U.N. diplomats predict arms treaty will be adopted * U.S. expected to vote for the treaty, envoys say * Rights groups say new draft treaty better but flawed (Adds diplomats, rights group) UNITED NATIONS, March 27 (Reuters) - United Nations members on Wednesday were close to a deal on the first ...
The United Nations logo is displayed on a door at U.N. headquarters in New York February 26, 2011. REUTERS/ Joshua Lott/ on Friday prevented the adoption of the first international treaty to regulate the $70 billion global conventional arms trade, complaining that it was flawed and failed to ban ...
The United Nations logo is displayed on a door at U.N. headquarters in New York February 26, 2011. REUTERS/ Joshua Lott/ on Friday objected to the adoption of the first international treaty to regulate the $70 billion global conventional arms trade, complaining that it fails to ban weapons sales ...
UNITED NATIONS — Iran and North Korea tried to block adoption of a U.N. treaty that would regulate the multibillion-dollar international arms trade Thursday but the chair suspended the meeting in an apparent effort to try and get them to back down. To be approved, the draft treaty needs support ...
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland./ The chair has suspended a U.N. meeting after Iran and North Korea said they would block adoption of a treaty that would regulate the ...
treaty that for the first time would regulate the multibillion-dollar international arms trade. An agreement required agreement by all 193 U.N. member states. But other countries refused to let the treaty die. In an unexpected twist, Mexico proposed that the conference go ahead and adopt the ...
Paramilitary soldiers hold guns with water bottles hanging from their ends during aiming training in Zhengzhou, Henan province July 11, 2011. REUTERS/China Daily/ members on Wednesday were close to a deal on the first international treaty to regulate the $70 billion global advocates say one ...
(Adds details, Iranian quote, North Korea not blocking) (Reuters) - Iran, Syria and North Korea on Friday objected to the adoption of the first international treaty to regulate the $70 billion global conventional arms trade, complaining that it fails to ban weapons sales to rebel groups. Peter ...
treaty that would regulate the multibillion-dollar which required agreement by all 193 U.N. member states. In an unexpected twist, Mexico proposed that the conference go ahead and adopt the treaty Thursday without the support of the three countries, saying there was no definition of "consensus." ...
treaty that would regulate the multibillion-dollar Thursday but the chair suspended the meeting in an apparent effort to try and get them to back down. raised their nameplates signifying their refusal to join consensus following speeches outlining their objections to the treaty. Supporters of ...
UNITED NATIONS — Iran and North Korea have blocked adoption of a global treaty that would regulate the multimillion-dollar international arms trade. To be approved, the draft treaty needed support from all 193 U.N. member states. Supporters of the treaty said that if the treaty was not adopted ...
that would regulate the multimillion-dollar international arms trade. To be approved, the draft treaty needed support from all 193 U.N. member states. Supporters of the treaty said that if the treaty was not adopted they would go to the General Assembly and put the draft to a vote where they ...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The first global treaty on regulating the multimillion-dollar appeared to be nearing consensus, supporters said, though worries remained that Iran, or other countries would back off an agreement that requires approval from all 193 diplomats, speaking on condition of ...
Jackson and Peter S. Green on March 28, 2013/ (enter up to 5 email addresses, separated by commas)/ An international treaty regulating the $70 billion global arms trade was sidetracked after failing to get the unanimous support needed for adoption among more than 150 countries taking part in ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter Kim Ju Ae attend a performance commemorating International Women's Day in Pyongyang, North Korea. KCNA via REUTERS/ North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's daughter, Kim Ju Ae, looks ...
The ruined Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, southern Iran, where at least 168 people were reportedly killed in a strike at the start of the war/ More than 100 experts on international law have signed an open letter expressing "profound concern" about what they see as serious violations of ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to members of the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)/ WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ...
Trump says US "on the cusp" of ending Iran war in televised address/ President Donald Trump has told the nation in a televised speech that the US military has nearly completed its goals in the Iran war./ He vowed to strike Iran "extremely hard" over the next two to three weeks and finish the job ...
Israel's defence minister has said a buffer zone will be set up inside southern Lebanon and that Israel will keep security control over a swathe of the territory even after the end of the current war against the armed group Hezbollah./ Israel Katz said the area to be occupied would go up to the ...
WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday that individual tax refunds during the 2026 tax filing season are up more than 10% over last year, with nearly half of filers claiming new deductions offered in the Republican tax cut law passed last year. ...
Houthis say they will continue attacks until war against their allies stops/ The Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen say they have launched a barrage of missiles against Israel - the first since the start of the US-Israel war with Iran./ The group said in a statement that it had targeted "sensitive ...
At least 168 people were reportedly killed in the strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, southern Iran/ The UN's human rights chief has urged the US to conclude its investigation and publish its findings into a deadly strike on an Iranian primary school that happened on the first day of ...
White House says talks 'ongoing' despite Iran claims of rejecting peace plan/ US President Donald Trump appears increasingly interested in finding an off-ramp with Iran, or what he calls "winding down" the war. But his exit strategy is unclear - and Trump's mixed messaging suggests he's still ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens as President Donald Trump speaks during the swearing in for Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in Washington. ...