NEWARK — A Newark man will serve at least 32 years in prison for the carjacking and subsequent sexual assault of a 21-year-old woman at the South Orange train station in 2011, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement this afternoon…
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BEIRUT, Lebanon — Muhamad Raslan is no stranger to violence. He has been fighting in the mountains of Idlib with the Free Syrian Army for more than two years. But when his unit overthrew a regime prison in Maart al Numan, he said the conditions of…
TIRANA, Albania — Once branded the world’s first self-declared atheist country, Albania isn’t exactly known as a hotbed for Islamic militants. With the outbreak of the conflict in Syria, however, militant groups have been gaining a small but significant…
The growth and increasing visibility of Colombia’s Muslim community has elicited a reactions over the past couple years, ranging from outspoken resentment to a relatively high number of new conversions to the religion. According to a paper published…
23 January 2014 – The United Nations human rights and humanitarian chiefs on Thursday voiced deep concern about reports of…
22 January 2014 – Reiterating deep concern over continued terrorist attacks and sectarian violence in Pakistan, United Nations Secretary-General Ban…
23 January 2014 – The United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC), which settles the damage claims of those who suffered losses…
23 January 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on Egyptians to mark the third anniversary of their revolution by…
22 January 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today opened a concerted new effort to end the brutal civil war in…
22 January 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today congratulated Yemen on successfully concluding nearly year-long talks on which the country’s…
22 January 2014 – Independent United Nations human rights expert today called on the Government of Iran to urgently halt…
21 January 2014 – Urging restraint amid widespread anti-Government protests in Ukraine, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and High Commissioner…
Billionaire software baron turned philanthropist Bill Gates has warned that violence in Nigeria and Pakistan could set back his goal of eradicating polio by 2018. Last year, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation — a charity that funds medical research…
21 January 2014 – The Security Council once again today acknowledged the role of the United Nations regional office in…
20 January 2014 – The United Nations agricultural agency today issued a new warning that bird flu viruses are on…
20 January 2014 – United Nations today flew its flags at half-mast in honour of four staff members killed in…
21 January 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Switzerland today on the eve of a United Nations-led conference on…
21 January 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations Security Council and the UN envoy to Lebanon have condemned…
21 January 2014 – After being on the brink of civil war, Yemenis negotiated an agreement for peaceful change, the…
20 January 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today withdrew his invitation to Iran to attend a United Nations conference on…