Tense Kabul Under Lockdown After Deadly Protest Clashes
Kabul city was on lockdown Saturday with armed checkpoints and armoured vehicles patrolling the streets to prevent a repeat of ...
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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, ...
Residents of Historic Israeli Settlement Say They Have Returned Home
For Yohanan Ben Yaakov, taking part in the creation of the first Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank in ...
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 ...
French Forces Battle Militants In Northern Mali
French forces operating in northern Mali said Friday that they had taken "out of action" around 20 militants in operations ...
Former German President To Be Named UN Envoy For W. Sahara
Former German president Horst Koehler will be appointed new UN envoy for Western Sahara, tasked with restarting talks between Morocco ...
US States, Cities and Firms Unite Behind Paris Accord
Democratic state governors, city mayors and powerful companies united Friday in defiance of President Donald Trump's pledge to take the ...
Kabila Rival Files UN Rights Complaint Against DR Congo Govt
Exiled Democratic Republic of Congo opposition politician Moise Katumbi on Friday filed a complaint with the UN in Geneva against ...
Who Will Suffer the Most From US Climate Exit?
In withdrawing the United States from the Paris climate pact, President Donald Trump claimed that honouring its terms would cost ...
‘Tragic’ Measles Vaccine Blunders Kill 15 Children In South Sudan
Fifteen children died in South Sudan after receiving contaminated measles vaccines that had not been properly refrigerated, and were mixed ...
UN Confirms Iran Compliance To Nuclear Deal
Iran is still sticking to the 2015 nuclear accord with major powers even as tensions rise between Tehran and US ...
Iraq Forces Announce Gains In West Mosul
Iraqi forces have recaptured around half of two neighbourhoods in west Mosul that are among the targets of a broad ...
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 Climate Pact Pullout Could Add 0.3 Degrees of Warming
The US withdrawal from the Paris climate pact could "in a worst case scenario" add a 0.3 degree Celsius rise ...
Chad Blasts UN Report On Troop Abuses In C. Africa
Chad has strongly objected to a UN report accusing its soldiers of abuses in Central African Republic in an official ...
Timing May Thwart Trump’s Move To Quit Paris Climate Pact
The earliest possible date for America's official withdrawal from the climate-rescue Paris Agreement is just a day after the country's ...
Billionaire Bloomberg Pledges $15 Million To UN For Climate Change
US billionaire Michael Bloomberg has offered $15 million to UN efforts to tackle climate change after President Donald Trump announced ...
Pacific Islands Accuse US of ‘abandoning’ Them To Climate Change
Pacific Islands at risk of being swallowed by rising seas accused Washington of "abandoning" vulnerable nations and expressed dismay Friday ...
Dismay As Trump Signals Exit From Accord
There has been widespread international condemnation of President Trump’s announcement that the US is withdrawing from the 2015 Paris climate ...
AU Deputy Chair To Be Special Guest At Africa Dialogues
African Union Deputy Chairperson Thomas Kwesi Quartey and the UN Resident Coordinator for Ghana, Christine Evans-Klock, are confirmed as Special ...