Archive for June 16th, 2015

UN chief calls for two week Yemen truce

The head of the United Nations opened peace talks on Yemen on June 15 with a call for a humanitarian ceasefire, saying the country was on the verge of a collapse that the Middle East could not withstand. Ban Ki-moon said the truce, called to mark the start of the holy month of Ramadan, should last for at least two […]

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