In this file photo dated Sept 23, 2013, flags flap in the breeze at the United Nations Office in Vienna, capital of Austria. (PHOTO / AFP) VIENNA — Austria is expelling four Russian diplomats for behaving in a manner inconsistent with international agreements, a reason often invoked in spying cases, the Austrian Foreign Ministry said […]
Commanders of the armed group CODECO walk through the village of Linga on Jan 13, 2022, in Ituri province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (ALEXIS HUGUET / AFP) UNITED NATIONS – UN peacekeepers have discovered mass graves in the Democratic Republic of the Congo containing the bodies of 42 civilians, a UN spokesman said […]
The Virgin Orbit "Cosmic Girl" – a modified Boeing Co 747-400 carrying a LauncherOne rocket under it's wing – takes off for the Launch Demo 2 mission from Mojave Air and Space Port on Jan 17, 2021 in Mojave, California. (PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP) NEWQUAY, England – Britain's attempt to become the first European […]
NASA's Orion capsule splashes down in the Pacific Ocean after parachutes were deployed, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, Dec 11, 2022. (CAROLINE BREHMAN / POOL VIA REUTERS) NASA's Orion capsule barreled through Earth's atmosphere and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday after making an uncrewed voyage around the moon, winding up […]
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto arrives at the EU Informal Meeting of EU Foreign Ministers (Gymnich) in Prague, Czech Republic on Aug 30, 2022. (MICHAL CIZEK / AFP) BUDAPEST – Hungary was the only European Union member state not to back the proposal for the European Union to start a training mission for Ukrainian military […]
This handout picture obtained by the Italian Space Agency 's LICIACube shows the NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission just before its closest approach to the Dimorphos asteroid, on Sept 26, 2022. (HANDOUT/ ASI/NASA / AFP) LOS ANGELES – NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission has successfully changed the orbit of the asteroid […]
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi (right) talks to Ukainian Minister of Energy German Galushchenko (left) after the arrival of the IAEA inspection mission to Zaporizhzhia, on Aug 31, 2022. (GENYA SAVILOV / AFP) ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine – United Nations inspectors arrived on Wednesday in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on a mission […]
A team of IAEA experts and inspectors leave the capital Kyiv, Ukraine, Aug 31, 2022. The UN nuclear watchdog team set off on an urgent mission to safeguard the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant at the heart of fighting in Ukraine. (EFREM LUKATSKY / AP) KYIV – The International Atomic Energy Agency mission to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear […]
This handout photo taken and released by the Ukrainian presidential press service on Aug 30, 2022, shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) and International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi posing prior to their meeting in Kyiv. (UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP) KIEV – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday met with visiting International […]
This handout satellite image courtesy of Maxar Technologies released on Aug 19, 2022, shows the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. (HANDOUT / SATELLITE IMAGE ©2022 MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES / AFP) VIENNA / UNITED NATIONS – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday said its expert mission could visit the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine […]
This file photo taken on Aug 2, 2018 shows a German soldier from the parachutists detachment of the MINUSMA (United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali) searching for IED (improvised explosive device) during a patrol on the route from Gao to Gossi, Mali. (SEYLLOU / AFP) DAKAR – Troop rotations by the UN peacekeeping […]
This handout photo taken from video and released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Aug 7, 2022, shows the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in southeastern Ukraine which is now under Russian military control. (RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY PRESS SERVICE VIA AP, FILE) UNITED NATIONS/KYIV – The UN chief said on Thursday that he is "gravely […]
Indian soldiers from MONUSCO, the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, attend a ceremony honoring peacekeepers who died during violent protests against Monusco, in Goma, on Aug 1, 2022. (ALEXIS HUGUET / AFP) KINSHASA – Democratic Republic of Congo has asked the spokesman of the UN peacekeeping mission, MONUSCO, to leave the country, […]
Residents protest against the United Nations peacekeeping force (MONUSCO) deployed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Goma, July 25, 2022. (MOSES SAWASAWA / AP) GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo – Three United Nations peacekeepers and at least 12 civilians were killed during a second day of anti-UN protests in eastern Democratic Republic of […]