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The UN Security Council has extended for just six months the United Nations political mission in Sudan, after UN envoy Volker Perthes was accused by Sudan's army chief of stoking the worsening civil conflict. In a short resolution, the…

The UN Security Council has failed to agree on a joint statement condemning Monday’s coup in Myanmar, after a two-hour long emergency meeting failed to secure the support of China, a key Myanmar ally and a veto-holding permanent member of…