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Ex-Haitian President Preval Dies
Former Haitian President Rene Preval, 74, the first leader in Haiti's history to win a democratic election, serve a...
Syrian Talks End, ‘more Positive’ Than Previous Round
More than a week of UN-sponsored peace talks ended in Geneva on Friday, the main opposition group said, calling the...
Vatican Praises Ghana For Its Role In UN Peacekeeping Missions
Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello was received by Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia at the Flagstaff House The Vatican has...
UN Chief To Visit Kenya As Famine Threatens Region
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will travel to Kenya on Sunday for talks with leaders on regional issues, his...
UN Watchdog Examines Eight Alleged Gas Attacks In Syria This Year
A UN chemical weapons watchdog is examining allegations of eight toxic gas attacks in Syria since the beginning of this...
115 Migrants Rescued, 25 Missing
The Libyan navy said it rescued 115 migrants Friday headed for Europe whose overloaded rubber boat was sinking off the...
Italy Migrant Rescues Hit New High As Libya Exit Rises
The number of migrants rescued at sea this year in operations run by Italy's coastguard topped 15,000 Friday after...
Trump Torture Remarks
There was no immediate response from the U. S. delegation to the 47-member state forum in Geneva. A U. N. human rights...
Trapped Syrians Tell of Misery In No Man’s Land
A Jordanian army ambulance pulled up at a makeshift clinic a few hundred metres from a desert border camp where tens of...
Syria Peace Talks Inch Forward Under Diplomatic Pressure
UN-sponsored Syria peace talks limped towards a close on Friday after more than a week in Geneva with little sign of...
Malaysia Prepares To Deport N.Korean Linked To Murder; Condemns Attack
Malaysia released on Friday a North Korean suspect in the murder of the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader...
UN Concerned At ‘serious’ Abuses, Torture In Sri Lanka
The UN on Friday warned that a range of serious abuses, including torture, appear to remain widespread in Sri Lanka and...
Ghana, Qatar Deepen Diplomatic, Economic Ties
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that his government intends to build very strong diplomatic and...
History of African Wax Prints
You referred to them as ‘African wax prints,’ but what you may not know is that the fabrics are usually neither...
Ghana and Qatar To Deepen Diplomatic Ties
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has stated that his government intends to build a strong diplomatic and...
Moscow Envoy At Heart of Very Washington Scandal
Russia's ambassador Sergey Kislyak was all smiles as he glad-handed US lawmakers gathered on Capitol Hill to hear...
Nearly 1,000 Migrants Rescued Off Libya
Some 970 migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya on Thursday, Italy's coastguard said, as the numbers attempting...
Syria Army Retakes Ancient Palmyra From IS
Syrian troops backed by Russian jets completed the recapture of the historic city of Palmyra from the Islamic State...
Russia Urges ‘national Dialogue’ At Libya PM Meeting
Russia's foreign minister on Thursday pushed an "inclusive national dialogue" in Libya at talks with its UN-backed...