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DAMASCUS, Syria - The UN Security Council was to hold a second day of talks on Syria Tuesday after President…

UNITED NATIONS - The famine in the Horn of Africa is spreading and may soon engulf as many as six…

NAIROBI, Kenya - The United Nations has begun airlifting food supplies to famine-struck Somalia, World Food Program head Josette Sheeran…

KHARTOUM, Sudan - Air strikes in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region killed one civilian and prompted villagers to flee their homes,…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The United Nations airlifted emergency food for starving children into the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday as…

RAMALLAH, West Bank - President Mahmoud Abbas urged Palestinians Wednesday to step up peaceful protests against Israel, urging "popular resistance"…

TRIPOLI, Libya - Efforts to find a deal to end the civil war in Libya intensified on Tuesday, with a…

EL ADOW, Kenya - A besuited UN official wearing well-buffed shoes crouches in the orange dust near a cluster of…

DADAAB, Kenya - The dry heat beats down on the vast, arid landscape that stretches through northeastern Kenya. Torrid winds…

Egypt supports the Palestinian decision to seek full membership of the United Nations (UN), said Foreign Minister Mohamed al-Orabi. In…