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The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria concluded on Monday that the Syrian government and the UN have failed to help the Syrians following the destructive earthquake that hit the country on Feb. 6. “Though there were many acts of heroism amid the suffering, we also witnessed a wholesale…

WASHINGTON — Biden administration officials are pressing their Canadian counterparts to make a decision on whether Ottawa will lead a multinational force into Haiti to assist the crisis-wracked Caribbean nation in its battle against gang control, U.S. and diplomatic sources said.

A new round of Yemeni negotiations kicked off in Geneva Saturday under the auspices of the United Nations to reach an agreement between the legitimate government and the Houthi militias to release prisoners and detainees. Amid hope that the 11-day discussions will lead to an agreement and release of more…

The head of Türkiye’s disaster and emergency management agency has raised the country's death toll from a magnitude 7.8 earthquake last month to 47,975. Yunus Sezer said during a news conference on Saturday that the people who died included 6,278 foreigners, with Syrian nationals accounting for the largest share. The…

Government says Illegal Migration Bill will ‘stop the boats’ but critics warn it won’t work

The largest international study on rape, carried out by the United Nations for two years involving 10,000 men from Bangladesh, China, Cambodia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Sri Lanka, was published in 2013. The study found that rape is not a rarity: one in four men interviewed had raped someone…