China failed Friday to block a UN Security Council meeting called to discuss the human rights crisis in North Korea. China, backed by Angola, Egypt, Russia and Venezuela, voted to scrap the meeting, but nine other countries including Britain, France and the United States supported the move in the 15-member ...
UN Syria mediator Staffan de Mistura said Thursday he planned to meet “people around the team” of US President-elect Donald Trump to discuss the nearly six-year conflict in the country. “The plan is to meet some people around the team of President [elect] Trump,” de Mistura told reporters, adding that ...
