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UN experts call on Saudi Arabia to free three young Shia activists
Mar 04, 2021 03:35UN human rights experts have urged Saudi Arabia to release three young Shia Muslims detained for allegedly taking part in anti-regime protests when they were minors, citing torture and unfair trials.
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Zarif, Guterres discuss Yemen crisis, stress end to Saudi aggression
Mar 03, 2021 02:38Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres have called for the start of peace talks in Yemen in order to put an end to the protracted Saudi-led aggression and blockade against the war-ravaged country.
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Yemen: Saudi oil giant in crosshairs if Ma’rib oilfields attacked
Mar 02, 2021 16:39Yemen warns of attacking the Saudi Arabian oil giant’s facilities if a Riyadh-led coalition waging a war against the country strikes oilfields in a western province that is being liberated by Yemeni forces.
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UN: Over 16 million people in war-torn Yemen to go hungry this year
Mar 01, 2021 04:20A UN humanitarian agency has warned that more than 16 million people in Yemen would go hungry this year as Saudi war and siege continue to take heavy toll on the impoverished nation.
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European states, UN urge Israel to halt arbitrary demolitions in West Bank
Mar 01, 2021 04:13The United Nations as well as European member states of the UN Security Council have called on Israel to stop its ongoing demolitions of Palestinian homes and buildings of Bedouin communities in the occupied West Bank.
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Syria urges UN Security Council to swiftly end US aggression after recent strike on resistance forces
Feb 28, 2021 04:54Syria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has urged the United Nations Security Council to assume its responsibility and put an immediate end to US acts of aggression against the Arab country.
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UN calls on Israel to immediately stop demolishing Palestinian homes, buildings in West Bank
Feb 26, 2021 03:45The United Nations has called on the Israeli regime to immediately halt its razing of Palestinian homes and structures in the occupied West Bank, saying such actions are contrary to international law and undermine humanitarian efforts across the Occupied Territories.
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UN aid chief calls on Persian Gulf states to prevent 'man-made' famine in Yemen
Feb 26, 2021 03:03The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, has urged Persian Gulf Arab states to donate more money to avert a large-scale “man-made” famine in Yemen.
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UN aid chief calls on Persian Gulf states to prevent 'man-made' famine in Yemen
Feb 26, 2021 03:03The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, has urged Persian Gulf Arab states to donate more money to avert a large-scale “man-made” famine in Yemen.
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US must secure return to JCPOA by lifting bans, no need for talks: Iran envoy to UN
Feb 25, 2021 06:21The Iranian envoy to the UN says there is no need for negotiations over America’s potential return to the 2015 nuclear deal, and that Washington must secure a return to the accord by lifting its sanctions within the next three months, a timeframe agreed between Tehran and the UN nuclear watchdog over nuclear inspections beyond the February 21 deadline set by Iran.