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Kenneth Williams coughed, trembled, lurched and jerked about 15 times after he received the lethal injection.

Saudi Arabia, where women must have male guardians, elected to UN group for empowering women.

The convoy was carrying around 5,000 people, including civilians pro-government fighters.

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had earlier called for a UN investigation into the incident.

More than 2,000 allegations of sexual abuse have been made against UN personnel over 12 years.

The 19-year-old Nobel laureate was shot by the Taliban in 2012.

The US Secretary of State's remarks come ahead of his visit to Moscow next week.

Over 8,000 drug addicts and dealers have been killed since Duterte took office in June 2016

The fight against Isis has intensified in west Mosul, with Iraqi forces stepping up efforts to reclaim the key mosque.

Bodies of Michael Sharp, Zaida Catalan and interpreter Betu Tshintela were found in a shallow grave.

The UN investigators, who were probing human rights violations in DRC, had been missing since 12 March.

The protesters waved national flags and condemned Saudi Arabia and the US for the ongoing war.

The famine has seen 60%-85% of the area's livestock dead.

The country's Medical Federation said that the hospitals had less than 5% of the drugs they needed.

The Scandinavian nation won the title for the first time.

Rima Khalaf's ESCWA report accused Israel of imposing an 'apartheid regime' on Palestinians.

Authors admit severity of charge but claim it has been proven 'beyond a reasonable doubt'.

Among the four countries badly hit by famine, Yemen fares the worst with two-thirds of its population in need of help.

European Union launched its military training mission of CAR's army in July 2016.

UK humanitarian aid package of £100m to food security, supporting nutrition and basic health services.‎

UN Security Council says North Korea evades sanctions by using overseas companies

UN estimates five million people in Somalia, roughly half of the population, are in need of aid.

South Korea warned UN that its communist neighbour has 'thousands of tonnes of chemical weapons'.

Patricia Espinosa is encouraged by the 'transformation' of oil and gas companies in the US.

President Juan Manuel Santos said mobilisation of all rebels from their jungle camps to UN zones completed.

Fellow diplomats pay tribute to 'diplomatic maestro and deeply caring man'.

The 64-year old has been an ambassador to the world body since 2006.

The famine comes as a result of a prolonged civil war and an entrenched economic crisis that has devastated the East African nation.

Failings to ensure first peaceful transition of power in DRC could spark rise of insecurity and instability.

António Guterres has vowed to make bureaucratic UN 'more nimble and effective'.