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The first evacuees were escorted on buses and 13 ambulances through government-held west Aleppo to opposition-controlled areas.
The World Health Organisation has recommended that people potentially exposed to the Zika virus should practice safe sex.
The rapidly-spreading virus has been declared a global health emergency in an effort to fast-track international action and research priorities.
Following harsh criticism of its handling of the Ebola outbreak last year, the organisation says it will up its game in dealing with future crises.
The WHO says two experimental vaccines could lead to trials being done in West Africa in January, while another flu drug is being tested as well.
Islamic militants released US journalist Peter Theo Curtis on Sunday, less than a week after grisly footage emerged of the execution of James Foley.
The World Health Organisation, which has been criticised for its response to Ebola, has revealed its strategy for halting the epidemic in West Africa.
The World Health Organisation declared the situation "serious" when new cases surfaced after officials thought they had contained the virus.
Mining firms have locked down operations in Guinea and pulled out some international staff as the death toll from suspected Ebola cases hit 83.
The first round of peace talks has ended with no progess made on ending the civil war or commitment from the govt to return to the negotiating table.
The US has demanded that Syria allow aid in to Homs, as peace talks over the future of President Bashar al-Assad continue.
UN aid agencies say heavy fighting has prevented health workers from getting polio vaccine to 100 000 Syrian children.
Nicholas Kay, UN special representative for Somalia, says troops in the East African country require more resources to combat al-Shabab.
The UN said it’s suspending its aid operations in Syria and withdrawing all non-essential international staff due to the worsening security situation.
A huge, internally flawless diamond from India’s fabled Golconda mines has been sold at auction in Geneva for a record $21.48-million.
A UN investigator has asked US President Barack Obama to justify his policy of assassinating terror suspects using drones rather than capturing them.
The UN hopes to get permission from the Syrian government to send more aid workers to help at least 1-million people in need of urgent assistance.
Syria has promised Kofi Annan it will stop all fighting by the dawn deadline, but has a right to respond to attacks by "armed terrorist groups".
The main UN human rights forum condemned Syria’s crackdown on protests on Friday and Royal Dutch Shell shut down oil work there.
The death toll in the crackdown on Syrian protesters has forced the UN’s top human rights official to call for world action to protect civilians.
