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Pop star Pink becomes a Unicef Ambassador

Grammy Award winning pop star Pink adds Unicef Ambassador to her list of titles. The singer, who is already the national spokesperson for Unicef Kid Power, will spread the word about Unicefs programmes to help end global starvation. During a field visit to Haiti in July, Pink â€“ whose real name is Alecia Moore â€“ was able to see first-hand the work Unicef is doing.

Dec 1, 2015

Demand for IVF option set to rise in China as one-child policy is relaxed

Chinese rules have pushed patients to go overseas or seek treatment in unregulated clinics.

Dec 1, 2015

Poorest nations need $1 trillion to tackle climate change

Least-developed countries currently get less than a third of all international climate funding.

Dec 1, 2015

Deaths of teenagers from AIDS nearly quadruples in South Asia

Adolescent deaths from AIDS tripled over the last 15 years; 26 new infections every hour.

Dec 1, 2015

Clashes force 40,000 people out of homes in Somalia: UN relief agency

More than 30 people are estimated to have been killed.

Dec 1, 2015

Isis executes 18 Syrian soldiers in ancient city of Palmyra

They were executed for being part of the "infidel army" of the Syrian regime, Isis said,

Nov 30, 2015

War crimes: Merely some ineffectual peacenik chatter?

Is war crimes prosecution a fully evolved instrument of international law or just polemic?

Nov 30, 2015

Child soldiers: Myanmar releases 53 underaged warriors

Human rights groups have long accused Myanmar's military, known as the Tatmadaw, of abuses such as using child soldiers.

Nov 30, 2015

Power sector employees to hold nationwide strike on December 8

The strike is to be observed by power employees, engineers and contract workers.

Nov 30, 2015

EU-Turkey pact on stemming flow of refugees involves cash and visas

Europeans struggle to limit the strain on their 28-nation bloc from taking in hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees.

Nov 30, 2015

Latvia urges Greece to tighten border to ease refugee crisis

Baltic states have voiced similar concerns about Italy, whose islands have also faced an influx.

Nov 30, 2015

DRC election 2016: Can democracy be achieved in Congo?

IBTimes UK takes a closer look at social,political and economic factors in DRC before presidential election.

Nov 27, 2015

HSBC whistleblower Herve Falciani sentenced to 5 years in prison

He may not serve time in a Swiss prison as France does not extradite its own citizens.

Nov 27, 2015

China: Miss World Canada kept from pageant finals for decrying rights abuse

Anastasia Lin said she wanted to "speak for those in China that are beaten, burned and electrocuted for holding to their beliefs."

Nov 27, 2015

Modi govt deliberately attacking constitutional principles, ideals: Sonia

The discussion was part of celebrations of the 125th birth anniversary of B.R. Ambedkar.

Nov 26, 2015

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