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2 April 2014 – A senior United Nations official today urged Afghans to use this Saturday’s presidential and provincial council…

2 April 2014 – The United Nations humanitarian wing is warning that life-saving assistance to hundreds of thousands of vulnerable…

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak vowed Thursday “we will not rest” until the fate of Flight MH370 is known, as Australia called it “the most difficult search in human history”. Najib toured the military base in Perth being used as a staging post…

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis said on Thursday it was replacing the top executives at its Japanese unit over allegations the division hid serious potential side effects of leukaemia treatments from regulators. David Epstein, the head of the firm…

31 March 2014 – The United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled against Japan in a case involving…

31 March 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the Government of Myanmar to ensure the safety and security of…

A powerful 8.2-magnitude earthquake hit Chile’s Pacific coast, triggering tsunami waves of more than two meters and killing at least five people. The victims were four men and a woman who died in the cities of Iquique and Alto Hospicio either of a heart…

The appearance of rambling letters said to have been written by Uzbekistan’s once all-powerful first daughter Gulnara Karimova has heightened the mystery over her astonishing fall from grace in the ex-Soviet state. At least four different letters said…

Hundreds of people queued in the Philippines Tuesday to kiss the hair, bloodstained clothing and a cassock of the late Pope John Paul II, beseeching the soon-to-be-sainted Polish pontiff to perform miracles for them. “I am so happy. I am ready to die…

A Thai anti-government protester was shot dead and several others wounded Tuesday when their convoy was attacked on a busy expressway, officials said, reigniting tensions in Bangkok after weeks of relative calm. The victims, supporters of a militant…