World Bank: despite ‘fragile’ global economy, low oil prices to spur recovery in developing countries

Gassing up in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: the latest edition of Global Economic Prospects (GEP) says lower…

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Côte d’Ivoire: Welcoming recent progress, UN envoy urges vigilance in run-up to elections

Special Representative and head of the UN Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) Aïchatou Mindaoudou, briefs the…

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‘2015 can and must be time for global action,’ Ban declares, briefing UN Assembly on year’s priorities

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon briefs the General Assembly on the UN’s priorities. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe 8 January…

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In Liberia, UN Ebola mission chief commends progress, warns against ‘complacency’

Head of UNMEER Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed (second right) meets in Monrovia with Special Representative for…

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Journalists butchered in Paris

The attack against journalists in Paris in which 10 people were killed and two police officers,…

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End of 2014 marks handover with NATO’s Baltic Air Policing Mission

5 JAN 2015 RAMSTEIN, Germany – As 2014 drew to a close, so did the 36th…

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UN health agency says no Ebola detected in Iraq, calls reports of cases ‘rumours

Photo: WHO/C. Banluta 6 January 2015 – Despite reports of Ebola cases in Mosul in several…

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