United Nations
Rape Victim Jailed For 30 Years Because Baby Was Stillborn
A teenager who survived rape before giving birth to a stillborn baby in a bathroom has been jailed for 30 years. The...
Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Approved At UN
More than 70 years after the world witnessed the devastating power of nuclear weapons, a global treaty has been...
School Under Tree Relocated Into Ultra-Modern Block
Kalveo Kindergarten and Primary School in the Kassena Nankana West District of the Upper East Region which was under...
Eritrea’s ‘city of Dreams’ Given UNESCO Heritage Listing
The people of Eritrea have long said their capital Asmara is like no other city in Africa, and on Saturday the UN...
In IS-Held Raqa, Parched Civilians Risk Lives For Water
Syria's Raqa once thrived on the banks of the gushing Euphrates River, but dire shortages in the Islamic State group...
US Reviews Ties With UNESCO Over Hebron Decision
The United States said on Friday it was reviewing ties with UNESCO after the UN cultural agency declared the Old City...
UNESCO Declares China’s Hoh Xil Nature Reserve A Heritage Site
UNESCO on Friday declared the Hoh Xil nature reserve in China's Qinghai Province a natural heritage site in a...
Heavy Regime Bombardment Reported Near Damascus
Government forces carried out heavy bombardment Friday of a rebel-held district on the eastern edge of the Syrian...
What Is the Hebron Row?
The United Nations declared the Old City of Hebron a heritage site on Friday, sparking Israeli fury and Palestinian...
UNESCO Puts Hebron On Endangered Heritage List, Outraging Israel
UNESCO on Friday declared the Old City of Hebron an endangered world heritage site, sparking outrage from Israel in a...
Palestinians Hail UNESCO Hebron Vote Slammed By Israel
The Palestinians hailed a UNESCO decision Friday to label the heart of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron a...
Explosions In Sky As Pyongyang Celebrates ICBM Launch
Fireworks lit up the sky over Pyongyang's Juche Tower as North Korea celebrated its launch of an intercontinental...
UN Set To Adopt Treaty Outlawing Nuclear Weapons
A global treaty banning nuclear weapons is set to be adopted at the United Nations on Friday despite opposition from...
No Last-Minute Reprieve For Mentally Ill US Man Sentenced To Die
The governor of Virginia on Thursday refused to grant a last-minute stay of execution to a mentally disturbed death row...
Leave Atiwa Forest Out of Ghana-China Deal – Gov’t Told
A coalition of environmental groups has asked government to as a matter of urgency take out the Atiwa Range Forest in...
France and Russia Vow To Fight Extremism
The French and Russian foreign ministers vowed Thursday to put aside their countries' differences to fight and defeat...
Togo Purges Its Violent Past With Voodoo Ceremonies
The voodoo follower stood bare-chested with beads around his neck in the centre of the public square in Bè, a working...
Mattis Slams N.Korea ‘provocation’ But Says Focus On Diplomacy
Pentagon chief Jim Mattis on Thursday slammed North Korea's test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile as a...
Absence of Victims Leaves Holes In Juba Hotel Trial
Witnesses described looting and finding a dead body, but the trial of 12 soldiers accused of raping foreign aid workers...