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Hiding In Swamps, S.Sudanese Eat Little More Than Lilies
Thousands of people at the epicentre of a man-made famine in South Sudan emerged from the safety of the swamps this...
US, S. Korea and Japan Look To Turn Screw On Pyongyang
Senior US, South Korean and Japanese officials met on Monday to discuss how better to enforce international sanctions...
UN Slams North Korea Over ‘provocative’ Sanctions Evasion
Backed by China, the UN Security Council on Monday unanimously condemned North Korea for its "irresponsible and...
Britain Urges Malaysia To Share Evidence On Kim VX Attack
Britain on Monday urged Malaysia to share evidence from the lethal VX nerve gas attack on Kim Jong-Un's half-brother...
US, Russia Set To Clash Over Syria Sanctions
Russia and the United States were headed for a clash at the UN Security Council on Monday as Moscow prepared to veto a...
Exhausted S.Sudanese Refugees Flock To Sudan Transit Camp
After enduring years of fighting and food shortages, it was the deaths from hunger of many old women and children that...
Some Promises Kept But Tired Old Words Are Not Enough
If Gianni Infantino should be upset at scepticism enshrouding his first year as FIFA president then he need only delve...
Opposition Seeks Russian Support At Syria Talks
Syria's opposition on Monday urged Russia, a key ally of President Bashar al-Assad, to put pressure on Damascus to help...
Yemen Faces ‘serious Risk of Famine’
UN humanitarian aid chief Stephen O'Brien warned Monday in Yemen that the war-torn and impoverished country faces...
Polisario Dismisses Morocco Pullback As ‘window Dressing’
Polisario separatists have dismissed as "window dressing" Morocco's announcement of a pullback from a zone of the...
Philippine Envoy Vows To ‘destroy Criminals’ In UN Speech
The Philippine foreign minister told the UN rights council on Monday that Manila would "destroy criminals" in a defiant...
Libyan ‘hell’ Driving New Migrant Surge
Nightmarish conditions in Libya are helping to drive a surge in the numbers of migrants attempting to reach Italy in...
UN Envoy Decries Violence Against Rohingya In Myanmar
Rohingya refugees who fled violence in Myanmar have told how government forces gang-raped women, slit people's throats...
Avoid Insults, UN Urges Syrian Rivals At Tense Talks
A ban on mobile phones, recording devices and "offensive language": the ground rules handed out at Syrian talks reflect...
Morocco To Pull Out of UN Buffer Zone
It was annexed by Morocco in 1975 - a move resisted by the Polisario Front. Morocco is to pull out of a UN buffer zone...
EU Expands North Korea Sanctions
The European Union imposed additional sanctions on North Korea on Monday over nuclear and ballistic missile tests...
Israel Braces For Gaza War Report
Israeli politicians and ex-generals are scrambling for cover ahead of the publication on Tuesday of a report expected...
Make Corruption A High Crime – Emile Short
Former head of the Commission on Human Rights and Administration Justice (CHRAJ, Mr Emile Short, has called for the...
AU, UN Must End Barbaric Attacks – Ablakwa
The African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN) must intervene to stop the attacks on foreign nationals by South...