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Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe instructed officials to take steps to reassure markets, the Kyodo news agency reported, while South Korea’s government unveiled a 20 trillion won ($17 billion) stimulus package and backup budget for big infrastructure projects.

On Wednesday the U.S. military officials and South Korea claimed North has launched two intermediate-range missiles from the east coast and one was a failure where as the second reached high altitude and then plunged into the sea about 400 km away.

UNICEF is urging countries to develop national plans so they can meet the ambitious targets they have committed to in the 2030 sustainable development agenda.

In Geneva, the Permanent Mission of India in collaboration with the United Nations Office at Geneva organised a special event in the historic Palais des Nations building (United Nations’ Building) on June 19, 2016 as part of celebrations to mark the observance of the 2nd...

Brussels police spokesman Ilse Van de keere said the police had been warned “of a situation involving a suspect in a phone call at around 5.30 (local time)”.

Looters targeted stores in townships around the South African capital, Pretoria, following two days of protests over the ruling party’s choice of mayoral candidate for local government elections in August, police said.

House Assistant Minority Leader James Clyburn of S.C., Rep.Al Green, D-Texas, Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y., House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 23, 2016, after House Democrats ended...

The manufacturer says they plan to work with the Consumer Product Safety Commission on tip over protection and innovations to enhance product safety of all of their drawers and dressers.

In a statement earlier today, the Clinton campaign slammed the Benghazi Select Committee for releasing parts of the report overnight and argued committee Republicans are “finishing their work in the same, partisan way that we’ve seen from them since the...

European stocks extended their losses on Monday with the British pound falling to its lowest level in nearly 31 years in the wake of the economic and political uncertainty following Britain’s historic vote to leave the European Union.

Defense analysts have said that building this railway line wouldn’t take India more than a few months given its massive rail network and the Indian Railways’ years of experience in facilitating ticket-less travel.

Iraq’s armed forces pressed on with their offensive to retake the city of Fallujah from Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on Tuesday, dislodging the militants from two eastern districts and pushing them back into a handful of northern and western neighbourhoods.

EU lawmaker Manfred Weber of the European People’s Party, the largest in the European Parliament, said Britain’s decision to leave the EU “causes major damage to both sides”.

Citing the need to address the threat from Islamic State and conflicts from Libya to Syria, U.S Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday that the United States, European Union and Britain must cooperate closely despite Britain’s decision to leave the EU.

Cameron, who is staying on for three months as a caretaker, refused to notify the European Union formally of Britain’s intention to quit, leaving the job to whoever replaces him as Conservative leader and prime minister.