Arabs to meet on Sunday to discuss Annan replacement

Arab ministers are to meet in Saudi Arabia Sunday to mull their next moves on the Syrian conflict after the resignation of UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan and who might succeed him, a top League official said.

UN cannot give an accurate figure on Sri Lanka war casualties

The United Nations said today that it was unable to provide an accurate count of fatalities during the last stages of Sri Lanka's armed offensive against the Tamil Tiger terrorists.

UN to meet on Koreas amid soaring tensions

The UN Security Council was to hold a meeting Sunday on escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula as Russia expressed anger that it was not organized earlier.