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Khashoggi death: Don't give Saudi Arabia 'licence to kill', says RSF
The international community must keep up the pressure on Saudi Arabia after its admission that...
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Koreas, U.S.-led U.N. Command hold 1st talks on disarming border
North Korea, South Korea and the United Nations Command (UNC) held their first three-way talks...
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‘Storm heading your way’: UN warns of growing hunger, climate change threats
A potent combination of hunger, climate change and man-made conflicts are creating a “perfect storm”,...
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U.N. report on global warming carries life-or-death warning
Preventing an extra single degree of heat could make a life-or-death difference in the next...
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U.S. to end diplomatic visas for same-sex partners
The United States will no longer grant diplomatic visas to the same-sex domestic partners of...
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India cancelled dialogue on ‘flimsy grounds’, says Pak at UN
Pakistan raised the Kashmir issue in the UN General Assembly on Saturday, saying the "unresolved...
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U.N. to prepare indictments over atrocities in Myanmar
The U.N. Human Rights Council voted Thursday to set up a panel to prepare criminal...
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Trump challenges UN, boasting of America’s go-it-alone might
U.S. President Donald Trump poured scorn on the “ideology of globalism” and heaped praise on...
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U.N.: Excessive drinking killed over 3 million people in 2016
Drinking too much alcohol killed more than 3 million people in 2016, mostly men, the...
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'Rocket Man' to 'Terrific': Trump lauds Kim in UN return
U.S. President Donald Trump raised hopes at the United Nations on Monday that a second...
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U.N.: Yemen faces threat of famine
International aid agencies are losing the fight against famine in Yemen, where 3.5 million people...
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U.N.: 38,500 flee Syria’s Idlib
Violence in northwest Syria has displaced more than 38,500 people in less than two weeks...
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U.N. reaches ceasefire for Libyan capital as migrants escape
A ceasefire has been signed between armed factions fighting over the Libyan capital, the United...
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Conditions still not suitable for safe return of Rohingya: UN chief
Conditions are still not suitable for the safe, voluntary and sustainable return of over 700,000...
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U.N.: Myanmar generals had genocidal intent, must face justice
Myanmar’s military carried out mass killings and gang rapes of Muslim Rohingya with “genocidal intent”...
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Annan’s legacy of fighting for equality and rights lives on
Kofi Annan left the United Nations far more committed than it had been to combating...
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Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan dies at age 80
GENEVA (AP) -- Kofi Annan, one of the world's most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic...
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UN chief to discuss North Korea in Japan
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is expected to discuss the North Korea crisis with Prime...
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UN chief backs J&K rights report
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has voiced support for the UN human rights chief’s call for...
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U.S. says Russia protecting Assad in chemical gas attacks
U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley accused Russia on Monday of protecting Syrian President Bashar Assad from...
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Ma Zhaoxu: China's next man at the UN
Ma ZhaoxuFormer foreign ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu will become China's ambassador to the United Nations...