Europe holds high-level talks on rearming continent, boosting Ukraine aid

Mar 12, 2025, at 09:47 am

European military and political heads are holding high-level talks this week after calls for massively rearming Europe — and boosting aid for Kyiv — amid fears of a less engaged United States. Lisa Bryant has more from Paris.

At UN, European leaders stress importance of international cooperation to tackle global challenges

Sep 23, 2016, at 02:22 pm

New York, Sept 23 (Just Earth News): Emphasizing in an address to the United Nations on Thursday the magnitude of the challenges confronting the world, the Prime Minister of Norway underlined that effective international cooperation is essential to address poverty, conflicts, climate change, migration and terrorism.

Global response to terrorism vital for solving refugee crisis: European leaders

Oct 01, 2015, at 02:37 pm

New York, Oct 1 (IBNS): European leaders took to the podium of the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday to call for a global response to terrorism, both by combatting it and taking early action to pre-empt the scourge, which has seen hundreds of thousands of refugees flooding to the continent's doorstep.

Ban urges European leaders to 'be voice of those in need of protection'

Sep 07, 2015, at 01:28 pm

New York, Sep 7 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appealed to European leaders "to be the voice of those in need of protection" and to quickly find a joint approach to the refugee and migration crisis that shares responsibilities equitably, as Germany and Austria continue to welcome thousands of people fleeing their war-torn homelands.