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United Nations buckles to US pressure, cuts nearly $600 million from peacekeeping budget

A deal on cutting nearly $600 million from the UN peacekeeping budget was reached following weeks of negotiations over US demands for sharp cost reductions.

Five UN peacekeepers killed in a peacekeeping mission in Mali

At least five peacekeepers were killed and one critically injured in an ambush against a convoy of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali.

Deadly rocket attack on UN base in Mali kills three, injures 20

Two UN peacekeepers and a civilian contractor were killed in a rocket attack Saturday on a UN base in northeast Mali, a week after a deadly siege at a Bamako hotel claimed by jihadists.

Mali begins three days' mourning for victims of hotel attacks; neighbouring nations join in

Mali Monday started three days of national mourning for the victims of the jihadist siege at a luxury hotel that left 19 people dead in the capital Bamako, with neighbouring Senegal, Mauritania and Guinea joining in a show of solidarity.