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Myanmar Releases Nearly 70 More Child Soldiers
Myanmar's military released 67 child soldiers on Friday, its first discharge this year as part of a slow process to end...
Kenya Cholera Outbreak Hits Dozens At Health Conference
Nearly 50 people have contracted cholera while attending a health conference in Kenya’s capital. The infected...
Top Khmer Rouge Leader Denies Genocide At Close of UN-Backed Trial
One of the top surviving leaders of Cambodia's ruthless Khmer Rouge regime on Friday denied genocide charges and...
Congo Peacekeepers Accused of Sex Abuse To Leave CAR
About 600 troops from Congo Republic serving as UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic will be returning home...
Assange Lawyer Says UK Breaking International Law
Julian Assange's lawyer accused Britain on Thursday of breaking international law by denying the WikiLeaks founder safe...
Israel Accuses Hezbollah of ‘dangerous Provocation’
Israel on Thursday accused its Lebanese arch-foe Hezbollah of expanding observation posts along the border under the...
Kenya’s Schoolgirls To Get Free Sanitary Pads From Government
All Kenyan schoolgirls are to get free sanitary pads, the government has said. It is hoped the move will improve access...
Actress Emma Watson Takes Feminist Book Happening To Paris
"Harry Potter" star Emma Watson spent Thursday hiding copies of Margaret Atwood's classic novel "The Handmaid's Tale"...
Macron Unveils France’s New Realpolitik For Syria
Recalibrating France's long-held policy of insisting that Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad must step down, President...
EU Pledges 85 Mn Euros To Uganda For S.Sudan Refugees
The EU pledged 85 million euros ($95 million) to Uganda Thursday, ahead of a summit to raise twenty times that amount...
Indian ‘spy’ On Death Row In Pakistan Seeks Clemency
An Indian national facing execution after being convicted of spying in Pakistan has sought clemency from the country's...
Hundreds Gather For the Funeral of Otto Warmbier
Friends and family members are gathering in Ohio to say goodbye to an American student who just six died days after...
UN Wishes Eid Mubarak To All Muslims
United Nations Joint Special Representative/Joint Chief Mediator, Jeremiah Mamabolo has sent warm wishes to all Muslims...
UAE Runs ‘informal Prisons’ In Yemen
The United Arab Emirates runs at least two "informal detention facilities" in Yemen and has reportedly transferred...
Japan Politician Retracts ‘starve North Koreans’ Call
A Japanese governor has retracted his call for North Koreans to be "starved to death" if Pyongyang were to target his...
Starvation Looms As Food Runs Out In Drought-Hit Ethiopia
The Somali people of Ethiopia's southeast have a name for the drought that has killed livestock, dried up wells and...
Myanmar Forces Kill 3 In Raid On ‘terrorist Training Camps’
Myanmar security forces have killed three people in raids on "terrorist" training camps run by Rohingya Muslim...
Deep In Mosul, US Forces Support Iraq’s Fight
In a once-plush house in west Mosul, a handful of US soldiers watch on as an Iraqi commander barks orders over the...
Congo Peacekeepers Accused of Sex Abuse To Leave C. Africa
About 600 troops from Congo Republic serving as UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic will be returning home...