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Middle East and Africa
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh/ISIS) terrorists were responsible for using sulfur mustard in a September 2016 attack in Umm Hawsh, the head of a Security Council-mandated…
A new United Nations report reveals that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL / Da’esh / ISIS) committed serious “international crimes” in Iraq during the nine-month battle…
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres spoke Thursday with Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the State of Palestine. The Secretary-General congratulated the President on the intra-Palestinian agreement signed in Cairo. The…
According to UNICEF, the crisis caused by the Boko Haram insurgency in northeast Nigeria means that over 57 per cent of schools in Borno, the worst-hit state, are closed, even…
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the decision by Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive cars in the country. In a tweet, the UN chief noted that ending…
Some 27 million children are out of school in conflict zones, UNICEF said in a report released Monday. Focusing on the importance of education for children who have been forced…