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October 24, 2017 9:09 AM

11 million Yemeni children need humanitarian aid since March 2015: UN

UN said more than 11 million Yemeni children need humanitarian aid as a result of a war raging since March<br/>2015. <br/>&apos;<br/>The UN's humanitarian coordination agency OCHA, which described the conflict as "devastating" said that children are facing the larges...

October 24, 2017 8:55 AM

Nicaragua signs Paris climate agreement

Nicaragua has signed the Paris climate agreement, leaving the United States and Syria as the only two holdouts on the global climate pact. Vice President Rosario Murillo read out the Government's statement saying that global pact represented the only international instrument that offers the con...

October 24, 2017 8:45 AM

In major setback for Venezuela opposition, governors sworn in

In a major setback for Venezuela's opposition, four of its five opposition Governors broke with their coalition's official position yesterday to swear themselves in before a pro-government legislative superbody.<br/><br/>The Democratic Unity coalition went into the Oct. 15 gube...

October 24, 2017 8:40 AM

UN to vote on extending Syria gas attacks probe

The United Nations Security Council will vote today on whether to extend an international investigation of chemical weapons attacks in Syria - a measure that could be vetoed by Russia. <br/><br/>The United States requested a vote on a draft resolution it presented last week that would al...

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