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Syria Chemical Attack Kills 58 People

At least 58 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town in...

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‘Chemical Attack’ In Idlib Kills Dozens

At least 58 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town in...

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Syrian People Do Not Want Assad In Power

The United States believes the Syrian people do not want President Bashar al-Assad to remain in power and does not...

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FIFA Proposals On Israel Settlements Fall Short

Palestinian football chief Jibril Rajoub on Monday renewed calls for FIFA to exclude Israel over games played in...

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Egypt’s ‘fantastic Guy’ Sisi To Meet Donald Trump

After four years of tension with the United States, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi now has a fan in the White...

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UN Votes To Scale Down Mission

The UN Security Council has voted to cut the size of Monusco, its largest and most expensive peacekeeping mission,...

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UN Agency Suspends Gaza Missions After Hamas Restrictions

A United Nations political agency suspended its missions to Gaza Friday after the Hamas authorities in the Palestinian...

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ICC Prosecutor Warns On Spiralling DR Congo Violence

International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda warned Friday against spiralling violence in the volatile...

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DR Congo Tribal Rebellion

Beheadings, mass graves, kidnapped foreigners, child soldiers: a tribal insurrection in the Democratic Republic of...

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Palestinian, UN Alarm After Israel Backs New Settlement

The Palestinians and the United Nations on Friday condemned the Israeli cabinet's approval of the first officially...

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Removing Assad ‘not Our Priority’

The US ambassador to the United Nations said Thursday that Washington is no longer focused on ousting President Bashar...

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Israel Cuts UN Contribution Due To ‘discrimination’

Israel announced Wednesday a $2-million cut in its contribution to the United Nations budget because of constant...

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DR Congo Probes Killing of UN Researchers

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo said Wednesday they have launched a probe into the killing of two UN...

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China Coal Imports From North Korea Surge In February

The value of China's coal imports from North Korea surged nearly 40 percent in February, official data shows -- the...

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Calls For Unity As Arab Leaders Gather

Arab leaders gathered for an annual summit in Jordan Wednesday looking to overcome divisions on regional crises...

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Bodies Found of Two UN Experts In DRCongo Amid Spiralling Violence

Two foreign UN experts who were kidnapped in DR Congo have been found dead, one of them decapitated, the government...

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DR Congo Police Accuse Rebels of Killing 39 Officers

Congolese national police on Monday accused rebels of massacring 39 of their officers in the violence-wracked Kasai...

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Six Aid Workers Killed In An Ambush In South Sudan

Six aid workers have been killed in an ambush in famine-hit South Sudan, the United Nations said on Sunday, without...

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US Vows To End ‘Israel-Bashing’ At United Nations

The US ambassador to the United Nations received a rapturous welcome Monday at Washington's biggest pro-Israel forum,...