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Occupied Palestinian territory has world`s highest unemployment rate: UNCTAD

Unemployment in the occupied Palestinian territory rose to more than 27 percent in 2017, the world`s highest, while ...

Global warming to see peatlands absorb more carbon in near future: study

Peatlands will store more carbon in the coming years as global warming heightens, but the effect will eventually ...

Yemen`s children suffer malnutrition, lack of medical care amid ongoing war

Wijdan Mohammed Hussein is only four years old, but her face looks ten times older than age. With a tiny and skeletal ...

OANA kicks off annual board meeting in tehran

The 43rd executive board meeting of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) got underway in the Iranian ...

Israel to buy advanced rockets from state arms firm

Israel`s Defense Ministry announced on Monday that it has signed a deal to develop and buy advanced precision rockets ...

570 mln children have no access to drinking water globally: UN report

A UN report published Monday finds that nearly 570 million children around the world do not have access to drinking ...

Jordan condemns Israel for arresting Awqaf employees in Jerusalem

Jordan on Saturday condemned Israel for arresting several employees of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Department in ...

Rohingyas remain vulnerable despite thousands of lives saved: WHO

The nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees still remain vulnerable today, even though concerted efforts by the Bangladesh ...

U.S. Senator John Mccain dies at 81

U.S. Senator John McCain, a two-time contender for the U.S. presidency, died at his home in the state of Arizona on ...

Over 100 towns in Sri Lanka stop cigarette sales

Over 100 towns across Sri Lanka have boycotted the sale of cigarettes with an aim to discourage smoking and making Sri ...

U.S. tourism industry worries about decline amid global trade tensions

Senior U.S. tourism officials are concerned that global trade tensions ignited by the United States could negatively ...

2 workers stuck on scaffold rescued at UN headquarters

Two workers stuck on a scaffold outside the top floor of the UN headquarters were rescued without injury on Thursday, ...

UN humanitarian body launches petition for protection of civilians in conflict

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Wednesday launched a petition with world leaders ...

More than 130 people killed in NW Syria violence spike: UN

In an upsurge of violence in the Syrian civil war, more than 130 people were killed, including "many ...

Young U.S. women most unhappy with Trump presidency: poll

- Seven in 10 American women aged between 18 and 35 years old are dissatisfied or angry about the Donald Trump`s ...