Why Are Sahel Countries Deploying An Anti-Jihad Force?
France has asked the UN Security Council to authorise the deployment of a five-nation African military force to fight jihadists ...
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Darfur Peacekeeping Force Headed For Major Drawdown
The African Union and the United Nations are proposing major cuts to their joint peacekeeping force in Sudan's troubled Darfur ...
France Will Ask UN To Authorize Sahel Counter-Terror Force
France will ask the UN Security Council to authorize an African military force for the Sahel region that will be ...
North Korea Slams ‘mean’ Targeted UN Sanctions
North Korea on Sunday slammed the latest UN sanctions as "mean" and vowed to press ahead with its missile and ...
Mattis Praises, Criticises China On N. Korea and South China Sea
Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Saturday that North Korea posed a global threat and praised China's efforts to influence Pyongyang, ...
UN Slaps Targeted Sanctions On 18 N. Korean Officials, Firms
The UN Security Council on Friday put North Korea's suspected spy chief, 13 other Pyongyang officials and four entities on ...
US Carriers In Sea of Japan In Show of Force To N.Korea
Two US aircraft carriers and their escort vessels carried out naval maneuvers in the Sea of Japan this week in ...
E. Guinea, Poland, Kuwait Among Six Elected To UN Security Council
Equatorial Guinea was for the first time elected to the UN Security Council on Friday during a vote that saw ...
Moscow Says Won’t Veto UN Resolution On N.Korea Sanctions
Moscow on Friday said it will not veto a UN resolution imposing sanctions on North Korea, despite Kremlin ire over ...
US Proposes New N. Korea Sanctions At UN
The United States presented a draft UN Security Council resolution Thursday that would impose new sanctions on North Korea over ...
Rights Groups Urge Probe Into Bloodshed In DR Congo’s Kasai
International and local rights groups called on the UN on Thursday to open an urgent inquiry into the months-long violence ...
Six Days That Changed the Face of the Middle East
The Arab-Israeli war of June 1967, or Six-Day War, radically changed the map of the Middle East. Between June 5 ...
Yemen Facing ‘total Collapse’ As Fighting Continues, UN Warns
The United Nation's top humanitarian co-ordinator has said Yemen is facing "total social, economic and institutional collapse." Stephen O'Brien was ...
World Watches As Yemen Descends Into Total Collapse
Yemen is descending into total collapse, its people facing war, famine and a deadly outbreak of cholera, as the world ...
N. Korea Says Ballistic Missile Test Successful
North Korea on Tuesday boasted its test of a precision-guided missile was "successful", saying it had zeroed in within a ...
China Calls For Dialogue After N.Korea Missile Test
China pleaded again for dialogue on Monday to ease regional tensions after North Korea launched its latest missile test in ...
N. Korea Fires Ballistic Missile
North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Monday, the South's military and Japan said, a move that ratcheted up tensions ...
UN Chief Decries Attacks Targeting Medical Facilities
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Thursday warned that attacks on medical facilities are on the rise in war zones, ...
North Korea Can Fire Its Ballistic Missile From ANYWHERE, Images Show
North Korea's latest missile launch showed that the county's military is able to operate weapons from anywhere in the country, ...
UN Questions DR Congo Probe of Experts’ Murder
The United Nations raised questions Tuesday about the Democratic Republic of Congo's probe of the murder of two UN experts ...