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TSUNAMIS DETECTED AFTER EARTHQUAKE STRIKES OFF THE COAST OF AUSTRALIA
A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the eastern coast of New Caledonia on Monday, triggering a tsunami warning, but there were no immediate reports of damage... READ MORE›
BITCOIN CAN BUY YOU CITIZENSHIP IN ONE OF THE HAPPIEST COUNTRIES
Vanuatu, a South Pacific archipelago of some 80 islands, will now let outsiders use the volatile cryptocurrency to apply for so-called investment citizenship... READ MORE›
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AS MIGRANT TRAGEDIES SHOCK EUROPE A BIGGER CRISIS LOOMS IN MIDEAST
The United Nations is urging countries worldwide to grant asylum to 130,000 Syrians in the coming year... READ MORE›
AS SOUTH SUDAN CRISIS WORSENS THERE IS NO MORE COUNTRY
MALAKAL South Sudan In places where the fighting is fiercest no one is even attempting to count the dead... READ MORE›
CYCLONE PAM LEAVES MANY OF VANUATU POPULATION HOMELESS
Related Stories Vanuatu's president has told the BBC many of his people are homeless after the monster cyclone that ravaged the Pacific island nation on Saturday... READ MORE›
AT UN POPE ISSUES SWEEPING CALL FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE
Standing before the General Assembly in his first speech here Francis endorsed United Nations efforts to reach a global compact to fight poverty and climate change... READ MORE›
ASIAN MIGRANTS SAY AUSTRALIA PAID SMUGGLERS TO TURN BACK
Abbott and could further erode relations between Australia and Indonesia, which have clashed on many issues, including how to combat human trafficking... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN TROOPS 'FIGHTING ALONGSIDE ASSAD'S ARMY AGAINST SYRIAN REBELS'
An unnamed activist with the Syrian rebel group the Free Syrian Army told The Times The Russians have been there a long time... READ MORE›
DEVASTATED VANUATU STARTS TO GET AID
Aid from Australia and New Zealand has begun to reach the island... READ MORE›
CYCLONE-HIT VANUATU APPEALS FOR HELP
Super cyclone pam how does vanuatu's category 5 storm compare?... READ MORE›
EDITORIAL LOST VOICES OF THE WORLDS REFUGEES
In the many conferences and diplomatic discussions about refugees, their own voices are rarely heard... READ MORE›
13 PHOTOS OF THE CHILDREN CAUGHT IN NO-MAN'S-LAND BETWEEN GREECE AND MACEDONIA
These men are heartless said one Syrian refugee on Macedonia's police Rose is an online news reporter for The Independent... READ MORE›
HOW THE WORLD'S FORCIBLY DISPLACED REFUGEES ADD UP
This tiny orange dot tells you a lot about Australia's stance on refugees and asylum seekers... READ MORE›
READ PUTIN'S U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPEECH
Russia believes in the huge potential of the United Nations, which should help us avoid a new global confrontation and engage in strategic cooperation... READ MORE›
GLOBAL POVERTY DROPS SHARPLY WITH CHINA MAKING BIG STRIDES UN REPORT SAYS
In releasing the report, United Nations officials celebrated meeting some of the goals... READ MORE›
CYCLONE PAM: VANUATU'S PRESIDENT BLAMES CLIMATE CHANGE FOR EXTREME WEATHER
Says climate change is contributing to more extreme weather conditions and cyclone seasons, after cyclone Pam ripped through the island nation... READ MORE›
UN SECURITY COUNCIL IS FAILING SYRIA, BAN KI-MOON ADMITS
We need some solidarity unity of purpose particularly among the permanent members of the security council he said in an interview... READ MORE›
PARTNERSHIP AIMS TO BOLSTER LOCAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
We need good information, Dr. Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization, said at an event to announce the new partnership... READ MORE›
U.N. SAYS SOME OF ITS PEACEKEEPERS WERE PAYING 13-YEAR-OLDS FOR SEX
As the United Nations maintains nine peacekeeping operations in Africa, employing over 100,000 people on the continent, the abuses threaten to erode the organization's legitimacy... READ MORE›
VANUATU TAKES DIRECT HIT FROM CYCLONE PAM, POSSIBLY WORST IN PACIFIC HISTORY
Waves and scattered debris along the coast, caused by Cyclone Pam, in the Vanuatu capital of Port Vila... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA PRESSED TO SAY IF SMUGGLERS WERE PAID
Migrants from the boat gave that account to workers for a United Nations refugee agency in Indonesia a United Nations official said Friday... READ MORE›
REFUGEE CRISIS IN EUROPE PROMPTS WESTERN ENGAGEMENT IN SYRIA
To aid refugees fleeing the Central African Republic, for instance, he has to dip into a pot of United Nations money not earmarked for specific crises... READ MORE›
HIGHER DEATH TOLL FEARED IN VANUATU IN WAKE OF TROPICAL CYCLONE PAM
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology said Tropical Cyclone Pam started in the sea near the Solomon Islands before intensifying and tracking south to Vanuatu... READ MORE›
UN ADOPTS AMBITIOUS GLOBAL GOALS AFTER YEARS OF NEGOTIATIONS
The new goals follow and expand on an earlier list, the Millennium Development Goals, adopted by the United Nations in 2000... READ MORE›
70 ACHIEVEMENTS, 70 YEARS: A VISUAL GUIDE TO WHAT THE UN HAS DONE
70 achievements, 70 years a visual guide to what the UN has done... READ MORE›
SOUTH SUDANS PRESIDENT SIGNS PEACE DEAL WITH REBELS
In its report to the United Nations, the panel found that both the government and rebels had devoted vast resources to the conflict... READ MORE›
UN OFFICIAL RESIGNS AMID ACCUSATIONS OF SEX ABUSE BY PEACEKEEPERS
For years, the issue of how to stanch sexual abuse in its ranks has bedeviled the United Nations... READ MORE›
MORE THAN 60 MILLION PEOPLE DISPLACED BY WAR IN 2015
The United Nations asks the world to turn its attention Saturday to people displaced by war conflict and other crises... READ MORE›
CYCLONE PAM: VANUATU DEATH TOLL RISES AS AUSTRALIA PLEDGES $5M IN AID AS IT HAPPENED
New Zealand is upping its financial and logistics support for Vanuatu in the wake of cyclone Pam, AAP reports... READ MORE›
VANUATU SPEAKER PARDONS HIMSELF AND 13 MPS
While the president's away vanuatu speaker pardons himself and 13 mps... READ MORE›
A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT IS A HUMAN RIGHT
We could have added environmental human rights to that legacy last weekend but we failed... READ MORE›
UN OFFICIAL IN PEACEKEEPER SEX ABUSE CASE RESIGNS
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed a panel to review how the United Nations system as a whole handles allegations of sexual abuse against peacekeepers... READ MORE›