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UN Peacekeeping Chief Defends Cost of Missions
United Nations peacekeeping missions, under threat from budget cuts if Washington's promise to slash its UN spending...
UN Security Council Again Eyes Sanctions On South Sudan
The UN Security Council voiced alarm about the deepening humanitarian crisis and famine in South Sudan, with the United...
Somali Leader Pleads For Help To Avert Famine
Somalia's president said on Thursday almost half his country's people are facing acute food shortages and about 15...
UN Security Council Condemns Latest N.Korea Missile Tests
The UN Security Council on Thursday "strongly condemned" recent North Korean missile and ballistic missile engine...
Two Years On, Yemen Stuck In ‘quagmire’
Deadly fighting, a rise in jihadism, the threat of famine -- two years after Saudi Arabia intervened against...
North Korea Not Afraid of US Military Strike
North Korea said Monday it is not frightened by US threats of possible pre-emptive military action to halt its nuclear...
Saudi Aramco Resumes Egypt Oil Deliveries
Egypt has received its first two oil shipments from Saudi giant Aramco after deliveries were suspended for several...
China, Russia Block UN Statement On Myanmar
China and Russia blocked a proposed UN Security Council statement on Friday that would have expressed concern over the...
US ‘strategic Patience’ With North Korea Has Ended
The United States' "strategic patience" with nuclear-armed North Korea is over, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said...
IMANI Report On ACILA Roundtable Discussion On African Leaders and the ICC
The African Centre for International Law & Accountability hosted a roundtable discussion (RTD) on 8 March 2017 to...
5,000 Civilians Freed From Boko Haram’s Grip
Cameroon said its troops had rescued 5,000 civilian "hostages" held by Boko Haram Islamists in a cross-border operation...
Trump Envoy Meets Abbas As White House Wades Into Mideast Conflict
US President Donald Trump's administration waded into the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Tuesday as one of...
Trump Envoy To Meet Abbas As White House Wades Into Mideast Conflict
US President Donald Trump's administration waded into the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Tuesday with one...
Syria Has Become ‘torture Chamber’
The UN rights chief warned Tuesday that a "tidal wave of bloodshed" over more than six years of war in Syria had...
UN Disturbed By Torture, Forced Disappearances In Burundi
The UN Security Council on Monday said it was disturbed by reports of torture and forced disappearances in Burundi but...
‘Brand Modi’ Gets Thumbs Up As PM’s Party Sweeps India Polls
Rebounding from a self-inflicted banknote crisis to deliver his party a stunning victory in state polls, Prime Minister...
Ghana Asked To State Position On ICC Membership
Ghana has been asked to clearly state whether or not it will remain a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC)...
UN Seeks To Boost Its Mission In DR Congo As Violence Spreads
The UN secretary general is seeking an additional 320 police for the peace keeping mission in the central Africa...
World Faces Worst Humanitarian Crisis Since WWII
The United Nations is warning that the world is facing its worst humanitarian crisis since the end of World War II,...