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What next for US-Mideast relations?

America further isolated after blocking UN resolution to withdraw declaration of Jerusalem as Israel's capital

USA

US blocks UN over Jerusalem resolution

US stands alone in the UN Security Council rejecting a call for Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital

Syria

Aid agencies warn of humanitarian crisis of besieged Syrians

Charity officials working on the outskirts of Damascus have warned that humanitarian conditions have reached crisis levels as the Syrian government continues to block trucks carrying relief supplies from reaching badly effected areas.

Syria

UN urges for peace talks in Syria

As civilian casualties rise, the UN has urged for peace talks in Syria as Russian President Putin says their work in the country is nearly done.

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Myanmar

UN reports allegations of sexual violence against Rohingya in Myanmar

A senior UN official tells the Security Council of reports of horrific sexual violence against Rohingya minority in Myanmar and calls on the Council to visit the region. Myanmar says claims of crimes against humanity are unsubstantiated.

World News

International Anti-Corruption Day: 'development, peace and security'

The focus of the 2017 International Anti-Corruption Day is 'United against corruption for development, peace and security'.

Democratic Republic Of Congo

Attack on UN peacekeeping forces in DRC 'a war crime'

The UN Secretary-General labels a deadly attack on peacekeeping forces in the DRC a 'war crime' and calls for justice.

World News

Rohingya crisis: UN warns against immediate refugee returns

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UN security council to discuss US recognition of Jerusalem

The UN security council is expected to meet on Friday to discuss Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

World News

UN seeks to tackle ‘ocean Armageddon’ of plastic pollution

The world’s top environmental decision-making body is targeting ‘global menace’ of pollution at a summit in Nairobi.

Yemen

Yemen blockade must be "completely lifted"

Humanitarian officials warn millions could die if the blockade by a Saudi-led coalition, which has been partially removed, is not completely lifted.

World News

European leaders pledge to combat violence against women

According to official data, some 215,000 violent sexual crimes were recorded by police in the European Union in 2015

Yemen

Humanitarian aid reaches Yemen as crisis worsens

The flights carrying medical supplies and aid workers are the first allowed in nearly three weeks, since a blockade imposed on the war-torn country sparked an international outcry.

Ukraine

No respite in east Ukraine as another war winter approaches

Fighting continues and millions suffer from forgotten conflict in Europe’s east

World News

Which EU countries have the highest rate of sex crimes?

Eighty per cent of sexual assualt victims are women. The UN's International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women aims to stop this and other violence against women from happening

Saudi Arabia

Syrian opposition rules out role for Assad in peace deal

Despite President Assad's renewed military might, opposition groups say the Syrian leader must play no part in an interim period under any peace deal

World News

Relief and 'justice' for relatives of Srebrenica victims

Relatives of the 8,000 Bosnian Muslim victims of the 1995 massacre erupted into cheers when the ex-Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic was sentenced to life in prison.

Ivory Coast

Ivorian migrants confirm existence of Libya's migrant slave markets

Migrants returning to the Ivory Coast to be repatriated reveal the horrors of the migrant slave trade.

USA

Syria: Russia casts UN veto again, blocking inquiry into chemical weapons attacks

It is the third time in a month that Russia has blocked attempts to extend the inquiry

Germany

Mixed verdict on COP23 climate summit

The UN talks in Berlin made progress on climate goals but critics say a sense of urgency was lacking