Mali’s foreign minister has told the UN Security Council that an international force could help stabilize Libya and the entire Sahel region and check the threat from Islamist groups. Mali is among five countries that launched an appeal to the United Nations and the African Union for foreign intervention to fight Libyan armed …

Ukrainian, Russian, French and German Foreign Ministers hold a conference call later this week to discuss a possible summit meeting of their leaders in Kazakhstan, to address the crisis in east Ukraine, an Ukrainian official said Tuesday. Foreign Ministry spokesman Yevgeny Perebeinos said foreign ministers would hold a conference call …

High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Angela Kane briefed the Security Council this morning on chemical weapons in Syria, in particularly followup in resolution 2118. After the conclusion of the joint OPCW-UN mission late last year, this is the first briefing for her to the Council, Kane told the reporters.