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U.N. needs $1.6 bln for Yemen aid, warns of 'looming catastrophe'

The United Nations said on Friday that $1.6 billion was now needed to face a "looming catastrophe" i...

Jun 19, 2015 06:47 AM EDT

Pope Francis demanded swift action on Thursday to save the planet from environmental ruin, urging wo...

Jun 18, 2015 08:39 AM EDT

Pope Francis makes an urgent call for protection of the planet and repeats his view that global warm...

Jun 15, 2015 07:06 PM EDT

Israeli aircraft struck the Gaza Strip on Sunday after the latest in a series of Palestinian rocket ...

Jun 07, 2015 09:38 AM EDT

Two Venezuelan opposition politicians on partial hunger-strike in jail are losing weight, but mainta...

Jun 06, 2015 10:45 AM EDT

U.N. agencies in Israel and the Palestinian territories reported an alarming number of child victims...

Jun 05, 2015 07:10 PM EDT

A separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine is revealing increasing evidence, but not yet conclusive le...

Jun 01, 2015 06:22 PM EDT

The United Nations human rights chief on Saturday urged several countries to intensify their investi...

May 31, 2015 05:48 AM EDT

Iraq's Shi'ite paramilitaries said on Tuesday they had taken charge of the campaign to drive Islamic...

May 26, 2015 11:02 AM EDT

Malaysia and Indonesia said on Wednesday they would offer shelter to 7,000 "boat people" adrift at s...

May 20, 2015 11:17 AM EDT

Photographs showing a North Korean missile launched from a submarine were manipulated by state propa...

May 20, 2015 09:44 AM EDT

Air strikes by Saudi-led forces hit Houthi rebel positions in and around the southern Yemeni city of...

May 18, 2015 05:26 AM EDT

A boat crammed with migrants was towed out to sea by the Thai navy and then held up by Malaysian ves...

May 16, 2015 09:25 AM EDT

The head of Burundi's army said on Thursday that an attempted coup had failed and forces loyal to Pr...

May 14, 2015 10:15 AM EDT

The Afghan Taliban claimed responsibility on Thursday for an attack on a popular guesthouse in Kabul...

May 14, 2015 09:08 AM EDT