Russia on Monday freed one of the jailed members of punk band Pussy Riot whose almost two-year incarceration for a performance against President Vladimir Putin prompted global outrage. The release of Maria Alyokhina from her prison in the city of Nizhny…
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A British Airways airplane carrying 202 people struck an office building at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport with its wing while taxiing for take-off late on Sunday, slightly injuring four, aviation authorities said. The Boeing 747-400…
22 December 2013 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the international community to scale up support for the…
21 December 2013 – Visiting the storm-ravaged Philippine city of Tacloban, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hailed the resilience of the people…
20 December 2013 – Proceeds from the annual United Nations all-star charity football game, led by legends Ronaldo and Zinédine…
The Abia State Governor, Theodore Orji, has enjoined Nigerians to embrace the love of Jesus Christ and shun bitterness in…
20 December 2013 – The United Nations human rights office today called on Egyptian authorities to immediately release all individuals…
20 December 2013 – The Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria,…
20 December 2013 – The United Nations voiced deep concern today about the intimidation and prosecution of individuals in Saudi…
19 December 2013 – Enforced disappearances are being committed throughout Syria as part of a campaign of intimidation and as…
18 December 2013 – The Security Council today extended the nearly 40-year-old United Nations observer force in the Golan Heights…
18 December 2013 – The search for suitable vendors to assist in the commercial transport and destruction of Syrian chemical…
17 December 2013 – The long-sought international peace conference on Syria is set to begin on 22 January with a…
16 December 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the members of Security Council have deplored the shooting on Sunday of…
16 December 2013 – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) voiced horror today at reports that as many as 28…
16 December 2013 – With another release by Israel of Palestinian prisoners set for later this month, the top United…
Follow @{0} Ivoirian refugees being repatriated home from Liberia ABIDJAN, 19 December 2013 (IRIN) – Fear of reprisal is preventing…
Follow @{0} Some 58,000 children have suffered severe malnutrition in northern Cameroon this year MAROUA, 18 December 2013 (IRIN) -…
Follow @{0} A mother and her malnourished twins at Mopti reference hospital in central Mali DAKAR, 13 December 2013 (IRIN)…
Follow @{0} A house despite in a previous bout of inter-communal violence in the north (file photo) DAKAR, 13 December…