(Reuters) -Twenty-eight million people face acute hunger in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a record for the country, driven by an escalating conflict between the government and Rwandan-backed rebels in the east, the United Nations said on Thursday.
NEW DELHI: India and China will have issues in the "foreseeable future" but there are ways to address them without getting into a conflict, India's foreign minister said on Wednesday (March 26).
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The political blocs of Southern and Eastern Africa have expanded the mediation team for negotiating an end to the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel offensive in eastern Congo, at a heads of state meeting on Monday that Rwanda described as fruitful.
KUALA LUMPUR: Several key measures are being implemented, including repopulating the forest with prey animals, to prevent human-wildlife conflict, says Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad.
DOHA (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame held face-to-face talks on Tuesday mediated by the emir of Qatar to address the conflict in eastern Congo, the three governments said.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has approved what would be the first sale of advanced precision kill weapon systems to Saudi Arabia for an estimated cost of $100 million, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - At his bar in Bukavu - a city in eastern Congo overrun by Rwandan-backed rebels last month - Adolphe Amani dipped into his dwindling stock of beer to serve a table of thirsty customers watching a recent Sunday football match on his television.
SEOUL: North Korea said on March 12 that a recent accidental bombing of a civilian area by South Korean fighter jets in training shows a mishap could trigger a new armed conflict on the Korean peninsula, its state news agency reported.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Thursday that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's view that the Ukraine conflict is a proxy war between the United States and Russia is in line with Russian President Vladimir Putin's own assessment.
For residents and road users in Perak, particularly in Gerik and Sungai Siput, elephant herd sightings have become as common as spotting livestock such as cows and goats.
TBILISI/BAKU (Reuters) -Armenian and Azerbaijani officials said on Thursday that they had agreed the text of a peace agreement to end nearly four decades of conflict between the South Caucasus countries, a sudden breakthrough in a fitful and often bitter peace process.
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 337 complaints on human-wildlife conflict in Gua Musang, Kelantan, were received by the Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) last year.
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GERIK: While most people visit zoos to see wildlife, including elephants, villagers in this district and users of the East-West Highway from Gerik to Jeli are accustomed to seeing these majestic creatures wandering along the road or venturing into villages and farms.
Maduro's ties to rebels fuel violence and displacement across the border.
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish referee Jose Munuera Montero has been cleared of any wrongdoing after the country's football federation (RFEF) looked into a possible conflict of interest between his refereeing and a private sports consultancy company that he co-owns.
US President Donald Trump has expressed confidence that Washington can successfully negotiate the end of the Ukraine conflict "this week", White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Saturday,
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to disarm and disband on Thursday, a move that could end its 40-year conflict with Ankara and have far-reaching political and security consequences for the region.
GEORGE TOWN: Malaysia has reaffirmed its stance in supporting the ceasefire in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and urges all parties to comply with it, said Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin.
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Tuesday said it would pause some bilateral aid to Rwanda over its role in the conflict in neighbouring Congo.