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UN sends Sri Lanka peacekeeping commander home over alleged atrocities
The United Nations has asked Sri Lanka to immediately repatriate a commander serving in the peacekeeping force in Mali following allegations that ...At least 59 killed as train hits crowd in northern India
A commuter train traveling at high speed ran through a crowd of people on the rail tracks in northern India killing at ...South-South cooperation has no alternative
The United Nations has declared Sept. 12 the International Day for South-South Cooperation. This year’s celebration marks the 40th anniversary of the ...Fears grow that more than 1,000 still missing in Indonesia disaster
More than a thousand people could still be missing after Indonesia\'s devastating quake-tsunami, officials said Friday, drastically upping the number of people ...South Korea jails former president Lee for 15 years on corruption charges
A Seoul court on Friday jailed former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak for 15 years for corruption, making him the latest in ...Congolese doctor, Yazidi activist win Nobel Peace Prize 2018 for combating sexual violence
Denis Mukwege, a doctor who helps victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Nadia Murad, a Yazidi rights ...Swedish parliament ousts PM in vote of no-confidence
Sweden\'s centre-right opposition and the far right ousted Prime Minister Stefan Lofven in a vote of no-confidence on Tuesday, as the left ...Dozens evacuated as forest fire erupts in southern Croatia
A forest fire erupted Tuesday in Croatia\'s southern Peljesac peninsula, prompting the evacuation of dozens of villagers and tourists and destroying four ...Ex-French PM Valls to run for Barcelona mayor
France\'s combative former prime minister Manuel Valls announced Tuesday that he will run for mayor of Barcelona, in what will be an ...Defiant British PM hits back at EU over Brexit plan
Prime Minister Theresa May hit back Friday at the European Union after it roundly rejected her Brexit plan, saying its refusal to ...




