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Thai Man Jailed For 35 Years For Defaming Royals On Facebook
A Thai man was jailed for 35 years on Friday for Facebook posts deemed insulting to the royal family, a watchdog said,...
N. Korea Says Launch Tested ‘new Type’ of Cruise Missile
Pyongyang on Friday hailed the successful test of a new type of surface-to-ship cruise missile, which it said was...
North Korea Says Missile Launch A New Type of ‘cruise Rocket’
North Korea's latest missile launch was a successful test of a new type of "ground-to-sea cruise rocket", Pyongyang's...
Health Care Under Attack In Syria Civil War
Health care workers, clinics and hospitals were attacked more than 400 times last year in Syria's civil war, according...
IS Is Reorganizing, Targeting Europe
Despite defeats in Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State group has reorganized and is now "more focused than ever" on...
Ocean Cleanup Finds Rivers Are Major Culprits Behind Ocean Pollution
A new study has revealed that the major culprit behind Earth's polluted oceans are the world's river systems....
Our Laws Should Protect the Elderly – Group Advocates
The Guardians of Gray Masters Foundation, a not-for-profit institution, is advocating early passage of Ghana’s...
Plastic In Rivers Major Source of Ocean Pollution
Plastic that is dumped in rivers and then ends up in the world's oceans is one of the major sources of marine...
100,000 Cholera Cases, 789 Deaths, In Yemen In Past Month
A cholera outbreak of more than 100,000 cases has erupted in war-ravaged Yemen, killing nearly 800 people, in just over...
Weapons Choice In Anti-IS War Endangers Civilians
The choice of weapons by the Iraqi security forces and its allies from the US-led coalition is endangering the lives of...
Maldives Arrests Key Dissident After UN Censure
The Maldives arrested one of the few vocal dissidents still in the country on Thursday, a day after facing censure at...
Al-Shabab Fighters Storm Military Base In Somalia
Somalia’s militant Islamist group al-Shabab says it has carried out a major assault on a military base in the...
Myanmar Bars Rakhine Documentary From Film Festival
Myanmar's censors have barred a documentary on festering religious tensions between Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims in...
UN Reports Fresh IS Killings, Air Strike Deaths In Mosul
The UN rights office said Thursday it has credible reports that the Islamic State group has killed more than 230...
Fierce Clashes As US-Backed Force Battles IS In Syria’s Raqa
US-backed fighters fought fierce battles Thursday as they tried to push further into the Islamic State group's Syrian...
Kofi Annan, Patrick Awuah Among 100 Most Reputable People
Ghana’s Kofi Annan (a former UN Secretary General) and founder of the Ashesi University, Patrick Awuah, have been...
DR Congo Snubs UN Warning On Probe Into Kasai Violence
DR Congo authorities on Thursday rebuffed a UN warning to launch an international probe into violence in the central...
Next Round of Astana Syria Talks Delayed
Russian-backed peace talks on Syria in Astana have been pushed back, Kazakhstan's foreign ministry said Thursday, as...
President Akufo Addo In New York For Oceans Conference
The Ghana Mission, New York, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo arrived in New York for the United Nations High...