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UN suspends Russia from human rights council over Ukraine, Moscow says will defend interests
Apr 07, 2022 13:44The United Nations General Assembly has voted to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) over what it called the “gross and systematic violations and abuses of human rights” by Russian troops in Ukraine.
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Saudi-led coalition seizes Yemen-bound fuel ship in violation of UN-brokered ceasefire
Apr 06, 2022 23:50The Yemeni state-run hydrocarbons company says the Saudi-led coalition has seized a Yemen-bound fuel ship off the western coasts of the war-ravaged country in violation of a ceasefire brokered by the United Nations.
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Syria slams Israeli aggression against Palestinians
Apr 06, 2022 12:20Syria has strongly denounced the latest escalation of violence by the illegal Zionist entity against Palestinians across the occupied territories, calling on the international community to stop the Israeli regime’s crimes immediately.
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Putin blames Kiev for ‘crude, cynical provocations’ in Bucha
Apr 06, 2022 12:10Russia’s President Vladimir Putin says Ukrainian authorities are behind “crude and cynical provocations” in the city of Bucha, which has made headlines following the emergence of images allegedly showing the bodies of dead civilians after the withdrawal of Russian troops.
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Former Sundanese militia leader denies charges of crimes against humanity
Apr 05, 2022 12:05A former Sudanese militia chief has denied charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity at a first hearing of the International Criminal Court (ICC) addressing atrocities in Darfur two decades ago.
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Muslims in France concerned about rising Islamophobia
Apr 05, 2022 11:52France is set to hold presidential election on April 10th. But Islamophobia is on the rise as French presidential election nears. Far-right views have permeated public discourse on the Muslim community.
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Iranian traditional vocalist interrogated by US agents, denied entry
Apr 01, 2022 06:36Iranian traditional vocalist Alireza Ghorbani could not perform in California last week after US agents interrogated for hours and denied him entry.
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Iran lauds Ansarullah’s three-day truce as gesture of good faith to end Yemen war
Mar 29, 2022 07:56Iran has praised as a gesture of good faith the announcement of a three-day truce by Yemen’s popular Ansarullah resistance movement against the Saudi-led coalition.
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Hamas: Next ‘game-changer’ battle with Israel will ‘open up gates of hell’
Mar 29, 2022 07:55A high-ranking official from the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says the next round of confrontation with the Israeli army in defense of the al-Aqsa mosque compound and other sacred sites in the occupied al-Quds will be “a game-changer” that will “open up gates of hell” to the illegal Zionist entity.
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Nearly 140 Arab rights groups demand end to Saudi war, siege on Yemen
Mar 28, 2022 02:30Nearly 140 Arab human rights organizations and civil societies have demanded an immediate end to the devastating Saudi-led war and siege on Yemen, criticizing global inaction in the face of the atrocities committed against the Yemeni people.