Saudi-led coalition halts Hodeidah assault as West presses for Yemen ceasefire

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The Saudi-led coalition has ordered a halt in its offensive against Iranian-aligned Houthi rebels in Yemen’s main port city of Hodeidah, three sourc...

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U.N. Security Council removes Eritrea sanctions after years

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The U.N. Security Council unanimously voted on Wednesday to lift a nearly decade-old arms embargo and targeted sanctions on Eritrea after a rapprochem...

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U.N. Security Council considers lifting Eritrea sanctions next week

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The U.N. Security Council is considering lifting sanctions on Eritrea next week after a rapprochement with Ethiopia, although some members want to mai...

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Saudi Arabia tells U.N. it will prosecute Jamal Khashoggi killers

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Saudi Arabia told the United Nations on Monday it would prosecute those responsible for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at its Istanbul cons...

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Iran is new transit point for Somali charcoal in illicit trade taxed by militants: U.N. report

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Criminal networks are using Iran as a transit point for illicit Somali charcoal exports that earn Islamist militants al Shabaab millions of dollars an...

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China cancels security talks with United States

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China has canceled a security meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis that had been planned for October, a senior U.S. official said on Sund...

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North Korea has not stopped nuclear, missile program: confidential U.N. report

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North Korea has not stopped its nuclear and missile programs in violation of United Nations sanctions, according to a confidential U.N. report seen by...

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US warns Congo against using electronic voting system for delayed election

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The United States warned the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday against using an electronic voting system for a long-delayed presidential election...

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US to Impose arms restrictions against South Sudan

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The U.S. State Department on Friday announced it would immediately enact restrictions on arms transfer to South Sudan. Paul Sutphin, the State De...

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Who killed U.N. experts in Congo? Confidential prosecutor’s file offers clues

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U.N. investigators Zaida Catalan and Michael Sharp were on familiar ground when they sat down with local leaders in central Congo in March to discuss ...

EU, UN, African leaders draw up emergency plan for migrants in Libya

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The European Union, United Nations and African Union have agreed to an emergency plan to dismantle people-smuggling networks and repatriate stranded ...

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France tells Libya to act over migrants ‘sold into slavery’

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France demanded on Wednesday an urgent U.N. Security Council session on human trafficking in Libya and raised the possibility of sanctions on the coun...

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Sudan President Reconciles With Former Army Chief

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South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and his former army chief of staff apparently have reconciled, a week after a tense standoff in Juba threatened to ...

N. Korea slams Trump for trying to halt its nuclear, missile programs

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North Korea denounced U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday for trying to halt the North's nuclear and missile programs. The North Korean Foreign...

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Kim Jong Un praises nuclear program, promotes sister to center of power

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 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his nuclear weapons are a “powerful deterrent” which guarantee North Korea’s sovereignty, state media rep...

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North Korea accuses US of imposing ‘economic blockade’

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North Korea's U.N. ambassador accused the United States on Tuesday of imposing "an economic blockade" on his country and deploying nuclear assets on t...

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North Korean workers overseas feeling sanctions’ squeeze

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North Korean overseas workers are feeling the heat as countries are stepping up their efforts to implement U.N. sanctions against their motherland. ...

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Peru Expelling North Korean Ambassador Over Nuclear Program

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Peru said on Monday that it was expelling North Korea's ambassador over the country's refusal to heed the world's "constant calls" to end its nuclear ...

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North Korea Celebrates Nuclear Scientists at Celebration Bash

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hosted a massive celebration to congratulate his nuclear scientists and technicians who steered the country's sixth an...

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South Sudan Says US Sanctions Unfortunate

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South Sudan says the United States should rethink its decision to impose sanctions on two top government officials and a former army chief accused of ...