Australians have marked Remembrance Day, honouring those who have served and died in conflicts and peacekeeping operations.
An impasse between the US and Russia at the UN means its peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara has ended after 35 years.
The UN is ending its peacekeeping mission in the disputed territory after the US and Russia blocked its extension.
The U.N.'s long-running peacekeeping mission for the disputed Western Sahara ceased operations Sunday after 35 years. Once ruled by Spain, it is claimed by both Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front.
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The mission, known as MINURSO, has been in place in the disputed region since a ceasefire in 1991.
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UN Security Council rejected the competing proposals, leaving the peacekeeping mission without an approved extension.
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Kathmandu, Oct 22: Nepalese Lieutenant Colonel Rabin Thapa, who served as a contingent commander with the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (...