http://www.news24.com/Tags/Companies/un Argotic Syndication Framework, http://www.codeplex.com/argotic http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Thu, 23 May 2013 21:48:00 +0200 The UN chief Ban Ki-moon has arrived in Goma, eastern DRC, hours after a rebel group fighting government forces nearby said they would impose a cease-fire to permit the visit to proceed. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/UN-chief-arrives-in-Goma-DRC-20130523 China has offered to send more than 500 soldiers to the UN force seeking to contain Islamist militants in Mali in what would be its biggest contribution to the UN peacekeeping, diplomats say. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/China-offers-500-troops-to-UN-Mali-force-20130523-2 Madagascar strongman Andry Rajoelina says presidential elections scheduled for July will probably not be held because international donors have pulled the plug on funding. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Rajoelina-warns-polls-may-not-go-ahead-20130522 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says Myanmar's government has made progress in reducing the recruitment of children into the armed forces but still needs to stamp out the practice. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Myanmar-urged-to-stop-using-child-soldiers-20130522-3 Fresh fighting has erupted between the army and rebels in the eastern DRC ahead of a visit by the UN chief Ban Ki-moon to the troubled country. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Fighting-flares-in-DRC-ahead-of-Ban-visit-20130522 The US have identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, officials say. http://www.news24.com/World/News/FBI-names-Benghazi-suspects-no-arrests-20130522 North Korea has sent a top military official to China as a personal envoy of leader Kim Jong-Un, at a time of strained relations with Beijing and ahead of a key China-US summit. http://www.news24.com/World/News/N-Korea-sends-special-envoy-to-China-20130522 Two days of clashes between the Democratic Republic of Congo's army and rebel fighters near the eastern city of Goma have killed at least 19 people, threatening an uneasy six-month peace. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/DRC-army-rebel-clashes-continue-in-Goma-20130521 The UN leader Ban Ki-moon has backed African calls for Madagascar strongman Andry Rajoelina and two rivals to withdraw from the country's presidential election in July. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Stay-out-of-polls-Madagascar-rivals-told-20130521 Israeli soldiers patrolling the disputed Golan Heights along the border with Syria have fired back after coming under fire overnight, an Israeli Defense Forces statement says. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Israel-troops-in-Golan-open-fire-on-Syria-20130521 Israel has announced it is calling off a United Nations investigative mission to the Old City in annexed east Jerusalem because of Palestinian efforts to politicise the visit. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Israel-cancels-Unesco-mission-to-Jerusalem-20130520 Rebels from the M23 movement and the army are fighting just north of Goma, a regional capital in the DRC that the rebels had occupied briefly in November, both sides say. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Rebels-army-clash-in-DRCs-Goma-20130520-3 North Korea has fired another short-range missile into the Sea of Japan, the latest in a series of missile drills that have been condemned by South Korea and UN chief Ban Ki-Moon. http://www.news24.com/World/News/N-Korea-fires-fifth-missile-in-three-days-20130520 UN chief Ban Ki-moon has warned of a "dangerous escalation" after North Korea test-fired a short-range missile off its east coast, its fourth in two days, despite pleas to ease tensions. http://www.news24.com/World/News/UNs-Ban-warns-of-N-Korea-escalation-20130519 Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamists could face charges of crimes against humanity, the UN's human rights office has warned. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Islamists-could-face-war-crimes-charges-20130517 Syrian rebels have seized three UN peacekeepers in the Golan Heights in the third abduction in two months in the ceasefire zone between Syria and Israel, says the UN. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Golan-peacekeepers-suffer-third-abduction-20130517 Almost two-thirds of Europe's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community are still afraid to show their sexuality in public and most feel discriminated against, says an EU report. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Most-European-gays-still-threatened-Report-20130517 US President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan have insisted Bashar Assad must step down amid a flurry of moves to organise peace talks. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Obama-and-Erdogan-demand-Assad-step-down-20130517 Chad's air force has targeted Sudanese rebels along the Darfur border after, a breakaway rebel leader reputedly backed by N'Djamena was killed, the insurgents have charged. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Chad-jets-targeted-Darfur-rebels-20130516 Turkey's President Abdullah Gul has criticised the world's response to the Syria conflict as limited to "rhetoric", saying his country had received little help in coping with an influx of Syrian refugees. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Turkey-Global-response-to-Syria-rhetoric-20130516