Tag: U.N
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U.N. Security Council imposes new sanctions on North Korea over missile test
The U.N. Security Council unanimously imposed new sanctions on North Korea on Friday for its recent intercontinental ballistic missile test, seeking to limit its access to refined petroleum products and crude oil and its earnings from workers abroad. The U.N. resolution seeks to ban nearly 90 percent of refined petroleum exports to North Korea by…
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French foreign minister visits Libya ahead of new U.N. peace talks
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Thursday visited Libya to give stalled U.N. talks a new push, saying Libya’s rival factions should stick to a United Nations peace process and prepare for elections in spring 2018. The North African country has two rival governments, one in the east and a U.N.-backed administration in the…