Reuters - The United Nations called on Tuesday for tougher regulation of financial markets to deal with the "crisis of a century" and warned that the global policy response risked creating a prolonged deflationary downturn.

Reuters - Britain called on Tuesday for further reforms to United Nations aid agencies, saying their slow response to disasters had cost lives.

Reuters - The United Nations has saved millions of dollars by scaling back its refugee agency's Swiss headquarters but remains short of funds, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said on Monday.

AP - Two suspected U.S. missile strikes Friday on villages close to the border with Afghanistan killed at least 12 people, most of them militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

AP - Two suspected U.S. missile strikes Friday on villages close to the border with Afghanistan killed at least 12 people, most of them militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

AFP - Syria has been hit by the worst drought in 40 years, endangering the livelihoods of one million people, the United Nations warned Friday as it appealed for 20 million dollars in aid.