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Saudi-led aggression kills over 3,800 Yemeni children: Health minister
Dec 24, 2020 13:26The Yemeni minister of health says the military onslaught by Saudi Arabia and its regional allies has claimed the lives of over 3,800 children in the crisis-hit Arab country, while more than 400,000 minors are acutely malnourished and require urgent care.
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UN 'concerned' over Trump’s pardons for guards who massacred Iraqi civilians
Dec 24, 2020 09:49The UN Human Rights Office has voiced deep concern over US President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon four former American security contractors convicted of killing Iraqi civilians in the capital Baghdad in 2007.
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WHO Wuhan probe not looking for COVID ‘guilty’ parties, team says
Dec 24, 2020 02:05The World Health Organization’s international mission to China to investigate the origins of COVID-19 will explore all avenues and is not looking to find “guilty” parties, a team member says.
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Iran rejects renegotiation of JCPOA as ‘absolutely not acceptable’
Dec 23, 2020 03:15Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations has rejected as “absolutely not acceptable” any proposal for the renegotiation of the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
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Palestinian Authority: UN Security Council must end its silence in face of Israeli settlers' attacks
Dec 21, 2020 03:36The Palestinian Authority has denounced repeated attacks against Palestinians by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank and East al-Quds, calling on the United Nations Security Council to break its silence in the face of such attacks.
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Iran committed to peace, stability, development of Afghanistan: Envoy
Dec 18, 2020 11:27Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations has reaffirmed Tehran’s commitment to peace and stability in Afghanistan and the development of the neighboring country, saying Iran is prepared to help its Afghan neighbor in that regard.
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Damascus: Security Council tool in hands of Western states to promote their political agendas
Dec 17, 2020 11:50Syria’s deputy foreign minister has strongly criticized certain Western countries for turning the UN Security Council into a tool to serve their political agendas, saying those countries have been seeking to foment the crisis in his country.
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Tehran condemns adoption of anti-Iran resolution at UN
Dec 17, 2020 08:29Iran has condemned a resolution passed by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic, saying the document lacks legal status.
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UN chief urges countries to help address economic crisis in war-torn Yemen
Dec 16, 2020 04:00United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on world countries to provide financial assistance to resolve the severe economic crisis in Yemen, which has been under incessant attacks by a Saudi-led coalition over the past several years.
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UN's FAO: Five million Yemenis will likely be 'living just one step away from famine' next year
Dec 14, 2020 12:12The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has warned that 5 million people in war-ravaged Yemen “will likely be living just one step away from famine" in the upcoming year.