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By Reuters Libya’s prime minister called for a national reconciliation initiative to repair the divisions in a fragmented country reeling from the turbulence that has followed the fall of dictator…

At least 180 civilians were killed last month in war-torn Yemen, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said. “We note with deep concern the sharp increase in civilian casualties…

Turkey wants to join the United States in a military operation to push Islamic State from its Syrian stronghold of Raqqa, as long as it excludes Kurdish rebel forces, President…

By Reuters The United Nations, the African Union and the European Union pressed Democratic Republic of Congo leaders on Saturday to urge their supporters to refrain from violence as the…

By Reuters South Sudan’s exiled opposition figure Riek Machar “is not dead politically,” United Nations peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous said on Friday as the country’s vice president accused Machar of…

At least 133 bodies had been recovered by Friday from a boat carrying hundreds of migrants that capsized off Egypt two days earlier, Egyptian officials said. The boat sank off…

By Reuters A boat carrying around 600 people capsized off Egypt’s coast, killing at least 29, officials said on Wednesday, in the latest disaster to befall migrants attempting to make…

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged countries to “welcome the stranger in our midst” at a summit that drew pledges from 50 countries to take in 360,000 refugees. Speaking…

By Reuters  A plan by the Ugandan parliament to spend 50 million shillings each on the funerals of lawmakers has angered critics, who say it exposes the waste of taxpayer…