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Unsubstantiated claims against Iran will damage UN credibility: Top rights official
Jun 19, 2022 00:22Iran’s top human rights official has rejected claims made by United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres against his country, warning that repetition of such "unsubstantiated allegations" will discredit the world body.
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US air systems unable to intercept Yemeni ballistic missiles, drones: Defense minister
Jun 18, 2022 06:53Yemen's armed forces have the upper hand in battles against the Saudi-led military coalition and its allied Takfiri militants, says the country's defense minister.
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UK approves Julian Assange’s extradition to US, fuels worldwide outrage
Jun 17, 2022 11:57The UK government has approved the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the US to face criminal charges, despite an original British judge ruling that he should not be deported due to risk of suicide and a warning by his lawyer that he still remains a risk.
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US court declares Black teen innocent 91 years after his execution
Jun 17, 2022 09:37An African-American teen executed in 1931 for the murder of a white woman has been exonerated by a Pennsylvania court following a lengthy legal battle by his only surviving sister.
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Over 89mn people displaced in 2021, new records on horizon: UNHCR
Jun 16, 2022 06:44The number of people displaced worldwide passed a record 89 million last year, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says, warning that the intensification of a global food security crisis exacerbated by the Ukraine conflict could further increase that number.
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Iran's top rights official urges probe into rights abuses against jailed diplomat in Belgium
Jun 14, 2022 05:30A senior Iranian official has censured Germany and Belgium over the “illegal” detention and trial of Assadollah Assadi, calling for a probe into human rights abuses against the Iranian diplomat.
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Rights groups say Biden's visit will fuel Saudi regime's human rights abuses
Jun 10, 2022 03:01US President Joe Biden’s upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia, a country he once vowed to make a “pariah”, has again laid bare the duplicity of Washington’s foreign policy and human rights rhetoric.
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17-year-old Palestinian boy martyred near Ramallah, 4th since Wednesday
Jun 03, 2022 01:48Israeli forces have martyred a Palestinian boy near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, the fourth since Wednesday.
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In post-coup Myanmar, number of people displaced by violence tops 1 million
Jun 01, 2022 14:06More than one year into the military coup in Myanmar, the number of internally displaced people has topped one million for the first time, according to the United Nations.
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88% of Americans in new poll support background checks on all gun sales
May 26, 2022 13:55A vast majority of Americans in a new poll support background checks on all gun sales, one day after the mass shooting at an elementary school in the US state of Texas.