No Retreat In Chinese Galamsey War
The Chinese are up in arms against Ghana in a seeming intractable war. The stakes are high and with a lot of quislings in the duel; the war has taken interesting and twisting dimensions. The good...
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North Korea Lashes Out At US Navy Strike Group Move
North Korea has said it will defend itself "by powerful force of arms" in response to the US deployment of a Navy strike group to the Korean peninsula. The foreign ministry, quoted by state news...
Victims of Military Torture Fear Mexico Security Bill
One afternoon, young Mexican engineer Jethro Sanchez was out partying. Hours later, he was dying, his father says -- burned with acid and choking on earth as soldiers buried him alive. Mexico called...
UN Chief Urges New Bid To End Western Sahara Dispute
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is proposing a new diplomatic push to end the decades-old dispute over Western Sahara, possibly by holding a referendum on Morocco's rule over the territory,...
Trump’s Syria Strike Celebrated By ‘terrorists’, Iran Says
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has said "terrorists are celebrating" US strikes on a Syrian airbase. His comments echo the response from Russia, which like Iran is allied to Syria, and from Syria...
Renegotiate US Millennium Challenge Compact II Now
The Public Utility Workers Union (PUWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called on the government to fulfil its promise to engage key stakeholders in a dialogue on the US Millennium Challenge...
Trump Warns ‘something Should Happen’ After Syria Attack
President Donald Trump on Thursday denounced Bashar al-Assad as responsible for an "egregious" crime, suggesting the United States could be poised to take action against the Syrian leader over this...
Last Syrian Rebel Stronghold
The northwestern Syrian province of Idlib, site of a presumed chemical attack, is the last remaining rebel bastion after six years of civil war. Idlib city has taken in masses of displaced Syrians,...
Syria Chemical ‘attack’: Trump Condemns ‘affront To Humanity’
US President Donald Trump has condemned the killing of dozens of civilians in northern Syria in an apparent chemical weapons attack by Syria’s air force. It was an “affront to humanity”, he...
Trump Condemns ‘affront To Humanity’
US President Donald Trump has condemned the killing of dozens of civilians in northern Syria in an apparent chemical weapons attack by Syria's air force. It was an "affront to humanity", he said,...
Russia Rebel Weapons Claim Rejected
Russian claims that a release of chemicals that killed and injured dozens of civilians in northern Syria came from rebel weapons on the ground have been rejected. Britain's foreign secretary, a rebel...
Russia Blames Rebels For Syria Gas Attack
Russia says that chemical gas that killed and injured dozens of civilians in a rebel-held town in northern Syria came from rebel weapons on the ground. Its defence ministry acknowledged that Syrian...
UN Calls Emergency Talks After ‘gas Attack’
The UN Security Council is to hold emergency talks after an alleged chemical attack in Syria left dozens of civilians dead and wounded. The release of chemicals in a rebel-held town in Idlib province...
Global Outcry Over Suspected Syria Chemical Attack
A suspected chemical attack that killed at least 58 civilians in rebel-held northwestern Syria has prompted widespread outrage and calls for international action. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory...
US Tells Sudan To ‘step Up’ As It Weighs Cuts To Darfur Force
The United States on Tuesday told Sudan that it would support a drawdown of the huge peacekeeping mission in Darfur if Khartoum shows that it can protect citizens in the war-scarred region. The...
Syria Attack Believed To Be Chemical, From the Air
UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said Tuesday that a "horrific" attack on a rebel-held town in the country that killed at least 58 people was believed to be chemical and launched from the air. "What...
UN Blasts ‘disturbing’ Racism Against Aborigines In Australia
Racism against Aborigines in Australia is widespread and "deeply disturbing", a United Nations envoy said Monday, urging the government to work more closely with indigenous people. UN special...
UN Vote On Israeli Settlements Has Changed Little
Three months after a landmark UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements, the measure has changed little on the ground and some analysts question whether it ever will. Security Council Resolution...
A Timeline of Key Events In the Kim Assassination
The body of the assassinated half-brother of North Korea's leader, which has been stored in a Malaysian morgue for more than six weeks, will be sent to Pyongyang under a deal announced Thursday. Kim...
David Friedman Takes Oath As New US Ambassador To Israel
David Friedman, a Jewish American attorney close to President Donald Trump, and who is known for a hardline stand in favor of settlements in occupied territories, was sworn in on Wednesday as new US...