HIPPOLYTE MARBOUA, Associated Press BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Militia fighters have released a government minister seized more than two weeks ago in Central African...
(CNN) – ISIS has stepped up the use of children in its bloody campaign of terror, the United Nations says — subjecting them horrors that include...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Nigeria has the largest Black population in the world – 178 million. Within that population are 300 differing ethnic...
JERUSALEM (McClatchy) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing growing criticism in Israel for a planned speech to the U.S. Congress about Iran, accused by his...
CHARLTON DOKI, Associated Press RODNEY MUHUMUZA, Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — About 3,000 child soldiers will be gradually released from an armed group in...
EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — At least 50 Ebola hotspots remain in the three hardest-hit West African countries but new cases are...
RISDEL KASASIRA, Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s military said Tuesday the Lord’s Resistance Army rebel commander who surrendered to American troops last week will...
EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Security Council rejected a Palestinian resolution demanding an end to Israeli occupation within three years late...
ALEXANDRA OLSON, Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Global efforts to provide antiretroviral therapy to children with HIV is lagging sharply compared to adults, according to...
By Jazelle Hunt Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA)—The fight for justice in Ferguson has gone global. Tara Thompson, a corporate project manager who has been protesting and...
(Vice News) – An estimated 2.5 billion people lack access to proper sanitation around the world, and more than a billion defecate openly. Some 4 billion cases...
LONDON (AP) — The United Nations Population Fund said Tuesday that changing demographics, mainly in Africa and Asia, could lead to rapid economic growth if...
JOHN HEILPRIN, Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A U.N. panel began grilling American officials Wednesday over the U.S. government’s compliance with a key anti-torture treaty, raising...
NEW YORK (USA Today) — At an historic summit that enlisted climate pledges from dozens of companies, President Obama called Tuesday on all United Nation...
Lauran Neergaard and Jim Kuhnhenn, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama declared Tuesday that the Ebola epidemic in West Africa could threaten security around the...
SARAH EL DEEB, Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Arab foreign ministers have backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s appeal to the United Nations to set a deadline...
JOHN HEILPRIN, Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Governments should have tougher rules for electronic cigarettes — banning their use indoors and putting them off limits for...
(United Nations) – The United Nations is marking World Humanitarian Day today by paying tribute to aid workers who carry out life-saving activities around the...
LARA JAKES, AP National Security Writer NEW DELHI (AP) — Hours past midnight Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was still working the phones, trying...
ELAINE KURTENBACH, AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Improvements in life spans, education and incomes are slowing due to natural disasters, misguided government policies and worsening...
JOHN HEILPRIN, Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s top human rights official demanded Wednesday that all sides in the two-week war in the Gaza Strip...
KRISTA LARSON, Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Fighters on both sides of the conflict in Central African Republic are living freely despite committing war crimes...
SYLVIA HUI, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A conference focusing on rape in conflict zones ended on an upbeat note Friday, with hundreds of participants from...
HIPPOLYTE MARBOUA, Associated Press BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Violence in Central African Republic pitting Muslim fighters against Christian civilians has killed 21 people so...
(Bloomberg) – East African nations threatened to impose sanctions on South Sudan’s warring sides unless they resolve their differences peacefully and end “flagrant violations” of three agreements...
