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UN Security Council approves Haiti security mission led by Kenya
Speed Read Kenya has pledged 1,000 security personnel to help stabilize Haiti, but lots of questions remain
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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Disunited nations: has the UN lost its relevance?
Missing figures at UN General Assembly lead to broad questions about the organisation's credibility
By Arion McNicoll Published
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Is Nicaragua the new Syria?
In Depth Nikki Haley warns that Central American nation is travelling ‘down the same path’ to civil war
By The Week Staff Published
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Syria: 12,000 civilians flee Eastern Ghouta as army advances
In Depth Government air strikes prompt mass exodus and mark ‘beginning of the end’ for rebels
By The Week Staff Last updated
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Syria crisis: why the UN Security Council is impotent
Speed Read Organisation has ‘inglorious history of missing chances to avert catastrophe’
By The Week Staff Last updated
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Turkey to open embassy in East Jerusalem
Speed Read And Egypt has drafted a UN resolution calling US recognition of the holy city as Israel's capital ‘null and void’
By The Week Staff Last updated
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Israel v Palestine: is this the start of the Third Intifada?
In Depth 'Chickenshit' Netanyahu… Sweden's 'Ikea politics'… Global insults fly as violence erupts in Jerusalem
By Venetia Rainey Published
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Ukraine: Nato to meet amid claims of Russian invasion
Speed Read The Ukrainian government says its forces are now fighting Russian troops, not Russian-backed separatists
By The Week Staff Published
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Syria gas attack: death toll at 1,400 worst since Halabja
In Depth Attack on Damascus could represent most significant use of chemical weapons since Saddam attacks Iraqi Kurds
By The Week Staff Published
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