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US Locked In ‘slow-Going’ Talks With China On N.Korea Sanctions
Despite a push to quickly slap new UN sanctions on North Korea, the United States is bogged down in "slow-going"...
ICC Judges Ordered To Review Freeing I.Coast Ex-Leader Gbagbo
Judges must review whether to release the ageing former Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo for the rest of his crimes...
Bahrain Charges Activist With ‘terrorism’
Bahrain has slapped terrorism charges on an activist who tweeted criticism of the government's treatment of women,...
US Opposes Seat For DRCongo At UN Rights Council
The United States on Wednesday berated African countries for backing a bid by the Democratic Republic of Congo to win a...
Congo, UN, Make Urgent Aid Appeal For Strife-Hit Region
Congo and several UN agencies have launched a joint appeal for $23.7 million (20.6 million euros) to help 138,000...
Judges Must Review Whether To Free Ivory Coast Leader
Appeal judges Wednesday struck down a decision denying former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo interim release during...
Rising Anti-Refugee Sentiment Stirs Concern In Lebanon
An attack on Lebanese troops raiding a Syrian refugee camp has stirred violent debate and polarised opinions, with...
UN To Close Five Peacekeepers’ Bases In Eastern DRCongo
Five UN peacekeepers' bases in the Democratic Republic of Congo are to close at the end of July, the UN mission there...
Palestinian Civilians Urge ICC To Speed Up ‘war Crimes’ Probe
Palestinian lawyers and civil society groups Wednesday urged the International Criminal Court to speed up inquiries and...
Chairman of Metito Joins In Eradicating Malnutrition In Support of the United Nations SDGs
The Intergovernmental Institution for the use of micro-algae spirulina against malnutrition (IIMSAM), the...
S.Sudan Clashes Force Patients, Doctors To Flee Hospital
Thouk Reath, 19, was recovering from a leg amputation after being shot in fighting in northeastern South Sudan when the...
‘Rule of Law’ Issues Cloud Philippine Prospects
Former US secretary of state Madeleine Albright warned Wednesday that "rule-of-law" issues could harm investments in...
20 Yemeni Civilians Reported Dead In Air Strike
An air raid in Yemen has killed at least 20 people mostly from the same family, the UN and witnesses said Wednesday,...
20 Yemeni Civilians Killed In Air Strike
An air strike on a group of displaced Yemenis has killed at least 20 civilians, mostly from the same family, a UN...
Thai Smuggling Crackdown Leaves Myanmar’s Rohingya In Limbo
Five years have passed since Hla Hla Sein was forced into a displacement camp in western Myanmar for Rohingya Muslims,...
ICC Judges To Rule On Release of Ivory Coast Ex-Leader Gbagbo
War crimes judges will rule Wednesday whether former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo can be released from prison for...
Mosul Looks To Rise From the Ashes
The battle over, it's now time to start rebuilding Iraq's second city, parts of which were literally flattened during...
US Sanctions Iran Over Missiles, Despite Nukes Compliance
The US slapped fresh sanctions on Iran Tuesday over its ballistic missile program, just hours after Washington admitted...
Israel PM Hails Hungary Fight Against Anti-Semitism
Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday praised Budapest for "standing up for" the Jewish state, at talks with...