reports that the city of Brega has been bombed by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi.
2011-03-4

More defections take place with a Libyan envoy to the United Nations changing sides during a meeting at the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva.
2011-02-25

The United Nations World Food Programme warns that parts of northwest Pakistan are facing urgent food shortages.
2010-08-4