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Media mogul Ted Turner’s daughter recalled at a celebration of her late father’s life that he was inspired to give $1 billion to the United Nations after hearing about a washerwoman in Mississippi who gave her life savings of $150,000 for scholarships so young people could go to

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The president of the International Criminal Court has accused the Trump administration of trying to obstruct international justice by imposing penalties on the tribunal and has vowed that it would not succeed

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Russia has vetoed a U.S.-drafted resolution that would have supported Morocco’s demand for sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara

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A U.N. rights investigator reports that Myanmar's military-backed government is attacking civilians to instill fear and force submission

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United Nations human rights experts say Nicaragua’s co-presidents have established a dictatorship and there are “reasonable grounds to believe that crimes against humanity have been committed."

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The inquiry also found evidence that Russia recruited men from 29 countries into its armed forces ‘through deception or coercion’ to fight in Ukraine

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From Independent RSS Feed: UN votes to cut the peacekeeping force in South Sudan from 17,000 to 12,000

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