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UN Pushes Myanmar To Release Detained Rohingya Children
The UN children's agency UNICEF has called on Myanmar's government to release Rohingya children detained as part of a...
Roadside Bomb Kills Nine Policemen In Northern Afghanistan
A roadside bomb killed nine policemen and wounded four others outside their checkpoint in northern Afghanistan,...
Mali, France Rule Out Talks With Jihadists After Attacks
France and Mali on Friday ruled out any talks with jihadist groups responsible for repeated attacks on Malian and...
US Warships Deployed To Korean Peninsula
The US military has ordered a navy strike group to move towards the Korean peninsula, amid growing concerns about North...
High-Fives and Presidential Portraits At Pyongyang Marathon
Hundreds of foreigners lined up in Pyongyang's Kim Il-Sung Stadium on Sunday ahead of the Pyongyang Marathon, the...
US Navy Strike Group Moves Towards Korean Peninsula
The US Navy said Saturday it had sent a carrier-led strike group to the Korean peninsula in a show of force against...
South Africa Tells ICC It Didn’t Break Rules By Failing To Arrest Sudan’s Bashir
South Africa on Friday denied flouting international law in 2015 by failing to arrest visiting Sudanese President Omar...
Syria Strike ‘vindicates’ North Korea’s Nuclear Choice
North Korea says a US missile strike on Syria "proves a million times over" that it was right to strengthen its nuclear...
Trump’s Syria Strike Celebrated By ‘terrorists’, Iran Says
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has said "terrorists are celebrating" US strikes on a Syrian airbase. His comments echo...
Trump’s Syria Strike Celebrated By ‘terrorists’
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has said “terrorists are celebrating” US strikes on a Syrian airbase. His...
Iran’s Rouhani Says Trump Abetting Syria ‘terrorists’
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that "terrorists" were applauding his US counterpart Donald Trump for...
South Sudan Leader Acknowledges Famine
President Salva Kiir has acknowledged that the world’s youngest nation faces a famine that has left almost half of...
US Warns of ‘more’ After Missile Strikes
The US envoy to the UN has warned America may take further action after bombarding a Syrian air base suspected of using...
North and South Korea Women Face Off In Pyongyang Football Match
South Korea's flag flew and its anthem sounded in Pyongyang on Friday as its women's football team played out a 1-1...
Why Would Syria Mount ‘chemical Attack’?
While Western powers have blamed Syria's regime for this week's suspected chemical attack, questions remain over why it...
Trump Strikes Syria But No Plan Yet To Oust Assad
Donald Trump's cruise missile strike on a Syrian air base drags Washington deeper into the country's tragedy but does...
UN Emergency Talks After US Missile Strikes
The UN Security Council has heard sharp exchanges over the US bombardment of a Syrian air base suspected of using...
Spreading Violence In South Sudan Forcing Thousands To Flee To Uganda
A woman and her children displaced by fighting in South Sudan sit outside her tent at the Kule camp The U. N. refugee...
UN Chief Urges Restraint, Council To Meet On US Strikes In Syria
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday urged restraint and a renewed push for peace in Syria as the Security...