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UN Chief urges OIC to help mend rifts between Muslim communities

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to try its best to mend rifts ...

Tourism threatens China`s world heritage sites: UN expert

Booming tourism is threatening world heritage sites in east Asian countries, especially China, a UN expert told a ...

Ban calls for int`l action to protect migrants after ship tragedy

The international community should take action to protect the rights of migrants and prevent such tragic incidents as ...

Iran to offer 3-stage proposal in Geneva nuclear talks

Iran will put forward a three-stage proposal in the upcoming Geneva nuclear talks with the world powers, semi-official ...

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 ...