UN chief describes aid cuts as 'a crime' during visit to Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh
Bangladesh says repatriation of the refugees to Myanmar is the ultimate solution. The Buddhist-majority Myanmar has been ...
UN secretary-general arrives in Bangladesh to visit Rohingya refugee camps and push for aid
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Bangladesh on Thursday on a four-day visit to ...
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UN launches reform initiative as it nears its 80th anniversary and faces funding cuts
The U.N. chief is launching a new initiative to reform the United Nations as it approaches its 80th anniversary.
Train hijack massacre: Dozens slaughtered as military moves in on gunmen wearing suicide vests who still hold 300 hostages - and have vowed to blow captives up
At least 27 militants have been killed as forces attempt to free hostages who were seized when the train was ambushed on Tuesday while passing through a tunnel in the rugged Bolan district.
Imprisonment, murder, extortion: Why U.S. deportees to Haiti are being targeted by gangs
In Haiti, one's status as a deportee brings an added level of risk. Here is why police and gangs are targeting such people ...
US bans flights to Haiti's capital until Sept. 8 as UN expert says gang violence is more dire
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States on Tuesday extended its ban on flights to Haiti’s capital until Sept. 8 because of escalating gang violence, which the U.N.’s human rights expert on the ...
D’Angelo Ortiz, son of Big Papi, returns to Red Sox spring training to forge his own path
His famous name makes people notice him, yes. But “he knows,” David Ortiz said, “that’s not going to take him anywhere.” ...
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The body of a Kenyan officer who died in Haiti arrives home for burial
The body of Samuel Tompoi Kaetuai was on Monday night received by his family and senior police officers in the capital, ...
Activist groups urge UN probe of its Myanmar envoy after report alleges ties to Chinese companies
BANGKOK (AP) — Activist groups are calling for the United Nations to investigate its special envoy to Myanmar over possible ...
Confronting backlash against women's rights, 193 nations commit to speed action on gender equality
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Confronting a rising backlash against women’s rights, the U.N.’s 193 member nations made a commitment ...
Tulsi Gabbard's warning to Senate on Syria proves prophetic as Al Qaeda-linked regime slaughters minorities
Amid efforts by the U.N and Europe to woo former terror chief Ahmed al-Sharaa with sanctions relief, his regime is accused of ...
From staff cuts to aid reductions, UN humanitarian agencies scramble in wake of US funding freeze
Many independent NGOs — some that work with the United Nations — have cited many project closures because of the U.S.