Afghans are yet to wait for the rise of peace in their war ravaged country as the ongoing war in Afghanistan continues to claim the lives of large numbers of civilians including women and children on a daily basis.

The Nobel-winning World Food Program has warned that 270 million people worldwide are on the brink of starvation.

World food prices rose for a sixth month running in November, hitting almost a six year high.

The United States and the European Union have imposed several rounds of sanctions on Syria.

The United Nations mission in Libya (UNSMIL) strongly condemns the killing of a prominent lawyer and women's rights activist in the country's eastern city of Benghazi.

The World Health Organization has declared that Africa is now free of the virus that causes polio.

The international outcry following the assassination of Lt. General Qasem Soleimani in January was a clear sign that the actions taken by the US had to come under scrutiny by an independent body.