
Two foreign UN contractors who were kidnapped in DR Congo have been found dead, one of them decapitated, the government said Tuesday, as spiraling violence in the vast country sparked international condemnation. The bodies of American Michael Sharp and Swedish national Zaida Catalan were found as the UN Security Council ...

Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov discussed on Tuesday with the UN Special Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura the ongoing Syrian-Syrian dialogue in Geneva. The Russian Permanent Mission to the United Nations headquarters in Geneva reported that Gatilov discussed with de Mistura the fifth round of Syrian talks in ...