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In this Friday, Aug. 8, 2014 file photo, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, speaks as Afghan presidential candidates Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, center, and Abdullah Abdullah listen during a joint press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo)

UN threatens to cut Afghanistan aid if election staff harassed

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 13, 2014 | World

Kabul, Reuters&#;The United Nations threatened on Saturday to cut aid to Afghanistan if its staff are harassed, responding to tensions surrounding its participation in a drawn-out and bitter investigation into fraud in the still-unresolved presidential election....

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A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on February 1, 2014 shows residents of Syria’s besieged Yarmuk Palestinian refugee camp, south of Damascus, receiving food parcels from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). (AFP Photo/HO/SANA)

Opinion: The UN can and must do more

by Bakir Oweida | Feb 13, 2014 | Opinion

The image of the ration card issued by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) remains fresh in my memory. The card was blue in color and its borders were surrounded by puncture marks caused but its being perforated each time rations...

The Elusive Promise of Geneva II

by James Denselow | Jan 22, 2014 | Majalla Blogs

So we are finally here. The long and torturous road to the Geneva II peace conference appears to have found its way to the picturesque Swiss town of Montreux on the northeast shore of Lake Geneva. Representatives from more than thirty countries plan to attend what is...

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EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon shake hands before a bilateral meeting at the United Nations offices in Geneva on January 21, 2014, ahead of the Geneva II conference in Montreux. (Reuters/Fabrice Coffrini/Pool)

EU says Geneva II first step to political solution as UN withdraws Iran invitation

by Abdullah Mustafa | Jan 21, 2014 | Middle East

Brussels, Asharq Al-Awsat—The European Union reaffirmed its support for the Geneva II conference on the Syrian crisis on Monday as controversy continued to surround the talks, especially following the UN’s withdrawal of UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon’s...

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Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta, left, Ethiopian Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, middle right, and Somalian President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, right, after the meeting of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Dec. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)

South Sudan government agrees to end hostilities

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 27, 2013 | Middle East

Nairobi, AP—South Sudan’s government on Friday agreed to end hostilities, regional leaders said at the end of a crisis summit, raising hopes for a potential breakthrough in efforts to cease violence that has displaced more than 120,000 people in the...