LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - On the 30th World AIDS Day, the following timeline shows how the epidemic spread around the world, progress made to combat it and challenges that remain. 1920s - HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is thought to have spread from chimpanzees in West Africa to humans. 1981
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Saudi Arabia tells U.N. rights body that will prosecute Khashoggi murder
GENEVA (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia told the United Nations top human rights body on Monday that it was investigating the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at its Istanbul consulate last month with a view to prosecuting the perpetrators. Bandar Al Aiban, President of the Human Rights Commission of Saudi Arabia who
Dollar hits six-week highs on hawkish Fed
The U.S. dollar rose to its highest in six weeks on Wednesday as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the U.S. economy is “remarkably positive” and spoke of the need to continue raising interest rates. Hawkish Fed speakers have helped elevate the greenback this week, after the Fed last Wednesday raised
European countries must not rush to repatriate Afghan refugees
By: Middle East Affairs On Monday, the top U.N. refugee official said: "European countries must not rush to repatriate Afghan refugees to their increasingly insecure homeland or blame their community for isolated crimes such as recent deadly attacks in Germany and in France." Also, the public prosecutor's office said on Sunday that
Mosul needs at least $2 billion of reconstruction aid
By: Middle East Affairs On Monday, The United Nations' social organization needs to utilize the reproduction of Iraq's second city Mosul as an approach to reestablish its believability and show how a fraying multilateral request can be restored, its executive general said. Authoritatively entitled the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization,