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KAMPALA, May 30 (ANA) – According to a United Nations Refugee Agency (UNRWA) report, at least 700 migrants have drowned at sea while attempting to make the crossing from Libya to Europe with rescue vessels battling to counter the unseaworthy ships

NAIROBI, May 29 (ANA) – The world’s environment ministers gathered at the second session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-2) in the Kenyan capital Nairobi have agreed on 25 landmark resolutions to drive forward the 2030 agenda for

BERLIN (AP) — The World Health Organization says there is “no public health justification” for postponing or canceling the Rio de Janeiro Olympics because of the Zika outbreak.The assessment, released in a statement early Saturday, came after 150

Zimbabwe First Lady, Grace Mugabe, on Wednesday said President Robert Mugabe was irreplaceable and would continue to lead the Southern African country even from his grave.Grace was addressing thousands of Zanu PF supporters gathered in Harare for

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) says more African elephants are being poached in countries at peace than those at war, while ivory has become an object of speculation that is used as a value store to hedge against unstable

The US government will seek the death penalty for the accused gunman who killed nine people at a church last year in Charleston, South Carolina.Dylann Roof, 22, faces both state and federal charges that he massacred nine African

“The Angry Birds Movie” soared to box office earnings of 196 million yuan (29.9 million U.S. dollars) in its debut weekend, knocking “Captain America: Civil War” off its perch as the most popular movie in Chinese cinemas, China Film News reported on

Bill Cosby is due in Pennsylvania court Tuesday morning for a key hearing in his criminal sex-assault case.The preliminary hearing will determine whether prosecutors have enough evidence to send the 78-year-old entertainer to trial.Cosby is accused

BANGKOK (AP/ANA) — A nighttime fire at a dormitory of a primary school in northern Thailand killed 18 girls, many of whom had been roused by a dorm-mate but went back to sleep, thinking it was a prank, officials and the girl who sounded the alarm