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UN Court To Rule On Indian ‘spy’ Facing Execution
The UN's top court was to rule Thursday on an urgent bid by India to stop Pakistan from carrying out a death sentence...
UN To Deploy ‘rapid Intervention Force’ In Central Mali
A rapid intervention force of Senegalese troops will soon be deployed in central Mali, which has seen an increase in...
Washington’s UN Envoy To Travel To Jordan, Turkey
US Ambassador Nikki Haley will make her first trip overseas this week as Washington's envoy to the United Nations,...
Solar Power Brings Relief To Syrian Refugees In Jordan
Before solar power came to the Jordan desert camp she now calls home, life was tough for Syrian refugee Racha Hadar and...
Syrians Seek Release of Prisoners From ‘crematorium’ Jail
Standing outside the UN's headquarters in Geneva, Amina Kholani chokes back tears as she relives the nightmare of...
Couple Stoned To Death In North Mali By ‘Islamists’
An unmarried couple were stoned to death in public in northeast Mali by Islamists, local officials told AFP on...
Meningitis Caused Almost 180 Deaths In Niger Since January
At least 179 people, almost half of them children, have died of meningitis since January in Niger, where some 3,000...
UN World Court To Rule Thursday On Indian ‘spy’ Case
The UN's top court will rule Thursday on an urgent bid by India to stop Pakistan from carrying out a death sentence on...
Speeding Causes 60% …of Fatal Crashes –NRSC
Director of Planning and Programmes at the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC), Mr. David Osafo Adonteng, has...
UN Security Council Condemns N. Korea Missile Test, Vows Sanctions
The UN Security Council on Monday strongly condemned North Korea's latest ballistic missile test and vowed to take...
Putin Warns Against ‘intimidating’ North Korea After Latest Missile Launch
Russian President Vladimir Putin has condemned North Korea's latest missile launch as "dangerous" but warned against...
DRCongo Unrest Killed 390 Fighters, 124 Troops Since End March
Spiralling violence in DR Congo's central Kasai region has killed 390 tribal militia fighters and 124 government troops...
Yemen Cholera Death Toll Reaches 184
A cholera outbreak in war-torn Yemen has killed 184 people in recent weeks with another 11,000 suspected cases across...
HRW Denounces Rape By Ugandan Troops In C. Africa
Ugandan troops deployed in eastern Central African Republic to fight Ugandan rebels have sexually abused local women...
Israeli Navy Shoots Dead Gaza Fisherman After ‘blockade Breach’
An Israeli patrol boat fired at Palestinian fishermen accused of breaching the blockade off the northern Gaza Strip on...
Boko Haram Insurgents Kill Six Farmers In Nigeria
Boko Haram jihadists have killed six farmers who were working on their land near the northeastern Nigerian city of...
Yemen Rebels Declare State of Emergency Over Cholera Outbreak
Rebel authorities in Yemen's capital have sounded the alarm over a spreading cholera outbreak that has killed dozens in...
The Good, Bad and Ugly
The just-wrapped kids’ talent reality show on TV3, ‘Talented Kidz’ was a hit series, thanks to the exploits of...
UN Wants More Than $1bn To Help With South Sudan
Neighbouring countries are struggling to cope with the refugees crossing over from South Sudan UN aid agencies are...