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FAR FROM WINDING DOWN, SYRIAS WAR ESCALATES ON MULTIPLE FRONTS
Even if the government retakes Idlib and Eastern Ghouta, that will not end the war... READ MORE›
U.N. ALLEGES 'ASSAULT ON DEMOCRACY' AS POLICE SAY DETAINED MALDIVES JUSTICES TOOK BRIBES TO FREE POLITICIANS
Police have proof of these transactions serving as evidence against Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed and Justice Ali Hameed, said Abdulla Nawaz, the acting police chief... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA: US PLANNING 'BLOODY NOSE' FIRST STRIKE
North Korea accused the United States of planning to launch a bloody nose military strike against the country while promoting the threat of Pyongyang's nuclear weapons... READ MORE›
PENCE HEADS TO OLYMPICS LEAVING OPEN CHANCE OF TALKS WITH NORTH KOREA
Hundreds of North Korean officials, athletes, cheerleaders and artistic performers are also expected... READ MORE›
SCHOLAR TARIQ RAMADAN CHARGED WITH RAPE
A French judge has placed prominent Islamic studies scholar Tariq Ramadan under criminal investigation on two charges of rape... READ MORE›
SCORES OF MIGRANTS, MOSTLY PAKISTANIS, FEARED DEAD IN SHIPWRECK OFF LIBYA
Zuwara, located near Libya's border with Tunisia, is a favoured site for migrant boat departures ... READ MORE›
NINETY MIGRANTS FEARED DEAD AFTER BOAT CAPSIZES OFF LIBYA
Zuwara, located near Libya's border with Tunisia, is a favored site for migrant boat departures... READ MORE›
NINETY MIGRANTS FEARED DROWNED OFF LIBYA COAST AS BODIES WASH UP ON COAST
Zurawa, located near Libya's border with Tunisia, is a favoured site for migrant boat departures... READ MORE›
90 MIGRANTS FEARED DEAD AFTER BOAT CAPSIZES OFF LIBYA
Zurawa, near Libya's border with Tunisia, is a favoured site for migrant boat departures... READ MORE›
SYRIAN FORCES MAKE GAINS AS TURKEY CONTINUES SPAT WITH NATO ALLY FRANCE
Syrian government forces have pushed into an opposition stronghold, as Turkish troops and allied Syrian fighters battle Kurdish militants in a nearby area... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA'S LIST OF U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES INCLUDES INEQUALITY, RACISM AND MARIJUANA USE
Pyongyang has refused to allow foreign human rights groups access to these camps, though their existence can be confirmed by survivors' accounts and satellite imagery... READ MORE›
SYRIA OPPOSITION REJECTS SOCHI CONSTITUTION PLAN
Syria's major opposition groups, who boycotted the event, rejected the proposal... READ MORE›
XI'S INCLUSIVE THOUGHT OFFERS CHINA SOLUTION TO THE WORLD
Xi Jinping thought is an expansive ideology characterized by pluralism, inclusiveness, equality, and win-win cooperation, and promotes free trade and globalization... READ MORE›
SYRIA OPPOSITION MISSING FROM RUSSIA'S SOCHI TALKS
And Turkey and the Syrian opposition groups do not want anything to deviate from that... READ MORE›
60,000 NORTH KOREAN CHILDREN MAY STARVE, SANCTIONS SLOW AID
60,000 North Korean children may starve, sanctions slow aid UNICEF... READ MORE›
ROCKY SYRIA TALKS IN RUSSIA END, IGNORE KEY OPPOSITION DEMANDS
Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura, who attended the Sochi conference, told reporters in New York by phone on Monday... READ MORE›
UN SAYS WILL SEND SYRIA ENVOY TO RUSSIA CONFERENCE
In Vienna, the Syrian Negotiations Commission SNC announced it would not be attending the Sochi conference... READ MORE›
UN SAYS WILL SEND SYRIA ENVOY TO RUSSIA CONFERENCE
In Vienna, the Syrian Negotiations Commission SNC announced it would not be attending the Sochi conference... READ MORE›
U.S. GIVES DAVOS TRADE MEETING NO CLUES ON ENDING WTO CRISIS
FILE PHOTO U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer speaks at a news conference in Washington, United States, Aug. 16, 2017... READ MORE›
UN ENVOY SAYS SYRIA TALKS AT 'VERY CRITICAL MOMENT'
France's foreign minister said meanwhile in Paris that the Vienna talks are the last hope for reaching a political solution to the seven-year war... READ MORE›
DE MISTURA: SYRIA TALKS IN VIENNA AT 'CRITICAL MOMENT'
Turkey is conducting a military offensive against Kurdish fighters in the Syrian enclave of Afrin with Moscow's agreement... READ MORE›
EURO-MED URGES GCC COUNTRIES TO LIFT QATAR BLOCKADE
When it comes to human rights they must be considered equally and neutrally, away from political considerations... READ MORE›
UN ENVOY SAYS SYRIA TALKS AT 'VERY CRITICAL MOMENT'
France's foreign minister said meanwhile in Paris that the Vienna talks are the last hope for reaching a political solution to the seven-year war... READ MORE›
ERDOGAN SAYS TO EXTEND SYRIA OPERATION DESPITE RISK OF U.S. CONFRONTAT
A push toward Manbij some 100 km 60 miles east of Afrin could threaten U.S. plans to stabilize a swath of northeast Syria... READ MORE›
U.S.-BACKED SYRIA FORCE DENIES ISLAMIC STATE IN AREA TARGETED BY TURKE
US-backed Syria force denies Islamic State in area targeted by Turkey... READ MORE›
XI'S VISION PERTINENT FOR DAVOS THIS YEAR
China and others will be able to use these platforms to facilitate the next phase of globalization, he says... READ MORE›
TURKISH ATTACK HIGHLIGHTS SYRIAN KURDS' ISOLATION
After Turkey assaulted a relatively peaceful Kurdish enclave of northern Syria, regional leaders are fearing the world will abandon the Kurds even though t... READ MORE›
ISRAEL GETS FLAK OVER HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD IN GENEVA
Given Iran's dismal record, Israel won't take lessons in human rights from Iran, responded the Israeli delegate, sitting just a few chairs away... READ MORE›
U.S. WARNS RUSSIA ON SYRIA'S CHEMICAL WEAPONS AFTER NEW ATTACK IS REPORTED
The United States sternly criticized Russia's failure to rein in its Syrian ally, Bashar Assad, on Monday after reports of a new regime chemical weapons st... READ MORE›
EARTH SWELTERED AGAIN IN 2017 AS THE HOTTEST YEAR EVER WITHOUT AN EL NINO
Omar Baddour, WMO scientific coordinator, said temperatures could reach 2 degrees above pre-industrial times by 2060-70... READ MORE›
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WHY THE UN IS INVESTIGATING EXTREME POVERTY A IN AMERICA, THE WORLD'S RICHEST NATION
At the heart of Philip Alstons special mission will be one question can Americans enjoy fundamental human rights if theyre unable to meet basic living standards?... READ MORE›
AFRICAS NEW ELITE FORCE: WOMEN GUNNING FOR POACHERS AND FIGHTING FOR A BETTER LIFE
Community-driven conservation programmes based around empowerment and training for women such as Kumire and Mazliru offer a potential solution to the end of hunting... READ MORE›
RUSSIA, IRAN AND TURKEY AGREE TO HOLD 'SYRIAN CONGRESS'
Iran are major allies of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who made a surprise visit to Sochi on Monday, while Turkey has backed some of his opponents... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP TURNING US INTO 'WORLD CHAMPION OF EXTREME INEQUALITY', SAYS UN POVERTY EXPERT
The United States under Donald Trump is fast becoming the champion of inequality, according to a scathing report by the United Nation's expert on poverty... READ MORE›
ALBINEN, SWITZERLAND: VILLAGE WILLING TO PAY 25,000 PER PERSON
The goal is to boost Albinens declining population and bring life back to the village... READ MORE›
AFRICA CALLS TRUMP RACIST AFTER 'SHITHOLE' REMARK
Since taking office a year ago, Trump has pursued controversial policies aimed at curbing illegal immigration into the United States as part of a hard-line "America First" agenda... READ MORE›
TRUMP DENIES VULGAR REMARKS ABOUT HAITI, AFRICAN COUNTRIES; CONDEMNATI
Trump denies vulgar remarks about Haiti, African countries condemnation mounts... READ MORE›
DEAD AT 96, A ROMANIAN KING LEAVES LEGENDARY PATEK PHILIPPE 1518
This provoked speculation that King Michael's watch was one of the apocryphal two-tone examples of the 1518... READ MORE›
1 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE CONTRACTED CHOLERA IN YEMEN. YOU SHOULD BE OUTRAGED.
A Yemeni child thought to be infected with cholera cries at a hospital in the coastal city of Hodeidah last month... READ MORE›
SUPREME COURT LETS TRUMP TRAVEL BAN TAKE FULL EFFECT FOR NOW
We are not in favor of travel bans, De Juniac said in Geneva, where he was providing an update on airline earnings... READ MORE›
NOBEL PEACE LAUREATES: NUCLEAR WAR IS 'ONE TANTRUM AWAY'
An anti-nuclear weapons campaign group accepted the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize during the elaborate awards ceremony on Sunday in Oslo... READ MORE›
AMERICA IS CALLING FOR EMERGENCY UN MEETINGS OVER THE IRAN PROTESTS
We urge all nations to publicly support the Iranian people and their demands for basic rights and an end to corruption... READ MORE›
IRAN DEPLOYS REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS TO QUELL 'SEDITION' IN PROTEST HOTBE
Iran deploys Revolutionary Guards to quell 'sedition' in protest hotbe... READ MORE›
IRAN DEPLOYS REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS TO QUELL 'SEDITION' IN PROTEST HOTBE
Iran deploys Revolutionary Guards to quell 'sedition' in protest hotbe... READ MORE›
INDIA VOTES AGAINST US AT UNITED NATIONS
Jerusalem as Israel's capital India votes against US at United Nations... READ MORE›
EX-BOSNIAN SERB COMMANDER MLADIC CONVICTED OF GENOCIDE, GETS LIFE IN PRISON
Ex-Bosnian Serb wartime general Ratko Mladic appears in court at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ICTY in the Hague, Netherlands November 22, 2017... READ MORE›
DOZENS OF CIVILIANS KILLED IN SYRIA AIR STRIKES
Attacks on Eastern Ghouta over the past two weeks have killed more than 100 people, the Syrian Observatory said... READ MORE›
'THIS WAS NOT THE LANGUAGE': TRUMP ADDRESSES S***HOLE REPORTS AMID GLOBAL BACKLASH
Casual Friday at the White House is soon to include hoods and tiki torches at this rate, South African media outlet Daily Maverick wrote... READ MORE›
AS GUNS FALL SILENT, RUSSIA TO SHAPE SYRIA'S POLITICAL ENDGAME
Many analysts predict that the upcoming year will witness a phased end to the Syrian conflict -- at least, militarily... READ MORE›
YEMEN HOUTHI REBELS KILL FORMER PRESIDENT ALI ABDULLAH SALEH
Iran-backed militia says it killed Saleh, who sought peace with Saudi Arabia, as he fled the Yemeni capital, Sana'a... READ MORE›
RUSSIA, IRAN, TURKEY AGREE TO HOLD SYRIAN 'CONGRESS' TO TALK PEACE
Putin said that special services, military authorities are working on organizing that congress here in Sochi... READ MORE›
SYRIAN FEMINISTS FIGHT FOR SAY IN POSTWAR PEACE TALKS
Moussa, who lives in Istanbul now, is one of 40 women and two men who are part of the Syrian Women's Political Movement... READ MORE›
QATAR: WORLD CUP ALLEGATIONS PART OF SMEAR CAMPAIGN
Qatar is a state of law, said the attorney-general... READ MORE›
UN RIGHTS OFFICE RAISES ALARM OVER EGYPT EXECUTIONS
The United Nations human rights office has expressed deep shock and concern over the reported executions of 20 people in Egypt over the past two weeks... READ MORE›
REBEL LEADER AND FORMER PRESIDENT ALI ABDULLAH SALEH 'KILLED' IN YEMEN, VIDEO SUGGESTS
Earlier on Monday, Houthi forces blew up Saleh's house in Sanaa and came under aerial attack by Saudi-led coalition warplanes for a second day, residents said... READ MORE›
BASHAR AL-JAAFARI BLAMES SAUDIS, UN FOR TALKS FAILURE
The Syrian civil war has raged since March 2011 after the Assad government used deadly force to stop protests against his rule... READ MORE›
ASTANA HOSTS EIGHTH ROUND OF TALKS ON SYRIA'S WAR
Delegations from the Syrian government and some opposition groups are arriving in Kazakhstan's capital, Astana, for talks spearheaded by Russia, Turkey, and Iran... READ MORE›
UN 'CANNOT RULE OUT ROHINGYA GENOCIDE'
The United Nations human rights chief has said an act of genocide against Rohingya Muslims by state forces in Myanmar cannot be ruled out... READ MORE›
LIVING COSTS IN MANY AUSTRALIAN CITIES RISING FASTER THAN REST OF WORLD
A one-bedroom, city centre apartment costs the equivalent of 3,881 a month in New York, 2,876 in London and 2,618 in Sydney... READ MORE›
EUROPE RESISTS TRUMPS CALL FOR TOUGHER MEASURES ON IRAN
The European Union has also been firmly opposed to Mr. Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital... READ MORE›