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US sanctions disrupting host countries bid to assist Afghan refugees: Iran envoy
Oct 06, 2021 12:41Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations’ office in Geneva says the United States’ sanctions targeting the countries that host displaced Afghans have come to interfere with their efforts to properly help out the refugees.
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Saudi Arabia executes Shia Muslim accused of links to a ‘terrorist cell’
Oct 05, 2021 14:57Saudi authorities have executed a citizen from the oil rich Qatif region of the Shia Muslim populated Eastern Province for alleged links to a "terrorist cell."
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Bahrain summons protesters for questioning in aftermath of first visit by Israeli FM
Oct 05, 2021 13:13Bahrain’s Aal-e Khalifa’s ruling regime has summoned dozens of citizens for questioning over their participation in protests against the normalization of relations between Manama and the illegal Zionist entity.
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Probe finds 330,000 children abused in French Catholic Church
Oct 05, 2021 10:44A new report has revealed that an estimated 216,000 children have been subjected to “systematic” abuse within the French Catholic Church over the past 70 years.
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UN condemns Ethiopia’s expulsion of its staff, says 5.2 million need aid in Tigray
Oct 01, 2021 13:28The United Nations has denounced Ethiopia’s decision to expel seven UN officials from the country amid increasing international criticism over the dire humanitarian situation in the restive region of Tigray.
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Canada court upholds Indigenous child compensation order
Sep 30, 2021 06:58A Canadian federal court has upheld a human rights tribunal compensation ruling that ordered Ottawa to pay $40,000 to First Nations children who suffered discrimination in the welfare system.
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UN aid chief calls for urgent action to stave off famine in Ethiopia’s Tigray
Sep 30, 2021 03:55The United Nations’ humanitarian chief, Martin Griffiths, has called for urgent action to stave off famine in Ethipia’s war-scarred Tigray region.
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Iran dismisses Zionist entity’s allegations, blasts regime for hate mongering, spreading lies
Sep 29, 2021 13:45A senior Iranian diplomat has hit out at the illegal Zionist entity for taking the UN podium to raise baseless human rights allegations against Tehran, blasting the Tel Aviv regime for hate-mongering and spreading lies while adding up to its list of crimes, including systematic torture and arbitrary detention of Palestinians.
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Sudanese army says repulses border attack by Ethiopian forces
Sep 26, 2021 12:32Sudan’s army says it has warded off an attempted incursion by Ethiopian forces into its territory, amid border tensions between the two African countries.
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Sheikh Qassim calls for free referendum in Bahrain to assess opposition’s weight
Sep 23, 2021 14:16Bahrain's most prominent religious scholar Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim has reacted to claims of the ruling minority regime of Aal-e Khalifa that Manama relies on dialogue and speech freedom, calling on the regime to hold a free referendum in the country to determine the weight and influence of the opposition.