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Sep- 2023 -

27 September

North Korean Leader Kim Jong-Un (Photo: AFP)

Korea on ‘Brink of Nuclear War,’ North Warns UN

North Korea told the United Nations that the peninsula was at risk of nuclear war, as it blamed what it called hostility by the United States.

27 September

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

Myanmar Junta Ramped Up Mass Killings, Air Strikes: UN Rights Office

Myanmar's military escalated its use of mass killings, air and artillery strikes in the past year, according to the UN's rights office.

20 September

Air

A Royal Australian Air Force P-8A Poseidon aircraft departs to Japan as part of Operation ARGOS. It hovers a few meters above ground just as it begins to take off.

Juster Domingo

Australia Conducts North Korea Nuclear Activity Air Surveillance

The Australian Defence Force has conducted air surveillance over North Korea to monitor illegal nuclear weapons development.

12 September

Africa

Malian tuareg soldiers patrol in the streets of Gao

Staff Writer With AFP

Armed Groups in Northern Mali Claim Capture of Key Town

Armed groups from northern Mali claimed to have captured the key town of Bourem, situated between the ancient cities of Gao and Timbuktu.

1 September

Middle East

Staff Writer With AFP

UN Renews Lebanon Peacekeeping Mission After Dispute

The UN Security Council renewed the mandate for its peacekeeping force in Lebanon for another year after tense debate around the troops' freedom of movement.

Aug- 2023 -

29 August

Africa

Members of the Amhara Special Forces seat on the top of a truck while another member looks on in the city of Alamata, Ethiopia, on December 11, 2020

Staff Writer With AFP

At Least 183 Killed in Clashes in Ethiopia’s Amhara: UN

At least 183 people have been killed since July in clashes in Ethiopia's Amhara region, the UN said as it appealed for the killings, violence, and rights abuses to end.

18 August

Europe

Staff Writer With AFP

Turkish Cypriot Forces Assault Cyprus Peacekeepers: UN

Turkish Cypriot forces assaulted UN peacekeepers who attempted to block controversial road construction in the buffer zone dividing Cyprus, the UN said.

15 August

Africa