Tag: United Nations

The UN's human rights envoy to North Korea on Friday urged China to stop repatriating escaped defectors to the North, ...

Israeli police barred men under 50 from entering Jerusalem's Old City for Friday Muslim prayers as tensions rose and protests ...

Aids deaths halve as more get drugs Deaths linked to Aids have halved in a decade, official figures shows. The ...

Despite global sanctions over its weapons programmes, North Korea's economy grew at the fastest pace in 17 years thanks to ...

Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah group said on Friday that its fighters had begun an operation against militants on both sides of ...

South Korea urged the North on Friday to break its silence on an offer of military talks aimed at easing ...

At least seven people are believed to have died in Auckland this month after using synthetic cannabis, New Zealand police ...

After representing Eritrea in cycling tournaments across Africa, Daniel Teklay took a journey of a different sort last year when ...

The United States on Thursday praised Sudan's efforts in fighting terrorism ahead of a decision expected in October on whether ...

The UN Security Council on Thursday added two armed groups in Syria, two money exchange businesses and four individuals to ...

Deaths linked to Aids have halved in a decade, official figures shows. The condition, which is caused by HIV, used ...

UN rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said Thursday he plans to meet with Chinese officials to push for assurances ...

A reduction in fighting in Sudan's Darfur, where a brutal conflict has killed thousands, prompted the UN to downsize the ...

Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Thursday called on Burundians who have fled their country to return home, after talks with ...

Two of six teens from Burundi who were reported missing in Washington after taking part in an international robotics competition ...

Israel's army boosted security Thursday and braced for possibile unrest on the eve of the main weekly Muslim prayers after ...

Turkey on Thursday accused Cyprus of taking "dangerous" steps in its search for energy resources in the Mediterranean, two weeks ...

AIDS claimed a million lives in 2016, almost half the 2005 toll that marked the peak of the deadly epidemic, ...

North Korea has not responded to South Korea's offer to hold military talks Friday, Seoul said, dimming prospects of any ...

Let me begin this with a confession. After the admonition to diasporans to “stop whining”, I have taken to thinking ...