UN peacekeepers
UN to investigate DR Congo attack on peacekeepers
World
January 6, 2018
UN to investigate DR Congo attack on peacekeepers
The United Nations on Friday set up a special investigation of the attack that killed 15 UN peacekeepers in the…
South Sudan accuses US of instigating regime change
World
August 12, 2016
South Sudan accuses US of instigating regime change
The South Sudanese government has strongly criticized the U.S.' proposal at the UN Security Council to send 4,000 peacekeepers to…
Heavy fighting in South Sudan risks return to civil war
World
July 12, 2016
Heavy fighting in South Sudan risks return to civil war
Heavy fighting involving tanks and helicopters raged in South Sudan on Monday between troops loyal to the president and those…
UN peacekeepers face new sex abuse allegations in Central African Republic
World
November 12, 2015
UN peacekeepers face new sex abuse allegations in Central African Republic
United Nation’s peacekeepers in Central African Republic were hit on Wednesday with fresh accusations of sex abuses uncovered by a…
UN peacekeepers ‘traded food and medicine for sex’, report reveals
World
June 11, 2015
UN peacekeepers ‘traded food and medicine for sex’, report reveals
UN peacekeepers engaged in “transactional sex” with more than 225 Haitian women, as well as women in other countries, who…
Two UN peacekeepers wounded by Syria mortars on Golan Heights
Egypt
May 4, 2015
Two UN peacekeepers wounded by Syria mortars on Golan Heights
Mortar bombs launched from Syria wounded two United Nations peacekeepers in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Monday, the Israeli military…
Lebanese protest French delay in release of leftist militant
World
January 19, 2013
Lebanese protest French delay in release of leftist militant
TYRE, Lebanon –– More than 150 people protested outside the base of French peacekeeping forces in southern Lebanon on Saturday,…
Goma rebels say will ‘liberate’ all Congo
World
November 21, 2012
Goma rebels say will ‘liberate’ all Congo
Rebel forces in eastern Congo vowed on Wednesday to “liberate” all of the vast central African country as they began…
Update: Seven more killed in escalating Sinai violence
Egypt
August 12, 2012
Update: Seven more killed in escalating Sinai violence
Seven people were killed and one was injured when an army-launched missile hit a gunman's house in al-Goura village in…
Lebanese, Israeli troops exchange fire on border
World
August 1, 2011
Lebanese, Israeli troops exchange fire on border
JERUSALEM, Israel - Israeli and Lebanese troops briefly exchanged fire Monday on the countries' border, a volatile area where tensions…