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UN Security Council Delays Vote On Western Sahara To Allow Pullback

The UN Security Council on Thursday postponed voting on a draft resolution on the Western Sahara conflict amid signs...

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US Tells UN To Put ‘all Pressure’ On Russia Over Syria

US Ambassador Nikki Haley urged the UN Security Council on Thursday to ratchet up pressure on Russia to end sieges in...

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Children Pay the Price In Afghan Conflict

Children account for one-third of civilian casualties in Afghanistan's grinding conflict in the first three months of...

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South Sudan Forces Launch New Offensive

South Sudanese government forces on Wednesday launched an offensive on a town in the north, displacing civilians who...

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UN Council To Vote On Re-Launching Western Sahara Talks

The UN Security Council is expected to vote Thursday on a draft resolution backing a UN bid to re-start talks on...

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Trump Says Assad’s Future ‘not A Deal Breaker’ On Syria

US President Donald Trump told UN Security Council ambassadors that the future of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was...

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Iraq Holding Qatar Hunting Party’s Ransom Money

Iraq is holding hundreds of millions of dollars Qatari negotiators had brought to Baghdad as ransom money for the...

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US Pushes UN To Again Consider Arms Embargo On South Sudan

The United States on Tuesday urged the divided UN Security Council to back an arms embargo and sanctions against South...

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After Six Years, US Troops End Hunt For LRA Warlord Kony

US special forces on Wednesday begin pulling out of Central African Republic where they deployed in 2011 to help hunt...

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Trump Asks French UN Envoy About Elections

US President Donald Trump on Monday asked France's envoy to the United Nations about the French presidential elections...

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Qatari Hunting Party Kidnapped In Iraq Freed

A Qatari hunting party kidnapped in southern Iraq in 2015 has been freed and was being handed over to a Qatari...

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Syria Evacuees On Move Again After 48-Hour Delay

Hundreds of frightened Syrian evacuees were on the move again Friday after being blocked for 48 hours at a transit...

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UN, Russia Set For Syria Meet Without US

The UN's Syria envoy said Thursday that he will hold talks with Russian officials next week but without the US present...

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Israel Declares Support For Ghana’s Fight Against Galamsey

The state of Israel is fully behind Ghana in the resurgent fight against illegal small-scale mining, its envoy to Accra...

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Top US Official McMaster Visits Afghanistan After Bomb Attack

US National Security Advisor Gen. H. R McMaster arrived in Kabul on Sunday days after the American military dropped its...

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Huge US Bomb Kills Dozens of IS Militants In Afghanistan

The US military's largest non-nuclear bomb killed dozens of Islamic State militants as it smashed their mountain...

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Russia Urges ‘restraint’ Over N. Korea Tensions

Russia on Friday called for "restraint" over the situation in North Korea, warning against any "provocative steps"...

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US and Russia Still Far Apart As Syria Haunts Talks

Russia's President Vladimir Putin hosted US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at the Kremlin on Wednesday but the rival...

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US-Russia War of Words Over Syria Clouds Moscow Talks

The United States and Russia were on a collision course over the alleged Syrian chemical attack on Wednesday as...