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Disability rights activist who helped shape global protocols and played a decisive role in fighting discrimination in the US

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency is set for another four-year term at the helm of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog as it grapples with monitoring Iran’s nuclear activities and tries to shore up the safety of power plants in Ukraine

The U.N. Refugee Agency said on Friday it was "greatly alarmed" by clashes between government forces and armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that had caused hundreds of thousands to flee.

Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah denounced on Wednesday the Israeli occupation's systematic assaults on the Palestinian people. "The Israeli occupation authorities continue their systematic aggression against the Palestinian people, increasing their suffering," Minister Salem said at the 159th session of the Arab Foreign Ministers Council, that was…

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly became the latest minister to hit out at the Match of the Day presenter, saying he needs to "study history books" after comparing language around the Government's asylum policy to 1930s Germany

Myanmar will hold a national census late next year, state media reported on Friday, hinting at another delay in elections the junta has pledged to hold to end the crisis sparked by its coup.

Congo's military said Thursday at least 36 people were killed by extremists in the country's conflict-riddled east

At Least 36 people were killed by extremists in conflict-riddled eastern Congo, the military said on Thursday. The Allied Democratic Forces, a rebel militia with links to the ISIS group, killed civilians in Mukondi village in North Kivu province, said Congo army spokesman in Beni town, Capt. Anthony Mwalushayi. “The…

The disease, which has killed 1,500 people since last March, has been aggravated by heavy rains and an overburdened health system