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Belgium’s Wallonia region halts arms sales to Saudi Arabia’s defense ministry

Belgium's Wallonia region, home to FN Herstal and CMI, halted weapons sales to Saudi Arabia's defense ministry due to the war in Yemen

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Syrian army pushes forward with Idlib offensive

Syrian regime forces pressed on with their offensive in Idlib province that has displaced half a million people, despite heightened tensions with Turkey

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Libya’s warring parties in UN-sponsored joint military commission talks

Representatives of the warring parties in Libya were meeting in Geneva in a UN-sponsored joint military commission

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International Court of Justice orders Myanmar to prevent Rohingya genocide

The U.N.’s top court said Thursday it has the authority to rule in an urgent case in which Myanmar is accused of genocide against Rohingya Muslims and ordered emergency measures to prevent further violence. “The court concludes that it has prima facie jurisdiction to rule in the case,” International Court of Justice presiding judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf said in The Hague. The court ordered Myanmar to take “all measures within its power” to prevent genocide against Rohingya. Yusuf said that “the court was of the opinion that the Rohingya in Myanmar remain extremely vulnerable” and needed to be protected from further bloodshed. The court ordered Myanmar to report back within four months, and then every six months after that. It also told Myanmar to prevent the destruction of any evidence of crimes against the Rohingya. The January 23 ruling comes days after a Myanmar commission concluded that some soldiers likely committed war crimes against the minority group but that the military was not guilty of genocide. Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi traveled to The Hague in December to personally defend her Buddhist-majority country against the allegations over the bloody 2017 crackdown against the Rohingya. The mainly Muslim African …

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Nigeria: Militants attack key aid facility in Ngala near Cameroon border, UN says

Heavily armed militants attacked on a vital aid facility housing UN workers in Ngala in northeast Nigeria's Borno state

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Colombia’s president calls on UN to extend peace mission until 2022

President Ivan Duque called on the UN to extend its peace verification mission between Colombia's government and former FARC rebels until 2022

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Libya: Haftar’s LNA captures Sirte as UN envoy expresses anger at foreign meddling

LNA forces loyal to rogue Libyan general Khalifa Haftar seized control the coastal city of Sirte as Turkey said it was deploying troops in the country

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UN can’t confirm Iran attacked Saudi oil facilities, Guterres says

The UN has been unable to confirm Iranian involvement in an attack on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said

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Airstrikes hit Libya’s el-Feel oil field after Tripoli-based government seizes control

Western Libyan forces seized control of el-Feel oil field from forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, prompting retaliatory airstrikes

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UN investigating whether DR Congo peacekeeper killed protester in Beni

The UN peacekeeping mission in DR Congo said it was launching a probe after gaining evidence that one of its troops had killed a protester

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