UN Offers To Help Resolve Qatar Row
The United Nations on Friday offered to step in to help resolve a deepening crisis in the Gulf after Qatar was confronted with a list of demands from its neighbors, including the closure of...
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At Refugee Summit, UN Chief Urges ‘solidarity’ With Uganda
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for international solidarity with Uganda at a fundraising summit to help the country deal with nearly a million South Sudanese fleeing war. Held...
Congo Peacekeepers Accused of Sex Abuse To Leave CAR
About 600 troops from Congo Republic serving as UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic will be returning home following allegations of sex abuse, the United Nations announced on Wednesday....
EU Pledges 85 Mn Euros To Uganda For S.Sudan Refugees
The EU pledged 85 million euros ($95 million) to Uganda Thursday, ahead of a summit to raise twenty times that amount to help it deal with nearly one million refugees from South Sudan. Uganda is...
Congo Peacekeepers Accused of Sex Abuse To Leave C. Africa
About 600 troops from Congo Republic serving as UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic will be returning home following allegations of sex abuse, the United Nations announced on Wednesday....
UN Boss Warns America Will Be Replaced If It Withdraws From the World
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the Trump administration on Tuesday that if the United States disengages from the international community it will be replaced - saying that...
UN Chief Concerned About Possible Escalation In Syria
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday that the recent downings of a Syrian jet and of an Iranian-made drone could be "very dangerous" and lead to an escalation of the war in Syria....
Govt-Backed DR Congo Militia Shot Babies, Hacked Toddlers
The UN accused DR Congo on Tuesday of backing a militia that has mutilated toddlers and hacked pregnant women in the troubled Kasai region as the Catholic Church put the death toll there at more than...
Iran Protests Against Tillerson ‘transition’ Remarks
Iran has called in the Swiss charge d'affaires, who looks after US interests, to protest against comments by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson backing "peaceful transition" in the Islamic republic....
Congo To Withdraw UN Peacekeepers Accused of Misconduct
More than 600 troops from Congo Republic serving as UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic will be returning home following allegations of sex abuse and other misconduct, UN officials said...
Turkey FM In Doha As UN ‘alarmed’ By Gulf Crisis
The search for a diplomatic solution to the Gulf crisis intensified Wednesday as Turkey's foreign minister landed in Qatar while the UN voiced fears over growing humanitarian concerns in the region....
Turkey FM In Doha As UN ‘alarmed’ By Gulf Crisis
The search for a diplomatic solution to the Gulf crisis intensified Wednesday as Turkey's foreign minister landed in Qatar while the UN voiced fears over growing humanitarian concerns in the region....
UN Chief Calls For Aid To Afghanistan As Conflict Spirals
Sitting cross-legged with war-displaced women in a mud-brick settlement on Kabul's outskirts, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for increased humanitarian assistance and a...
UN Peacekeeper Death Toll Rises After Mali Jihadist Attack
The death toll in a jihadist attack on UN peacekeepers in northern Mali has risen to four, the United Nations mission in the country said Saturday. Three Guinean peacekeepers were killed Friday near...
France Faces US Reservations Over UN Backing For Sahel Force
France on Friday sought to address US reservations over its request that the United Nations offer political and financial backing to an African military force that will be fighting jihadists in the...
UN Chief ‘concerned’ Over Renewed Central African Unrest
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres voiced concern Friday over the "widespread instability" and attacks on UN troops in the Central African Republic, which has been wracked by renewed sectarian...
Ocean Cleanup Finds Rivers Are Major Culprits Behind Ocean Pollution
A new study has revealed that the major culprit behind Earth's polluted oceans are the world's river systems. Researchers at the Ocean Cleanup Project has estimated up to 5 trillion pounds of plastic...
Plastic In Rivers Major Source of Ocean Pollution
Plastic that is dumped in rivers and then ends up in the world's oceans is one of the major sources of marine pollution, a new study said this week, with Asian waterways the main culprits....
Why Are Sahel Countries Deploying An Anti-Jihad Force?
France has asked the UN Security Council to authorise the deployment of a five-nation African military force to fight jihadists and criminality in the Sahel region, with a vote expected as early as...
Darfur Peacekeeping Force Headed For Major Drawdown
The African Union and the United Nations are proposing major cuts to their joint peacekeeping force in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, paring down one of the world's largest and costliest peace...