Kuwait gets $650 mln in Iraqi reparation: UN (AFP)

Fire fighting crew work on a blown-out well damaged by retreating Iraqi soldiers in Al-Ahmadi oil field in southern Kuwait, 1991. The United Nations released 650 million dollars in Iraqi compensation to Kuwait, the latest payment of a war reparation scheme that began in 1994.(AFP/File/Romeo Gacad)AFP - The United Nations released 650 million dollars in Iraqi compensation to Kuwait on Thursday, the latest payment of a war reparation scheme that began in 1994.
Galapagos removed from UNESCO endangered list (AP)
AP - The Galapagos Islands have been removed from the UNESCO list of sites endangered by environmental threats or overuse.
Canadian woman is next top UN internal watchdog (AP)
AP - The United Nations turned to a Canadian woman on Wednesday who was chief auditor for the World Bank as its choice for the next head of the U.N.'s internal watchdog agency.
Rebels, Russian pilot were beaten in Darfur: UN (Reuters)

German aid worker Werner Stern (L) arrives at the airport in Khartoum July 27, 2010. Two German aid workers kidnapped in Darfur more than a month ago were released on Tuesday and said on arrival in Khartoum that they had been well treated by their captors. Stern and Malthe Golla were snatched on June 22 from their residence in the South Darfur capital Nyala, where they were working for Technisches Hilfswerk (THW). REUTERS/Mohamed Nurdldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: CRIME LAW SOCIETY POLITICS)Reuters - A missing Russian pilot and three rebel commanders were beaten when their U.N. helicopter landed off target in Sudan's conflict-torn Darfur region earlier this week, a U.N. spokesman said on Wednesday.
Serbian proposes new talks on outstanding issues in Kosovo (AFP)

Kosovo Serbs gather in a square in the northern part of the divided Kosovo town of Mitrovica on July 22, following the ICJ ruling on the legality of Kosovo's independence. Serbia submitted a resolution to the United Nations Wednesday which, in an apparent concession to international pressure, called for new negotiations on Kosovo but did not insist on status talks.(AFP/File/Laura Boushnak)AFP - Serbia submitted a resolution to the United Nations Wednesday which, in an apparent concession to international pressure, called for new negotiations on Kosovo but did not insist on status talks.
Serbia starts drive to contest Kosovo independence (Reuters)

Florim Behluli, a 41-year-old Albanian born Dutch man, waves Kosovo and Albania flags before The International Court of Justice ruling at the Peace Palace in The Hague July 22, 2010. REUTERS/Jerry LampenReuters - Serbia launched a diplomatic offensive on Wednesday to contest Kosovo's independence, asking the United Nations General Assembly to decide about the future of its former southern province.
UN 'concerned' over Nepal's repatriation of Tibetans (AFP)

A Tibetan in-exile (C) breaks into tears following her release from a jail in Kathmandu in March, 2010. Nepal has forcibly repatriated three Tibetan refugees, the United Nations said on Wednesday, adding it was AFP - Nepal has forcibly repatriated three Tibetan refugees, the United Nations said on Wednesday, adding it was "extremely concerned" by the move.
UN's Blix: UK, US relied on dubious intelligence (AP)

Former UN weapons inspector Hans Blix arrives to give evidence at the Iraq War Inquiry in London, Tuesday, July 27, 2010. The five-member Iraq inquiry panel was set up by the British government to examine the case made for the war and errors in planning for post-conflict reconstruction. Blix has previously said a discredited British dossier on Iraq's weapons programs deliberately embellished the case for war. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - The United Nations inspector who led a doomed hunt for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq told Britain's inquiry into the 2003 invasion Tuesday that the U.S. and U.K. relied on flawed intelligence and showed dubious judgment in the buildup to war.
Russia objects to EU Iran sanctions (AP)
AP - Russia's foreign ministry said Tuesday that new European Union sanctions against Iran show scorn for the United Nations and the six nations working to resolve disputes over Iran's nuclear program.
Venezuela warns of aggression, seeks dialogue (AP)
AP - Venezuela warned Monday that there is a greater probability of military action by Colombian forces supported by the United States than in the past 100 years and expressed hope that Colombia's incoming president will signal a change in policy that leads to restoration of diplomatic relations between the two South American countries.
Hamas blasts UN over call for Gaza land aid deliveries (AFP)

A Libyan ship -- carrying aid for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip -- docks at the Egyptian port of el-Arish. Hamas has slammed as AFP - Gaza's Hamas rulers on Saturday slammed a UN call for aid bound for the Palestinian enclave to be delivered over land rather than by sea.
First steps toward arms trade treaty (AP)
AP - The world's nations took the first steps at a conference that ended Friday toward a legally binding treaty that would try to regulate the multibillion dollar arms trade and prevent the transfer of weapons to armed groups fueling conflicts, terrorists and human rights violators.
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