US military chief seeks Turkish support over Iran (AP)

Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs Adm. Mike Mullen, right, and Turkey's Chief of Staff Gen. Isik Kosaner inspect a guard of honour at the Turkish army headquarters in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. The United States is seeking Turkish permission to withdraw noncombat military equipment from Iraq through its territory and Turkey is likely to agree to the request, a Turkish Foreign Ministry official said Friday.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)AP - The United States' top military officer stressed on Saturday the need for Turkey to help enforce United Nations sanctions against Iran aimed at deterring the Islamic Republic from obtaining a nuclear bomb.
US rights group urges release of Iranian activist (AP)
AP - A U.S. human rights group urged U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to secure the release of a prominent Iranian journalist and activist who goes on trial Saturday on charges that carry the death penalty.
Over two dozen minors raped in eastern Congo: U.N. (Reuters)
Reuters - More than two dozen children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are among the hundreds of victims of a recent wave of rapes in the nation's conflict-torn east, the United Nations said on Friday.
UNHCR urges halt to unsafe Iraqi refugee returns (AFP)

A refugee from Iraq holds his passport as he waits for his turn to discuss an issue at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) offices in Duma, Syria. The UN refugee agency on Friday urged European countries not to send Iraqi refugees back to central parts of Iraq, just days after the official withdrawal of US combat troops.(AFP/File/Louai Beshara)AFP - The UN refugee agency on Friday urged European countries not to send Iraqi refugees back to central parts of Iraq, just days after the official withdrawal of US combat troops.
Asia leads world tourism recovery in 2010: UN (AFP)

Foreign tourists visit a Sri Lankan museum adjacent to the historic Temple of the Tooth in the island's central town of Kandy in August 2010. World tourism rebounded strongly this year from the global financial crisis, led by Asia and the Middle East, the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has said.(AFP/File/Ishara S.Kodikara)AFP - World tourism rebounded strongly this year from the global financial crisis, led by Asia and the Middle East, the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) said Friday.
Japan approves economic sanctions against Iran (AP)
AP - Japan approved fresh economic sanctions against Iran on Friday after the United Nations asked Tokyo to tighten restrictions against Tehran over its controversial nuclear enrichment program, an official said.
Lebanon complains to UN about Israel 'spy ring' (AFP)

Lebanese soldiers patrol an area in Beirut on top of their armoured vehicle, 2008. Lebanon has filed a complaint with the United Nations over what it says is an Israeli spy ring in the country, giving a list of 141 suspected agents.(AFP/File/Anwar Amro)AFP - Lebanon has filed a complaint with the United Nations over what it says is an Israeli spy ring in the country, giving a list of 141 suspected agents, a diplomat said on Friday.
Security Council to hold summit on peace (AP)
AP - Turkey is inviting leaders of the 14 other Security Council nations to a summit meeting to strengthen the council's primary mission — maintaining international peace and security in a world of new and complex threats.
NY court dismisses case against Italian U.N. "biter" (Reuters)
Reuters - A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed the case against a former U.N. employee accused of biting a U.N. security guard after complaining of nepotism at the world body.
Nations meet on climate cash, U.N. sees long haul (Reuters)

Children from Nairobi's Kibera slums scavenge through a garbage dump February 17, 2009. REUTERS/Noor Khamis (KENYA)Reuters - About 45 nations met on Thursday to seek ways to raise billions of dollars in aid to help the poor combat climate change as the United Nations warned them of a long haul to slow global warming.
UN to release Congo 'genocide' report in October (AP)
AP - A report detailing hundreds of gruesome attacks against civilians in Congo over a 10-year period won't be released until October, the U.N.'s top human rights official said Thursday, after Rwanda angrily protested the findings in a draft version.
Flood-hit Pakistanis and Afghans may cross to Iran: UNHCR (Reuters)

A flood victim sits on supplies he received from a distribution point set up by the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees in Charsadda, in Pakistan's northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province September 1, 2010. PREUTERS/Faisal MahmoodReuters - Dismal conditions in flood-hit areas in southwest Pakistan could force thousands of Pakistanis and Afghan refugees to cross the border into Iran, the U.N. refugee agency warned Thursday.
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