Page 2 - Eacekeeping Forces News Today

The U.N. Security Council called for a revival of U.N-led negotiations on the disputed Western Sahara in a resolution adopted Thursday that expressed “deep concern” at the breakdown of the

On Oct. 13, 2010, rescuers in Chile using a missile-like escape capsule pulled 33 men one by one to fresh air and freedom 69 days after they were trapped in

The United Nations says it's ready to work on withdrawing peacekeepers on a mission in Congo, which was the target of deadly protests during the summer

Finding a solution will require Armenians and Azerbaijanis to make hard sacrifices, but the benefits of peace are worth it.

Russia’s foreign minister is warning that any actions seen as endangering a Russian peacekeeping contingent in a separatist region of Moldova would be considered as an attack on Russia itself

Germany says it's suspending its participation in a U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali after the the West African country refused to grant a civilian aircraft carrying German troops permission to use its airspace

Officials from the United Nations and Congos government say peacekeepers returning from leave opened fire at a border post between Congo and Uganda, killing at least two people and wounding

The United Nations mission in Mali says Egypt will withdraw its peacekeeping troops from the country citing seven deaths

The pro-independence Polisario Front is accusing Morocco of obstructing a visit by the U.N. envoy for the disputed Western Sahara region and is calling on the United Nations to reveal the reasons why

Israel has dispatched two water-dropping aircraft to help battle a large wildfire that has scorched at least 10,000 acres of forest on the foothills of the Pentadaktylos mountain range in the breakaway north of ethnically divided Cyprus