International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says no fewer than 50,000 migrants have died worldwide since 2014 after risking their lives on dangerous journeys in search of a better life.

A spokesman of Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Friday condemned Washington’s sanctions on Iran’s state TV the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), and its affiliate network Press TV.

Member States of the Accra Initiative have agreed to operationalize a Multinational Joint Task Force within a month to tackle the spread of terrorism and other transnational organized crimes.

Most of the countries in the world continue to closely cooperate with Russia despite sanctions imposed by the West in response to Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday.

A senior UN official, Ms. Martha Pobee has called on countries and their international partners to accelerate efforts to counter the singular threat of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.

The European Union (EU) on Friday said that it has donated 7.25 million U.S. dollars to South Sudan through the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR).