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US Urges Myanmar to Allow UN Probe Into Crimes Against Rohingya
A girl wears thanakha powder on her face in a Rohingya refugee camp outside Kyaukpyu in Rakhine state, Myanmar, May 17, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun UN: The US on Monday called on Myanmar to...
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UN Must Improve LGBTQI Health to Deliver on ‘Leave No One Behind’ Promise
LGBTQI people’s health is consistently poorer than that of the general population. Participants at a gay pride celebration in Uganda. Credit: Amy Fallon/IPS New York: While there has been progress in...
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Myanmar Government Escorts Media to Conflict Zone, Promises ‘No Restrictions’
A Rohingya woman walks in a refugee camp outside Kyaukpyu in Rakhine State, Myanmar, May 17, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun/Files Sittwe: Myanmar pledged on Wednesday “no restrictions” on...
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Hunger Worsens, Crops Scorch and Livestock Die as East Africa’s Drought...
“This is the third season in a row that families have had to endure failed rains – they are simply running out of ways to cope,” the FAO said. Herders collect water with camels at one of the few...
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Tobacco Industry Subverting Anti-Smoking Campaigns: WHO
A woman smokes a beedi or local cigarette hand-rolled with tobacco leaf on a roadside in New Delhi, India, May 24, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Adnan Abidi Geneva: The tobacco industry continues to subvert...
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East Timorese Queue to Cast Votes in Parliamentary Election
East Timorese wait in line to cast their ballot in parliamentary elections in Dili, East Timor, July 22, 2017. Credit: Reuters /Lirio da Fonseca Dili: Voters in East Timor queued up on Saturday to cast...
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Saudi-Led Coalition to Blame for ‘Grave Violations’ Against Children in Yemen
More than 4,000 children have been killed or injured by all sides of Yemen’s conflict. Credit: Reuters via Manila Bulletin United Nations: Human rights groups are urging the UN Secretary-General to...
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Israel Replaces Jerusalem Metal Detectors With Cameras, Palestinians Reject...
Palestinians walk next to the entrance of the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount at morning after Israel removed the new security measures there, in Jerusalem’s...
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UN Accuses Saudi-Led Coalition for Deaths off Yemen Coast
A Somali refugee, who was among survivors of an attack on a boat off Yemen’s coast in the Red Sea, cries as he sits at a detention center in the Houthi-held port of Hodeidah, Yemen, March 22, 2017....
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US, North Korea Bear Responsibility for Reducing Tensions, Says China
China’s ambassador to the UN Liu Jieyi speaks at a news conference at UN Headquarters in New York City, New York, US, July 31, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Carlo Allegri UN: China‘s UN ambassador said on...
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China Extends Hold On Listing Azhar As UN-Designated Terrorist
Beijing has repeatedly blocked India’s move to put a ban on the Jaish-e-Mohammed leader under the Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee of the Council. Maulana Masood Azhar attends a pro-Taliban conference in...
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UN Expert Warns Resumption of Executions in Maldives Would Be ‘Great Setback’
Maldives President Abdulla Yameen. Credit: Reuters Geneva: The Maldives will make a big mistake if it ends a six-decade moratorium on the death penalty, an independent UN human rights expert said on...
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UN Reports Hundreds of Civilians Killed in Congo
Human skulls suspected to belong to victims of a recent combat between government army and Kamuina Nsapu militia are seen on the roadside in Tshienke near Kananga, the capital of Kasai-central province...
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Myanmar Rejects Report of Human Rights Violations Against Rohingya
A woman walks among debris after fire destroyed shelters at a camp for internally displaced Rohingya Muslims in the western Rakhine State near Sittwe, Myanmar May 3, 2016. Credit: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun...
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UN Urges Global Action to Save 20 Million People From Famine
A malnourished boy lies on a bed outside his family’s hut in al-Tuhaita district of the Red Sea province of Hodaida, Yemen September 26, 2016. Credit: Reuters/Abduljabbar Zeyad UN: The UN Security...
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Colombia’s FARC Rebels Hand In Over 8,000 Weapons, Says UN
FARC members stand during a formation in a camp before moving to the transitional zone of Pueblo Nuevo, at the Los Robles FARC camp, Colombia, January 25, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Federico Rios Bogota:...
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Yemen Violence Escalating, Better Access to North Required, Says UN
A view of the Red Sea port city of Mukha, Yemen, August 6, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Fawaz Salman UN: Top UN officials on Friday warned violence in Yemen was worsening and greater access was needed to the...
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Besides Chile, Costa Rica and Mexico, Other Latin American Countries Need to...
The 2017 Global Innovation Index shows that most countries in Latin America and the Caribbean could do much more to to become a greater source of global intellectual production. Santiago, the capital...
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Chinese Candidate for DG UNESCO Visited India for Support Earlier This Month
The visit took place after Beijing kept up the official rhetoric on Doklam with the release of a position paper in early August. Tang Qian (left) with the Chinese ambassador to India, Luo Zhaohui, at...
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Air Strikes Near Houthi Checkpoint Claim at Least 35 Lives in Yemen
People gather at the site of Saudi-led air strikes in Arhab area, around 20 kilometres (13 miles) north of Sanaa, Yemen August 23, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Khaled Abdullah Dubai: At least 35 people were...
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