UN Plans to Move 10,000 Migrants out of Libya in 2018
Migrants arrive at a naval base after they were rescued by Libyan coast guards in Tripoli, Libya, December 16, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Ismail Zitouny Tripoli: The UN plans to move up to 10,000 illegal...
View ArticleMyanmar Says Still Working With UN, Wants a Rights Investigator Who Is Fair
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee addresses a news conference after her report to the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March...
View ArticleUN Security Council to Vote on New North Korea Sanctions on Friday
The UN emblem is seen in the UN General Assembly hall during the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, US, September 22, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Lucas Jackson/File Photo...
View ArticleYazidi Sisters in ISIS Captivity Reunite After Three Years
Yazidi girls Suhayla, 7, and Rosa, 13, who were reunited with their family after being enslaved by ISIS militants, walk at Sharya Camp in Duhuk, Iraq December 18, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Ari Jalal...
View ArticleNew Sanctions Imposed by UN Security Council on North Korea
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley attends the Security Council session on imposing new sanctions on North Korea, in New York, US, December 22, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Amr Alfiky UN/Seoul: The UN...
View ArticleWhat the Costs of a War in North Korea Could Be
A nuclear exchange between the US and North Korea would go off the charts in terms of lives lost, economies wrecked, environment destroyed. Korean women protest THAAD. Credit: Facebook Donald Trump is...
View ArticleMyanmar Invited to US-Thailand Military Exercise
Soldiers march during a parade to mark Armed Forces Day in Myanmar’s capital Naypyitaw, March 27, 2016. Credit: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun/Files Washington: The Myanmar military, which has been accused of...
View ArticleAttackers Torch Democratic Republic of Congo President’s Property
Joseph Kabila Kabange, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, US, September 23, 2017. Credit:...
View ArticleSyrian Rebel Groups Reject Russian-Sponsored Sochi Conference
A free Syrian army fighter pours tea in the rebel-held town of Dael, Syria, December 22, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Alaa Al-Faqir/Files Amman: Syrian rebel groups on Monday rejected Russia’s planned Sochi...
View ArticleJadhav Spoke in ‘Atmosphere of Coercion’, Remarks to Family ‘Clearly...
The MEA has accused Pakistan of attempting to “bolster a false and unsubstantiated narrative of Jadhav’s alleged activities.” Kulbhushan Jadhav’s wife and mother met him in Islamabad on Monday. Credit:...
View ArticleMedical Evacuations Begin From Syria’s Eastern Ghouta: ICRC
A woman walks at a damaged site after an airstrike in the rebel-held city of Douma, in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta Syria, November 2, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Bassam Khabieh Geneva: Medical...
View ArticleChina Stops Oil Exports to North Korea Amidst Sanctions
A North Korean iron ore mine, near the North Korean town of Musan is seen in this general view taken on May 11, 2013. Credit: Reuters/John Ruwitch Beijing: China exported no oil products to North Korea...
View ArticleRohingya in Bangladesh at Risk of Deadly Diphtheria Face Shortage of Medics,...
Doctors Without Borders has treated around 2,000 patients in the past few weeks and is receiving around 100 new cases daily. Rohingya refugees, who suffer from diphtheria, are being treated at a...
View ArticleUS Call for UN Emergency Session on Iran Is ‘Destructive,’ Says Russia
Finnish President Sauli Niinisto (not in picture) meets Deputy foreign minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Ryabkov at the President’s Official Residence Mantyniemi, Helsinki, Finland September...
View ArticleNo Option but to Fight Myanmar, Say Rohingya Insurgents
Aerial view of a burned Rohingya village near Maungdaw, north of Rakhine State, Myanmar, September 27, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun Yangon: Rohingya Muslim insurgents said on Sunday they have no...
View ArticleArab League to Lobby UN To Recognise Palestinian State
(L-R) Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry , Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, Minister of State for...
View ArticleMyanmar: Prosecutor Seeks Official Secrets Act Charges Against Two Reuters...
Chit Su Win, wife of Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo, and her daughter wait before the two Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo appear in court in Yangon, Myanmar, January 10, 2018. Credit:...
View ArticleLeaving Women and Girls Behind in the Data Revolution Is Not an Option
Without data, it is impossible to track progress or identify policies and interventions that are achieving gender equality. International agencies and governments must commit to investing in collecting...
View ArticleAid Group Throws Light on Neglected Humanitarian Disasters
A report by the international aid organisation CARE aims to shine a spotlight on the humanitarian crises that have been largely neglected by the international community. Congolese soldiers arrest...
View ArticleIndia Is Not ‘Self-Destructing’, It’s Being Destroyed Systematically
A startlingly pessimistic vision of India’s looming environmental and economic collapse – aired by a senior business leader – deserves our urgent attention. Raghu Raman put forward a starkly...
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