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World Health Organization issues warning to African countries on Covid-19 outbreak
Jul 21, 2020 14:15The executive director of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Health Emergency Program, has warned that the African continent is faced with a steep acceleration of coronavirus cases.
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Despite its intl. obligation, US still violates UNSC Resolution 2231: Iran
Jul 20, 2020 12:48Iran’s permanent ambassador to the United Nations says despite its international obligation to abide by resolutions adopted by the UN Security Council, the United States is still in violation of the world body’s Resolution 2231, which endorses a landmark nuclear deal between Iran and the 5+1 group.
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Yemeni tribes reject Saudi compensation, seek revenge for Jawf bloodshed
Jul 17, 2020 05:38Yemeni tribes in the northern province of al-Jawf have rejected a financial offer from Saudi Arabia to compensate for Wednesday airstrikes that claimed over two dozen civilian lives, saying the only thing that would calm them down is revenge.
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Russia denounces Western bids to politicize humanitarian aid deliveries to Syria
Jul 16, 2020 11:49Russia has strongly condemned efforts by a number of Western countries to politicize delivery of humanitarian aid to Syria for the sake of their own interests, saying such efforts violate the West Asian country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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Russian UN envoy slams exploitation of aid delivery mechanism for Syria
Jul 14, 2020 12:44Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia has condemned the exploitation of a cross-border mechanism for aid deliveries to Syria by some members of the UN Security Council, and their disregard for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the war-ravaged Muslim country.
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MBS prime suspect in Khashoggi murder case: UN official
Jul 12, 2020 07:11A senior UN official says Saudi Arabia’s heir apparent Mohamed bin Salman (MBS) is a prime suspect in the murder of well-known Saudi journalist and dissident Jamal Khashoggi at the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul back in October 2018.
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UNSC failure behind use of drones by some states for terrorist acts: Syria's envoy
Jul 10, 2020 02:06Syria says the UN Security Council's silence has emboldened some hostile states and foreign-sponsored Takfiri terrorists to make vast use of unmanned aerial vehicles to launch acts of terrorism and aggression across the Arab country.
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UN rapporteur : US drone killing of Iran's General Soleimani sets dangerous precedent
Jul 09, 2020 15:29A UN special rapporteur says the US has put the world at unprecedented peril with its assassination of Iran's top anti-terror commander, Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, warning that it is high time the international community broke its silence on Washington’s drone-powered unlawful killings.
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UN human rights expert calls on Saudi Arabia to free women activists
Jul 09, 2020 11:43A United Nations special rapporteur has called on the member states of the UN Human Rights Council to pressure Saudi Arabia to free women activists, four months before the Saudi regime is to hold the 2020 G20 Riyadh summit.
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UN report on General Soleimani’s assassination draws US ire
Jul 09, 2020 07:27A conclusion by the United Nations (UN) that the US’s assassination of Iranian commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani was “unlawful” has drawn Washington’s ire.