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'Fake news' VS free press: World Press Freedom Day 2017

#wpfd2017 explores the defence of a free media.

USA

US rules out regime change in Pyongyang but urges action

The US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned that failure to curb Pyongyang's atomic programme could have "catastrophic consequences"

USA

US warns failure to act on N. Korea could be catastrophic

The U.S. Secretary of State says Washington is not pushing for regime change in Pyongyang

Switzerland

Two billion dollars needed to avert famine in Yemen, UN says

In Geneva international delegates need to raise two point one billion dollars if they're to save millions of severely malnourished Yemenis.

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Syria

Israeli attack kills pro-Government militia

Syria's National Defence Forces said the attack struck its military camp in the countryside of Quneitra, which sits near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

Syria

UN - Sarin was used in Syria attack

Paulo Sergio Pinheiro said most of the victims in the attack were killed with conventional and not chemical weapons during an airstrike on a hospital.

Syria

Bus bomb attack on Aleppo civilians "likely a war crime", UN says

A bomb attack on a bus convoy crowded with civilians fleeing the embattled city of Aleppo in Syria “likely amounts to a war crime”, according to the UN.

Democratic Republic Of Congo

UN refugees released by South Sudanese refugee captors

More than a dozen United Nations mission staff have been released by South Sudanese refugees in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

North Korea

North Korea UN envoy warns of possibility of nuclear war

North Korea has accused the US of ‘creating a situation where nuclear war could break out at any time’.

World News

South Korea: North's failed missile test 'threatens whole world'

South Korea reacted to the North’s failed missile launch on Sunday by threatening punitive action if such action is repeated, or leads to further provocation such as a nuclear test or a long-range mis

World News

Scandal-struck Haiti UN peacekeeping mission to end

The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously for the scandal-struck Haiti peacekeeper mission to come to an end.

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UN refugee agency warns of mass starvation in Africa

Immediate action is required to prevent a humanitarian crisis in at least four countries across Africa

World

360° video: Food security programmes to reduce displacement in rural areas

In Colombia, the UN is trying to help rural communities whose food security has been challenged by the government’s attempt to curb coca production through land-fumigation.

Syria

Amid calls for inquiry, Syria again denies chemical attack

Images from the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun on Thursday showed men collecting evidence from the site of the chemical attack that killed at least 70 people including…

USA

Russia under fire after Syrian gas attack

As Western powers condemn the deadly chemical attack in Syria, Russia stands by its ally and the US threatens to take unilateral action.

Syria

Chemical Weapons Convention disregarded with impunity

Chemical Weapons Convention routinely ignored in Syria

World News

US cut to UN Population Fund will have ''devastating effects'' Guterres warns

UN chief Antonio Guterres has warned that a decision by the US to cut funding to the United Nation’s Population Fund will have ‘‘devastating effects’‘ for the health of women and…

Europe News

Fresh funding pledges for Syrian refugees expected at Brussels conference

International donors are expected to pledge billions more euros for Syrian refugees at a conference that has kicked off in Brussels.

Iraq

UN chief calls for more help for people fleeing Mosul

There is a call for more international aid to help the tens of thousands of people fleeing the fighting in Mosul.

Syria

Guterres urges Syrian girls to continue their studies

UN Secretary General António Guterres encourages young Syrian women to aim for government positions in the future