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Experts air new concerns about UN response to Myanmar crisis

GENEVA — U.N.-backed investigators who examined a crackdown by Myanmar security forces that caused hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims …

UN agency: Trips across Mediterranean fall, but risks rise

GENEVA — The U.N. refugee agency says people smugglers are taking greater risks to ferry their human cargo toward Europe …

Congo approves use of experimental Ebola vaccine, WHO says

KINSHASA, Congo — Congo has agreed to allow the World Health Organization to use an experimental Ebola vaccine to combat …

UN agency that fights AIDS reopens sexual harassment case

GENEVA – The United Nations agency that fights AIDS has reopened a sexual harassment investigation of a top official who …

Snow, avalanche risks strand 13,000 tourists in Zermatt

GENEVA — Unusually heavy snowfall and a high risk of Alpine avalanches stranded some 13,000 tourists Tuesday in the Swiss …

UN: Myanmar’s Rohingya likely faced crimes against humanity

GENEVA—  Myanmar’s Rohingya minority has “very likely” faced crimes against humanity and possibly genocide at the hands of Myanmar security …

Israel races to head off UN settlement ‘blacklist’

JERUSALEM — Weeks ahead of the expected completion of a U.N. database of companies that operate in Israel’s West Bank …

Sri Lanka govt faces pressure over torture, rape allegations

GENEVA — Sri Lanka’s government faced increasing pressure Friday to answer for alleged human rights violations following an Associated Press …

UN labour agency shelves decision to end Big Tobacco ties

GENEVA — In an embarrassing retreat, the U.N. labour agency says it has shelved a decision on whether to end …

Davos forum chief: ‘It’s important to listen’ to populists

DAVOS, Switzerland—At the Davos economic conference, “it’s important to listen to the populists,” says the founder of the annual gathering …

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