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Ban "deeply saddened" by death of peacekeeper in Darfur

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Saturday said that he was "deeply saddened" by the death of a peacekeeper in an ...

Pentagon no. 2 to step down

U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter will step down in December, the Pentagon said on Thursday. Defense ...

Children in conflict situations need access to education

As the global count of children who have access to quality education has increased, an official from the United ...

355 killed, 619 injured in Pakistan earthquake

A total of 355 people have been killed and 619 others injured in the 7.7-maganitude earthquake that rocked southwest ...

Militant leader killed in Russia`s Dagestan

A militant leader was shot to death in Russia`s violence-plagued North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, police said. ...

Woody Allen to be honored with Golden Globes` Lifetime Award

The Academy Award-winning American filmmaker Woody Allen will receive the Golden Globes` Cecil B. DeMille Award, the ...

Leaders, dignitaries send birthday greetings to Lee Kuan Yew

Several world leaders and dignitaries sent birthday greetings to Singapore`s former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew on his ...

UN appeals for more action to protect conflict-affected children

A senior UN official said on Tuesday (Sept. 9) that strengthened collective actions are in urgent need to respond to ...

First group of Syrian refugees to be relocated to Germany

With assistance of the UN, a group of more than 100 Syrian refugees will leave Lebanon on Wednesday for temporary ...

Mandela film receives ovations at Toronto Int`l Film Festival

The film about the life of first South African democratically-elected president Nelson Mandela had received warm ...

Syrian chemical arms plan "important step"

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appeared Monday (Sept. 9) to give cautious support to an initiative to ...

Obama welcomes proposal to put Syrian chemical weapons under int`l control

U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday welcomed a Russian proposal to put Syrian chemical weapons under international ...

China backs UN effort on Syria

China supports the United Nations effort on resolving the Syria issue, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said on ...

Black carbon likely to blame for mysterious mid-1800`s Alps glacier retreat

U.S. researchers said Monday they have uncovered "strong evidence" that soot, or black carbon, sent into the air by a ...

Syria requests UN to investigate three extra chemical attacks

The government of Syria on Wednesday asked the world body to investigate three alleged chemical attacks carried out by ...