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UN security council to discuss US recognition of Jerusalem

The UN security council is expected to meet on Friday to discuss Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

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UN seeks to tackle ‘ocean Armageddon’ of plastic pollution

The world’s top environmental decision-making body is targeting ‘global menace’ of pollution at a summit in Nairobi.

Yemen

Yemen blockade must be "completely lifted"

Humanitarian officials warn millions could die if the blockade by a Saudi-led coalition, which has been partially removed, is not completely lifted.

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European leaders pledge to combat violence against women

According to official data, some 215,000 violent sexual crimes were recorded by police in the European Union in 2015

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Yemen

Humanitarian aid reaches Yemen as crisis worsens

The flights carrying medical supplies and aid workers are the first allowed in nearly three weeks, since a blockade imposed on the war-torn country sparked an international outcry.

Ukraine

No respite in east Ukraine as another war winter approaches

Fighting continues and millions suffer from forgotten conflict in Europe’s east

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Which EU countries have the highest rate of sex crimes?

Eighty per cent of sexual assualt victims are women. The UN's International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women aims to stop this and other violence against women from happening

Saudi Arabia

Syrian opposition rules out role for Assad in peace deal

Despite President Assad's renewed military might, opposition groups say the Syrian leader must play no part in an interim period under any peace deal

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Relief and 'justice' for relatives of Srebrenica victims

Relatives of the 8,000 Bosnian Muslim victims of the 1995 massacre erupted into cheers when the ex-Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic was sentenced to life in prison.

Ivory Coast

Ivorian migrants confirm existence of Libya's migrant slave markets

Migrants returning to the Ivory Coast to be repatriated reveal the horrors of the migrant slave trade.

USA

Syria: Russia casts UN veto again, blocking inquiry into chemical weapons attacks

It is the third time in a month that Russia has blocked attempts to extend the inquiry

Germany

Mixed verdict on COP23 climate summit

The UN talks in Berlin made progress on climate goals but critics say a sense of urgency was lacking

USA

Russia rejects UN SC resolution on Syria probe

Lebanon

UN warns any Lebanese conflict could have devastating consequences

Secretary General Antonio Gutteres joins voices calling for calm as crisis deepens since al-Hariri resignation.

Syria

A chemical attack, now starvation: siege chokes Damascus suburbs

The UN says at least 1,200 children suffer from malnutrition in rebel-held eastern Ghouta, under siege by government forces since 2013.

Yemen

Millions could die in Yemen - UN

The country is facing a devastating famine unless the current air, sea and land blockade imposed by the Saudi-led coalition is lifted.

Democratic Republic Of Congo

Thousands of DRC children at immediate risk of starvation, UN warns

The World Food Programme says a looming humanitarian catastrophe could cause the deaths of hundreds of thousands of youngsters within months.

World News

UN warns CO2 levels reach record high

The UN warns the amount of CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere has reached levels not seen in millions of years.

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Record high in atmospheric CO2 levels reached in 2016

Carbon dioxide levels in the earth’s atmosphere have grown at record pace in 2016, according to the U.N.

Syria

Syria rejects UN chemical attack report

The report blames the Assad regime for a chemical strike that killed dozens in an opposition-held town