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S. Korea Former Presidential Aide Jailed Over Artist Blacklist

A top aide close to South Korea's disgraced former president was sentenced to three years Thursday for blacklisting...

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80% of Yemen Children In Need of Immediate Aid

A vicious combination of war, cholera and hunger has left 80 percent of Yemeni children in desperate need of aid, the...

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Top UN Delegation Visits Crisis-Hit Yemen

A high-level UN delegation arrived in Yemen on Monday, a UN source said, to visit areas held by both the government and...

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Yemen Cholera Cases Could Exceed 600,000 In 2017

More than 600,000 people are expected to contract cholera in Yemen this year, the International Committee of the Red...

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CARE Chief Says Yemen Situation A ‘shame On Humanity’

The head of anti-poverty NGO CARE International on Saturday denounced the humanitarian crisis in war-torn Yemen, which...

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Congo, UN, Make Urgent Aid Appeal For Strife-Hit Region

Congo and several UN agencies have launched a joint appeal for $23.7 million (20.6 million euros) to help 138,000...

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Australia Helps Sri Lanka As Dengue Toll Hits 250

Australia will join Sri Lanka in its war on dengue fever, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Wednesday, as the virus...

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20 Yemeni Civilians Reported Dead In Air Strike

An air raid in Yemen has killed at least 20 people mostly from the same family, the UN and witnesses said Wednesday,...

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20 Yemeni Civilians Killed In Air Strike

An air strike on a group of displaced Yemenis has killed at least 20 civilians, mostly from the same family, a UN...

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Ghana Reaches 90% Coverage of Vaccination For Three Diseases

The 2016 Immunization Data released by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that Ghana has reached the Global...

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15 Yemeni Rebels, 8 Soldiers Killed In Clashes

At least 15 Yemeni rebels and eight soldiers were killed Monday as government forces attacked insurgent positions in...

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Wacam Clears Air On Report To Shun Kenyase Foodstuff, Fish

Wacam, a non-governmental mining advocacy group, has denied media reports suggesting that the organisation was...

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Yemen Troops Killed In Suspected Qaeda Attack

Five Yemeni soldiers were killed and three wounded Sunday when gunmen suspected of ties to Al-Qaeda opened fire on a...

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MOH Receives Digital Radiology X-Ray Equipment For TB Diagnoses

The Ministry of Health on Wednesday, received the first batch of ultra-modern digital radiology X-Ray equipment from...

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Measles ‘tragedy’ Kills 35 Across Europe

Thirty-five people have died in the past year from measles outbreaks across Europe, the World Health Organization has...

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UN Urges Aid To Avert Cholera-Induced Famine In Yemen

International donors must step up to prevent a cholera epidemic in war-torn Yemen from producing full-blown famine...

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Britain’s Arms Exports To Saudi ‘lawful’

Britain's High Court ruled on Monday that UK arms exports to Saudi Arabia are not unlawful, after campaigners argued...

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Yemen Cholera Outbreak Tops 300,000 Suspected Cases

A cholera outbreak in Yemen has now surpassed 300,000 suspected cases, the Red Cross said Monday as the war-torn...

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In IS-Held Raqa, Parched Civilians Risk Lives For Water

Syria's Raqa once thrived on the banks of the gushing Euphrates River, but dire shortages in the Islamic State group...