The dismissal of six employees from the US embassy in Kabul for using or possessing drugs is an embarrassment to Washington, which has spent billions of dollars in the fight against opium production...
UN chief Antonio Guterres appealed Friday for more aid and international solidarity for the people of Mosul, as he visited a camp for Iraqis displaced by fighting with jihadists. "We don't have the...
Despite using state-of-the-art weaponry, the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq appears unable to avoid civilian casualties as it battles the jihadists in close urban combat....
The Palestinians and the United Nations on Friday condemned the Israeli cabinet's approval of the first officially sanctioned new settlement in the occupied West Bank in more than 20 years. The...
The state of emergency in force almost non-stop for 16 months in Mali was extended by 10 days from Friday, the government said. The measure has been renewed several times since jihadists stormed the...
GHANA’S major development partner, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it is unaware of government’s decision to push for an extension of the bailout programme. “We are not aware of the...
Source: Permanent Mission of Ghana to the United Nations Daasebre Prof. (Emeritus) Emmanuel Oti Boateng, a former Ghana Government Statistician and a member of the United Nations Statistical...
The United States has said that it is no longer focused on ousting President Bashar al-Assad as it seeks a new strategy to end Syria's civil war. American officials have been shifting away from their...
The Syrian opposition to the Damascus regime said Thursday it rejected "any role" now or in the future for current President Bashar al-Assad, even though the United States now says Assad's departure...
The US ambassador to the United Nations on Thursday said China can and must do more to force North Korea to halt its nuclear and missile programs. Ambassador Nikki Haley said President Donald Trump...
The US ambassador to the United Nations said Thursday that Washington is no longer focused on ousting President Bashar al-Assad as it seeks ways to end Syria's civil war. "You pick and choose your...
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi defended her civilian government's first year in power in a rare public address on Thursday, saying her party was dedicated to rebuilding a nation ravaged by decades of...
The body of the assassinated half-brother of North Korea's leader, which has been stored in a Malaysian morgue for more than six weeks, will be sent to Pyongyang under a deal announced Thursday. Kim...
UN experts urged American lawmakers Thursday to stop pushing "undemocratic" anti-protest legislation, which they warned breached US and international law ensuring rights to freedom of expression and...
The United Nations Security Council will vote Friday to cut the number of troops and police in its peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo by around seven percent. The lawless...
On west Mosul's Baghdad street, thousands of displaced Iraqis flee the fighting with their meagre belongings but similar numbers walk in the other direction, heading straight back into the war-torn...
The Democratic Republic of Congo's opposition have called for a stay-home stoppage for Monday to force President Joseph Kabila to implement a deal on sharing power. In a statement issued on...
More than five million Syrians are now refugees, the UN said Thursday, as aid groups urged the international community to end the country's six-year war and provide more assistance. The new figures...
Children have been affected by malnutrition in South Sudan The main South Sudanese rebel group, SPLM-In Opposition, is calling for humanitarian corridors to allow aid to get through to areas it...
The body of Kim Jong-Nam will be sent to North Korea and nine Malaysians in Pyongyang will be allowed to leave, Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak said Thursday. North Korean citizens in Malaysia...
