UN, partners launch 4.4 bln dollars plan to support over 5 mln Syrian refugees

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    GENEVA,  UN agencies and NGO partners on Tuesday released a 4.4-billion-U.S.dollar plan designed to support more than 5 million refugees from Syria and the vulnerable communities...

Cuba warns U.S. of negative impact of new restrictions

6 years ago

  HAVANA,  Cuba on Monday expressed "deep concern" over the negative impact the decisions adopted by Washington earlier this year could have on immigration relations between the two countries,...

Diphtheria kills nine in Bangladesh Rohingya camps

6 years ago

  DHAKA,  Bangladesh Tuesday launched a massive drive to vaccinate Rohingya children against diphtheria after a suspected outbreak killed nine refugees and infected more than 700.  Health workers in...

Somali journalist killed in front of children

6 years ago

  MOGADISHU, - A Somali television journalist was killed by a car bomb in front of his children, relatives said, the fifth murder of a journalist in the war-torn...

US, S. Korea 'discuss' military drills amid Olympic worries

6 years ago

  SEOUL, The US military is reportedly in talks with South Korea on the timing of large-scale annual military exercises that always infuriate nuclear-armed Pyongyang and could coincide with...

Philippines' Duterte asks congress to extend martial law in Mindanao for another year

6 years ago

    MANILA, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte formally requested the congress on Monday to extend martial law in the entire Mindanao until Dec. 31, 2018 to quell the...

Zambian leader calls for youth involvement

6 years ago

    LUSAKA, Zambian President Edgar Lungu on Monday called for the involvement of young people in the fight against HIV/AIDS as the disease presented a threat to...

Syrian gov't delegation returns to Geneva peace talks

6 years ago

    GENEVA, The delegation of the Syrian government headed by its representative to the UN, Dr. Bashar al-Jaafari, met and held discussion with UN Special Envoy for...

UN South Sudan rights group starts east Africa visit

6 years ago

    JUBA,  Members of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Monday began their fourth field mission to South Sudan, Uganda and...

Several hurt in New York City blast, suspect nabbed

6 years ago

    NEW YORK,  Several people were hurt in an explosion in the New York City subway near the Times Square area of Manhattan in early Monday morning.  ...

Cairo, Moscow sign contract for Egypt's first nuclear plant

6 years ago

  CAIRO,  Egypt and Russia signed a final contract on Monday for the building of Egypt's first nuclear power plant, during a visit to Cairo by President Vladimir Putin.  ...

India's Congress party names Rahul Gandhi president

6 years ago

  NEW DELHI,  India's opposition Congress party named Rahul Gandhi as its new leader on Monday after years of speculation, calling it a "historic occasion".  Senior Congress leader Mullappally...

S. Korea, U.S., Japan kick off missile-tracking exercise near Korean Peninsula

6 years ago

    SEOUL, South Korea, the United States and Japan kicked off a two-day maritime exercise to trail ballistic missiles possibly from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea...

AIIB approves first loan project in China

6 years ago

    BEIJING, The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) announced Monday that it has approved its first loan in China for a natural gas project.  The 250-million-U.S. dollar...

Indian businessman arrested for mid-air molestation of Bollywood actress

6 years ago

  NEW DELHI,  Indian police have arrested a 39-year-old businessman for the alleged molestating of a teen Bollywood actress aboard a flight from Delhi to Mumbai.  "We have arrested...