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Marking its 80th anniversary, the United Nations celebrated decades of multilateral cooperation for peace, human rights, and ...

Beijing is hoping to use an expanded free trade deal to portray itself as the bloc’s alternative to the United States.

Touching down in Juba, the Under-Secretary-General for United Nations Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, is on a whirlwind visit to conflict-affected South Sudan to urge progress in the peace ...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed Wednesday’s advisory opinion issued by the International Court of Justice ...

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Trump floats US nuclear tests, strikes China deal, and deepens Seoul ties. Here’s your Thursday morning rundown, October 30, ...

Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman, who married in June 2006, separated after 19 years of marriage and rocked their fans ...

US redeploys carrier, Gaza flares, and Hurricane Melissa batters Cuba. Here’s your Wednesday Morning Brief rundown, October ...