Tag: United Nations

The US ambassador to the United Nations insisted Saturday that President Donald Trump had confronted Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin head-on ...

Rape Victim Jailed For 30 Years Because Baby Was Stillborn

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A teenager who survived rape before giving birth to a stillborn baby in a bathroom has been jailed for 30 ...

Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Approved At UN

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More than 70 years after the world witnessed the devastating power of nuclear weapons, a global treaty has been approved ...

School Under Tree Relocated Into Ultra-Modern Block

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Kalveo Kindergarten and Primary School in the Kassena Nankana West District of the Upper East Region which was under one ...

Eritrea’s ‘city of Dreams’ Given UNESCO Heritage Listing

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The people of Eritrea have long said their capital Asmara is like no other city in Africa, and on Saturday ...

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

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

US Reviews Ties With UNESCO Over Hebron Decision

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The United States said on Friday it was reviewing ties with UNESCO after the UN cultural agency declared the Old ...

UNESCO Declares China’s Hoh Xil Nature Reserve A Heritage Site

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UNESCO on Friday declared the Hoh Xil nature reserve in China's Qinghai Province a natural heritage site in a controversial ...

Heavy Regime Bombardment Reported Near Damascus

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Government forces carried out heavy bombardment Friday of a rebel-held district on the eastern edge of the Syrian capital in ...

What Is the Hebron Row?

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The United Nations declared the Old City of Hebron a heritage site on Friday, sparking Israeli fury and Palestinian jubiliation. ...

UNESCO Puts Hebron On Endangered Heritage List, Outraging Israel

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UNESCO on Friday declared the Old City of Hebron an endangered world heritage site, sparking outrage from Israel in a ...

Palestinians Hail UNESCO Hebron Vote Slammed By Israel

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The Palestinians hailed a UNESCO decision Friday to label the heart of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron a ...

Explosions In Sky As Pyongyang Celebrates ICBM Launch

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Fireworks lit up the sky over Pyongyang's Juche Tower as North Korea celebrated its launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, ...

UN Set To Adopt Treaty Outlawing Nuclear Weapons

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A global treaty banning nuclear weapons is set to be adopted at the United Nations on Friday despite opposition from ...

No Last-Minute Reprieve For Mentally Ill US Man Sentenced To Die

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The governor of Virginia on Thursday refused to grant a last-minute stay of execution to a mentally disturbed death row ...

Leave Atiwa Forest Out of Ghana-China Deal – Gov’t Told

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A coalition of environmental groups has asked government to as a matter of urgency take out the Atiwa Range Forest ...

France and Russia Vow To Fight Extremism

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The French and Russian foreign ministers vowed Thursday to put aside their countries' differences to fight and defeat extremism. "International ...

Togo Purges Its Violent Past With Voodoo Ceremonies

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The voodoo follower stood bare-chested with beads around his neck in the centre of the public square in Bè, a ...

Mattis Slams N.Korea ‘provocation’ But Says Focus On Diplomacy

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Pentagon chief Jim Mattis on Thursday slammed North Korea's test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile as a "provocation," but ...

Absence of Victims Leaves Holes In Juba Hotel Trial

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