United Nations member countries, especially superpowers should stop influencing the decisions of the United Nations Security Council if they are serious about the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs.
Police and demonstrators have clashed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in the latest round of violence sparked by the ongoing political crisis. Opposition groups say more than 50 people died on Monday in clashes in the capital, Kinshasa. But the government puts the number of those killed to 17.
At least 29 people have been injured in an explosion in a crowded district of New York City. The explosion occurred on Saturday night outside a residence for visually impaired people on West 23rd Street.
A joint statement from the Visegrad Four (V4) presented at the informal EU summit in Bratislava on Friday says the EU's migration policies should be based on the principle of flexible solidarity It is necessary to halt the influx of illegal migrants, the V4 countries, namely the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland,
Hundreds of local and international exhibitors began to showcase their aviation, space travel and defense products at the Africa Aerospace and Defense Show held in Pretoria, capital of South Africa.
The Italian Coast Guard says it has rescued 350 people who were aboard rickety boats in the Mediterranean Sea as they tried to make it to European shores.
The federal government and parents of some Chibok schoolgirls that escaped from Boko Haram, have accused non-governmental organisations of using the girls to get donations in the United States. Some 15 girls were given offers to go to the United States for their education.
The UN Security Council has condemned the latest nuclear test conducted by North Korea, saying it is a clear violation of Security Council resolutions.
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has warned protesters there would be no "Arab Spring" in Zimbabwe after anti-government demonstrations descended it to some of the worst violence seen in the southern African nation for two decades.
The second Forum on Investing in Africa is taking place in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province.
