(CNN)Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has blamed the US for creating ISIS and fostering instability in the Middle East amid an ongoing crisis in the region. [restrict] “That (the) US arms a terrorist group is what causes instability,” Khameini wrote on Twitter Monday. “Who created ISIS? The US!” He added that while US President Donald Trump accuses Iran […]
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Comatose Otto Warmbier lands in US after release by North Korea
Pyongyang, North Korea (CNN)American college student Otto Warmbier has landed back in the United States after more than 17 months in detention in North Korea. [restrict] Warmbier has been in a coma for over a year, according to his parents, and will be rushed to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center late Tuesday, a hospital […]
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New guide to prevent child labour in conflicts and disasters
How-to guide for development professionals, policymakers and civil society groups A new guide by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) urges child labour concerns be integrated in agriculture, food security and nutrition programs during crises and disasters, and was presented today to mark World Day Against Child Labour. [restrict] Around the world, 100 million […]
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US ally Marshall Islands urges EU to help Trump change climate course
STRASBOUGH,15 JUNE 2017 (AFP)—Marshall Islands president on Wednesday appealed to the European Union to help persuade President Donald Trump to change course on climate change as her US-allied Pacific archipelago fears rising seas. [restrict] President Hilda Heine told the European Parliament that Trump was “at best misguided” when he pulled United States out of […]
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Weather stops attempts to destroy illegal fishing boats
PORT MORESBY, 14 JUNE 2017 (THE NATIONAL)—An attempt by the National Fisheries Authority and the PNG Defence Force navy on Monday to destroy two blue boats caught illegally fishing in the country’s waters was not possible because of the poor weather conditions. [restrict] In March, operators of the two Vietnamese boats were fined K150,000 […]
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Cook Islands in line for better internet after $20 million injection from New Zealand
RAROTONGA, 15 JUNE 2017 (TVNZ) —New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English has kicked off a three nation tour of the Pacific in the Cook Islands, giving $20 million (US$14.5 million) to go towards faster, low-cost internet and a wastewater system to save Rarotonga’s popular lagoon. [restrict] The lack of non-compliant sewerage systems by many resorts […]