UNITED NATIONS, July 26 (APP):The U.N. Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) has approved the accreditation of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), overturning an earlier decision to deny the New York-based …
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UNITED NATIONS, July 26 (APP): Ahead of next month's Olympics in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday called for a worldwide cessation of hostilities …
SAGAMIHARA, Japan, July 26, (APP/AFP) - A knife-wielding former employee killed 19 people and injured 25 at a care centre for the mentally disabled in Japan on Tuesday, in the country's …
WASHINGTON, July 26 (APP): Instead of opening political negotiations, India continues to "unabashedly" use military force in the Occupied Kashmir to maintain a status quo that for years has suffocated …
KUALA LUMPUR, July 26, (APP/AFP) - Malaysia's police chief said Tuesday that five tugboat crew missing since last week were abducted by the Philippine militant group Abu Sayyaf, which is notorious …
UNITED NATIONS, July 25 (APP): The United Nations relief agency tasked with the well-being of Palestinian refugees has said that a closure imposed by Israeli authorities in Hebron district is …
UNITED NATIONS, July 25 (APP): Over 5,000 civilians were either killed or maimed in Afghanistan in the first six months of this year, a half-year record since counting began in 2009, …
SEOUL, July 25, (APP/AFP) - China has blamed South Korea for damaging “mutual trust” with its planned deployment of an advanced US missile defence system in the face of Beijing’s opposition, Yonhap …
KUALA LUMPUR, July 25, (APP/AFP) - Malaysia’s coast guard said Monday they had retrieved eight bodies after a boat capsized off the southern state of Johor at the weekend with another 20 …
NEW YORK, July 24 (APP): Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, says that recent changes to his proposed ban on foreigners entering the U.S. from countries "compromised by terrorism" is …