Seven grassroots American groups asked the United Nations yesterday to provide international observers for next month’s US presidential election “to expose any violations” during voting.

THE US walked out of a UN meeting yesterday in protest at its decision to give Sudan a third term on the Human Rights Commission, the world body’s human rights watchdog.

The US walked out of a UN meeting today in protest at its decision minutes later to give Sudan a third term on the Human Rights Commission, the world body’s human rights watchdog.