US: Brush Fire Erupts In Del Mar Heights, San Diego 3

A brush fire erupted in the Del Mar Heights neighborhood in San Diego on Tuesday morning, June 25. The fire near Mira Montana Drive off Del Mar Heights Road prompted the mandatory evacuation of 2,500 residents from the area. The fire's forward progress was stopped by about 5:30 p.m. and all evacuation orders and warnings have been lifted by 7:20 p.m.

U.N. campaign to end open defecation

U.N. campaign to end open defecation

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson speaks at the U.N. headquarters in New York on May 28, 2014, to launch a sanitation campaign to end open defecation in developing countries.

U.N.'s Eliasson suggests Japan hear others' views on UNSC reform

U.N.'s Eliasson suggests Japan hear others' views on UNSC reform

NEW YORK, United States - Sweden's Jan Eliasson (L), president of the U.N. General Assembly's 60th session, and Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura shake hands prior to their talks at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 15.

U.N.'s Eliasson suggests Japan hear others' views on UNSC reform

U.N.'s Eliasson suggests Japan hear others' views on UNSC reform

NEW YORK, United States - Sweden's Jan Eliasson (L), president of the U.N. General Assembly's 60th session, and Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura shake hands prior to their talks at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 15. (Kyodo)

U.N. deputy chief urges Japan to send more peacekeepers

U.N. deputy chief urges Japan to send more peacekeepers

U.N. Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson says in an interview with Kyodo News in New York on Aug. 19, 2015, he hopes that Japan will send more personnel to serve in U.N. peacekeeping operations. The former Swedish foreign minister pointed out that deepening humanitarian crises around the world are forcing the world body to prolong the stationing of peacekeepers and making their withdrawal increasingly difficult. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo