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USA

Russia rejects UN SC resolution on Syria probe

Lebanon

UN warns any Lebanese conflict could have devastating consequences

Secretary General Antonio Gutteres joins voices calling for calm as crisis deepens since al-Hariri resignation.

Syria

A chemical attack, now starvation: siege chokes Damascus suburbs

The UN says at least 1,200 children suffer from malnutrition in rebel-held eastern Ghouta, under siege by government forces since 2013.

Yemen

Millions could die in Yemen - UN

The country is facing a devastating famine unless the current air, sea and land blockade imposed by the Saudi-led coalition is lifted.

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Democratic Republic Of Congo

Thousands of DRC children at immediate risk of starvation, UN warns

The World Food Programme says a looming humanitarian catastrophe could cause the deaths of hundreds of thousands of youngsters within months.

World News

UN warns CO2 levels reach record high

The UN warns the amount of CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere has reached levels not seen in millions of years.

World News

Record high in atmospheric CO2 levels reached in 2016

Carbon dioxide levels in the earth’s atmosphere have grown at record pace in 2016, according to the U.N.

Syria

Syria rejects UN chemical attack report

The report blames the Assad regime for a chemical strike that killed dozens in an opposition-held town

Zimbabwe

WHO chief 'rethinks' naming Mugabe goodwill ambassador

It follows a global outcry over the appointment

Malawi

Vampire scare prompts UN to pull staff out of southern Malawi

Lynch mobs accusing people of vampirism had been searching for individuals and blocking roads

France

Former French Culture Minister is chosen as candidate to head UNESCO

Myanmar

UN fears further exodus of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar into Bangladesh

The United Nations says it is braced for a further exodus of Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar into Bangladesh.

Haiti

UN troops to leave Haiti

UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti is set to leave the country

Spain

How do you become an internationally-recognised state?

Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says Iraqi Kurds would not know how to establish a state. Which begs the question: what steps would one have to take to establish an internationally-recognised state?

China

Rex Tillerson in China for top-level talks on North Korea

Myanmar

UN chief Guterres says Rohingya crisis is "human rights nightmare"

He was briefing the UN Security Council's first public meeting on Myanmar in eight years

Myanmar

Aid groups demand access to Myanmar conflict zone

Rohingya Muslim refugees say Buddhist mobs and Myanmar soldiers set entire villages on fire, shot at them indiscriminately and raped women.

USA

Erdogan supporters beat up protestors at New York speech

Member of the audience calls the Turkish president a 'terrorist' during a speech at the city's Marriott hotel, soliciting violent response from the crowd.

Iraq

Amal Clooney describes UN investigation into ISIL war crimes as step in the right direction

The human rights lawyer said the vote at the United Nations General Assembly represents an opportunity for victims of the militant group to "finally get their day in court".

North Korea

Kim slams Trump as "mentally deranged"

North Korea ups the ante by threatening an H-bomb test in the Pacific, while Kim Jong-un calls President Trump a "dotard" he will "tame with fire".