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UN Security Council to Discuss Myanmar’s Rohingya Refugee Crisis

UNITED NATIONS / GENEVA — The United Nations Security Council is holding an urgent meeting this week on continuing violence in western Myanmar that has forced 370,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to...

N. Korea Slams New UN Sanctions, Warns US of ‘Greatest Pain’

UNITED NATIONS/SEOUL — North Korea strongly criticized Tuesday the U.N. Security Council's decision to impose tough new sanctions against the East Asian nation, and warned the United States would experience the...

South Korea supports tough sanctions against North but not tactical nukes

SEOUL — Frustrated by North Korea’s continued provocations and perhaps prodded by criticisms from U.S. President Donald Trump, the South Korean government has shifted away from engagement oriented policies to more...

UN Rights Chief: Rohingya Seemingly Face ‘Ethnic Cleansing’

The U.N. human rights chief said Monday that the violence and injustice faced by the ethnic Rohingya minority in Myanmar, where U.N. rights investigators have been barred from entering, "seems a...

North Korea Warns US Will Pay ‘Due Price’ for Pushing UN Sanctions

SEOUL — North Korea warned on Monday the United States would pay a "due price" for spearheading a U.N. Security Council resolution against its latest nuclear test, as Washington presses for a...

US Calls for Monday Vote on New North Korea Sanctions

The United States called for a vote Monday on new U.N. sanctions against North Korea, though exactly what measures would be in the resolution remained a mystery. Security Council diplomats, who weren't...

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