| SOP newswire3 |  | Poverty Compounding Health Challenges for Palestine Refugees - Non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, cancer and smoking-related ailments, account for the majority of the chronic health problems confronting Palestine refugees across the Middle East, a new report by the United Nations agency which supports them, has found. |
| SOP newswire3 |  | UN: Realistic Solutions Must Form Basis of Global Compact for Migration - Reflecting the reality of life on the ground for millions of migrants fleeing their homes must form the basis of the upcoming United Nations-backed Global Compact for migration, a hearing on the key issue was told on Monday. |
| SOP newswire3 |  | Operation Roundup Targets ISIS Remnants in Syria - In Operation Roundup, Syrian Democratic Forces continue to defeat remnants of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria fighters in Syrias Middle Euphrates River valley, Army Col. Rob Manning, the Pentagons director of press operations, told reporters today. |
| SOP newswire3 |  | U.S. Marines, British Commandos Train Together at Exercise Red Dagger - Marines with 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, are partnering with British army engineers from the 131 Commando Squadron during Exercise Red Dagger that began here May 12. |
| SOP newswire3 |  | DR Congo Ebola Outbreak Not Yet a Global Health Emergency - An emergency meeting of United Nations health experts said on Friday that the Ebola outbreak in north-west Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) - where cases of the deadly disease have been confirmed in an urban area - does not yet meet the criteria to be deemed a "public health emergency of international concern." |
| SOP newswire3 |  | UN Welcomes Start of Church-mediated National Dialogue in Nicaragua - United Nations Secretary-General Guterres has welcomed the start of a national dialogue in Nicaragua between civic groups and the government, following deadly clashes between security forces and people protesting the countrys planned social security reforms. |
| SOP newswire3 |  | Afghanistan: UN Condemns Blasts That Leave 8 Dead at Cricket Stadium - The United Nations mission in Afghanistan on Saturday condemned the attack in Jalalabad that killed at least eight people and injured at least 55 at a cricket stadium. |
| Robert Paul Reyes |  | Donald Trump Faked Phone Call to Brag About Book Sales - How long will America tolerate the Trump regime? |
| SOP newswire3 |  | DoD Official Refutes Taliban's Claim of Controlling Afghan City - Despite claims from the Taliban that they now control the western Afghanistan city of Farah, the city has not fallen into their hands, chief Pentagon spokesperson Dana W. White told reporters today. |
| SOP newswire3 |  | Coalition Strikes Target ISIS Terrorists in Syria, Iraq - Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve and its partners continued to strike Islamic State of Iraq and Syria targets in designated parts of Syria and Iraq between May 11-17, conducting 66 strikes consisting of 80 engagements, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. |
| SOP newswire3 |  | Syria: UN Says Chemical Weapon Likely Used in February Attack - Deadly chlorine gas was likely used in an attack that took place in a Syrian town in rebel-held Idlib last February, said the United Nations-backed chemical weapons watchdog on Wednesday. |
| SOP newswire3 |  | UN: Europe Should Make Voice More Heard in Today's Dangerous World - In an increasingly dangerous world, the European Union (EU) need to make its voice "more and more heard" as a "central pillar" of multilateralism, said the United Nations Secretary-General on Wednesday. |
| SOP newswire3 |  | Leading Palestinian Legislator Calls for New International Engagement in Two-state Solution - Describing a viable two-state solution to end the Palestine-Israel conflict as "very much in doubt," a leading Palestinian legislator called on Wednesday for "new international engagement" to move the process forward. |
| SOP newswire3 |  | UN Delivers Medical Supplies to Gaza - Two truckloads of urgently needed medical supplies have been delivered to Gaza, where scores of Palestinians were injured during demonstrations along the border fence with Israel earlier this week. |
| SOP newswire3 | | UN: Around 2.5 Billion More People Will be Living in Cities by 2050 - By 2050, two out of every three people are likely to be living in cities or other urban centres, according to a new United Nations report, highlighting the need for more sustainable urban planning and public services. |
| SOP newswire3 |  | Gaza Medics Struggling to Cope with Influx of Wounded - Medical teams inside Gaza are running out of supplies to cope with the wounded, following the deadliest day of protests against occupation along the border with Israel so far this year, UN aid agencies warned on Tuesday. |
| SOP newswire3 |  | Security Council Calls for Calm Following Deadly Gaza Clashes - The United Nations Security Council, in an emergency meeting on Tuesday, called for calm along the border of the Gaza Strip following Mondays deadly clashes, in which dozens of Palestinians were killed, protesting United States recognition of Jerusalem as Israels capital and the official opening of its embassy there. |
| SOP newswire3 |  | Mattis, Iceland Foreign Minister Discuss Increased Cooperation -
Defense Secretary James N. Mattis met with Icelands foreign minister at the Pentagon today to express a mutual commitment to the deepening defense relationship between the United States and Iceland, chief Pentagon spokesperson Dana W. White said.
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| SOP newswire3 |  | Gaza Violence Leaves Dozens Dead - Following reports that dozens of Palestinians have been killed, demonstrating along the border of the Gaza Strip on Monday, United Nations Secretary-General Guterres urged both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to show restraint. |
| SOP newswire3 |  | Dunford Arrives in Brussels for NATO Meetings -
Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived here today to participate in NATO Military Committee chiefs of defense meetings that will set the stage for the alliance defense ministerial conference next month and the NATO summit in July.
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| SOP newswire3 |  | Children Dying in DRC From Malnutrition - 400,000 children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) "are at risk of death" in the Kasais region from food shortages caused by conflict and displacement, according to a senior UN official who has just returned from the area, expressing shock at what he had witnessed. |
| SOP newswire3 |  | Rwanda's Commitment to UN Peacekeeping - Over the years, African governments have led the way in contributing troops and police to United Nations operations to help save lives and keep the peace around the world. Today, one of the continents smallest countries is also one of the largest contributors to UN peacekeeping. |
| SOP newswire3 |  | Stark Increase in Hate Crimes Across UK, post-Brexit - Sounding an alarm over a "stark increase" in hate crimes across the United Kingdom as well as "widespread discrimination" faced by ethnic minorities, a United Nations independent rights expert has called on the country to "comprehensively" combat racism and bias. |
| SOP newswire3 |  | Mothers, Children, Lacking Basic Nutrition in North Korea - The head of the United Nations food relief agency said on Friday that many mothers and young children in North Korea are still relying on humanitarian assistance to meet their nutritional needs. |
| SOP newswire3 |  | Coalition Strikes Hit ISIS Terrorists in Syria, Iraq - Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve and its partners continued to strike Islamic State of Iraq and Syria targets in designated parts of Syria and Iraq between May 4-10, conducting 53 strikes consisting of 63 engagements, Combined task force officials reported today. |
| SOP newswire3 |  | Defense Secretary, S. Korean Minister Discuss Historic Opportunity - Defense Secretary James N. Mattis met with South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha to discuss the current situation on the Korean Peninsula, chief Pentagon spokesperson Dana W. White said in a statement released yesterday. |
| SOP newswire3 |  | Afghanistan: Violence at Voter Registration Sites Assault on Democracy - Afghanistan has suffered "a disturbing pattern" of attacks on voter registration facilities since the process began last month, which add up to an "assault on democracy," the United Nations mission there said Thursday. |
| SOP newswire3 |  | UN Urges Restraint in Wake of Military Escalation in Golan Heights - The United Nations chief has called for an immediate halt to all hostile acts and provocative actions to "avoid a new conflagration" in the Middle East, following reported exchanges of artillery fire over the Golan Heights. |
| SOP newswire3 |  | Libyans Deserve Justice, as War Crime Suspects Remain at Large - Despite an International Criminal Court arrest warrant, a Libyan war crimes suspect remains at large and could have committed further murders, the ICC Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, told the Security Council on Wednesday. |
| SOP newswire3 |  | Lebanon Elections Vital Step in Democracy-building - Congratulating Lebanon on holding parliamentary elections on Sunday , United Nations Secretary-General Guterres has called on the countrys political leaders to work in "a spirit of unity." |
