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UN offers staggering death toll of 233,000 from Saudi-led war on Yemen
Dec 01, 2020 16:16The United Nations (UN) has offered the new staggering death toll of 233,000 from the Saudi-led war on Yemen, stressing the importance of a ceasefire.
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Iran, Cuba, Venezuela raise alarm on impact of sanctions in light of COVID-19
Dec 01, 2020 11:01Iran, Cuba and Venezuela host a virtual seminar at the UN headquarters in Vienna on unilateral sanctions and their impacts in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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UN chief urges world to make ‘urgent contributions’ to cash-strapped UNRWA to help Palestinians
Nov 30, 2020 03:44United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has voiced concern about the financial situation of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), calling on member states to make “urgent contributions” to enable the agency to provide relief to Palestinians.
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Yemen: Deployment of UK troops to Saudi Arabia won't change situation
Nov 29, 2020 08:13A member of Yemen's Supreme Political Council has reacted to reports on the secret deployment of British troops to Saudi Arabia, saying the move will not change the situation on the ground.
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UN, Turkey condemn Iranian nuclear scientist’s assassination
Nov 29, 2020 04:09A spokesman for the UN secretary general as well as the Turkish Foreign Ministry have separately condemned the Friday assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
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Refugees in Ethiopia's Tigray to run out of food shortly without assistance: UN
Nov 27, 2020 13:29The United Nations (UN) refugee agency has called on the warring sides in Ethiopia's Tigray to allow humanitarian access into the region, warning that the nearly 100,000 Eritrean refugees living in camps there could run out of food next week.
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Adults, children must move more to stay fit in pandemic era: WHO
Nov 27, 2020 08:31All adults should do a minimum of 150 minutes of vigorous physical activity per week, even more vital for well-being and mental health in the COVID-19 era, the World Health Organization (WHO) says in its first guidance in a decade.
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Yemen grants UN access to abandoned fuel tanker near Hudaydah
Nov 26, 2020 16:04Yemen has given the green light for a UN mission to inspect and repair a long-abandoned fuel tanker stranded near the port city of Hudaydah.
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US must withdraw forces from Syria unconditionally, Iran tells UNSC
Nov 26, 2020 04:13The US is plundering the Syrian nation’s wealth and oil resources while supporting terrorist groups in the Arab country, a senior Iranian diplomat told the UN Security Council, calling for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of American terrorist troops from Syria.
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Amnesty, UN, EU warn Ethiopia's warring sides: Do not target civilians
Nov 25, 2020 06:16Amnesty International, the UN envoy for human rights and the European Union's top diplomat have called on the warring sides in Ethiopia's volatile Tigray region to avoid targeting civilians and violating human rights.