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Trump and Macron take spotlight at UN but challenges are key
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Trump and Macron take spotlight at UN but challenges are key

US President Donald Trump and French leader Emmanuel Macron are expected to take the spotlight at the annual gathering of…
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi condemns abuses in Rakhine but rights groups skeptical
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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi condemns abuses in Rakhine but rights groups skeptical

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi condemned on Tuesday any human rights violations in troubled Rakhine State and said anyone…
Rights group urges new Myanmar sanctions over Rohingya crisis
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Rights group urges new Myanmar sanctions over Rohingya crisis

A rights group has called for targeted sanctions and an arms embargo against the Myanmar military in response to an…
Risk of Afghan civilian casualties could damp support for US strikes on militants
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Risk of Afghan civilian casualties could damp support for US strikes on militants

US President Donald Trump’s plans to step up air strikes on Islamist militants in Afghanistan risk increasing civilian casualties and…
UN to deploy security force to guard its base in Libya: envoy
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UN to deploy security force to guard its base in Libya: envoy

The United Nations is preparing to deploy up to 250 peacekeepers to Libya to guard its base in the capital…
Mali confirms arrest of key jihadist near Timbuktu
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Mali confirms arrest of key jihadist near Timbuktu

Malian and French troops have arrested a close associate of a preacher whose jihadist group has claimed dozens of attacks…
Libya’s eastern commander declares victory in battle for Benghazi
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Libya’s eastern commander declares victory in battle for Benghazi

Over three years his forces have clashed with militants as well as with former anti-Gaddafi rebels resisting what they saw…
Envoy Haley says US won’t let the UN ‘bully’ Israel anymore
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Envoy Haley says US won’t let the UN ‘bully’ Israel anymore

President Donald Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations said Wednesday the US will not allow the UN to “bully” Israel…
Yemen spiraling toward ‘total collapse’ as world watches, UN warns
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Yemen spiraling toward ‘total collapse’ as world watches, UN warns

Blaming the “inability or indifference” of the international community, the United Nations’ humanitarian chief warned that Yemen is spiraling toward…
Equatorial Guinea, Kuwait, Peru, Poland, Ivory Coast elected to UN Security Council
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Equatorial Guinea, Kuwait, Peru, Poland, Ivory Coast elected to UN Security Council

The 193-member United Nations General Assembly elected Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Kuwait, Peru and Poland to the UN Security Council…
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