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US UN Ambassador: Russian Intervention 'Act of Aggression'

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has strongly condemned Russia, saying there is nothing to justify its military presence in neighboring Ukraine.

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US, S. Korea Criticize N. Korea Missile Launches

The United States and South Korea have criticized another round of North Korean short range missile launches, saying two more missiles were fired Monday.

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Fresh attacks in South Sudan squeeze humanitarian efforts

With fresh outbreaks of fighting in South Sudan likely to displace tens of thousands of additional people, UNICEF said the emergency in the world’s newest nation risks becoming overwhelming. Nearly 900,000 people – half of them children – have already...

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Ukraine’s Crimea envoy asks EU to move beyond expressing solidarity to action

Boris Tarasyuk, the Ukrainian government's special envoy for Crimea, told the foreign affairs committee on Monday that Ukraine needed the EU to sign the association agreement as quickly as possible. He called Russia's action "both intervention and...

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