UN predicts world economic growth at subdued 2.8% in 2025
The world economy resisted battering by conflicts and inflation last year and is expected to grow a subdued 2.8% in 2025, the United Nations said Thursday.
US declares genocide in Sudan. Critics say Biden acted too late.
The U.S. charged Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo and his Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary-turned-rebel-group largely ...
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UN watchdog says Australia violated asylum seekers' rights
Australia violated the rights of asylum seekers arbitrarily detained on the island of Nauru, a UN watchdog ruled Thursday, in ...
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Lebanon army chief Aoun becomes president after two-year vacancy
BEIRUT: Lebanese lawmakers elected army chief Joseph Aoun as president on Thursday (Jan 9), ending a more than two-year ...
Australia violated refugees' rights in offshore detention centre, says UN
A U.N. committee found that Australia violated a human rights treaty by detaining a group of asylum seekers, including minors ...
Australia responsible for arbitrary detention of asylum seekers, UN committee finds
Australia has been accused of trying to “escape its human rights responsibility” after a UN committee found it was responsible for arbitrary detention of asylum seekers in Nauru.
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India maintains status as world's fastest-growing large economy, says UN
United Nations: "India would again be the fastest growing large economy in the world" with a projected annual growth rate of ...