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UN envoy reports 'progress' in Libya talks
Feb 07, 2020 04:53The UN's Libya envoy on Thursday reported "progress" in talks between military representatives of the country's warring parties on coming up with a lasting ceasefire that could include a UN monitoring role.
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Russia objects to UN draft resolution on Libya
Feb 06, 2020 09:42Russia has blocked a United Nations Security Council draft resolution on the Libyan conflict, insisting that any foreign militants in Libya be labeled “foreign terrorist fighters,” not just “mercenaries,” as the draft text proposed.
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Draft UNSC resolution rebukes Israel annexation plan
Feb 05, 2020 05:42A draft United Nations Security Council resolution condemns Zionist regime’s plan to annex the settlements it has built illegally on Occupied Palestinian Territories in a rebuke of a US-devised scheme that endorses such land theft.
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Libya rivals agree to ceasefire in principle, UN envoy says
Feb 04, 2020 10:58The United Nations (UN) envoy for Libya says the warring sides in the North African country have agreed in principle to transform a shaky truce into a permanent ceasefire.
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WHO declares China virus outbreak an international emergency
Jan 31, 2020 04:28The World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Thursday that the coronavirus epidemic in China now constitutes a 'public health emergency of international concern'.
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US exit from region will accelerate Afghan peace process: Senior Iranian official
Jan 29, 2020 03:25A senior advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the process of restoring peace and stability to Afghanistan will pick up steam without the intervention of invading countries, especially the United States.
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WHO expects coronavirus cases to rise in China
Jan 24, 2020 10:02Cases of the new coronavirus are likely to continue to rise in China and it is too soon to evaluate its severity, a spokesman for the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday (January 24).
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Top UN court orders Myanmar to protect Rohingya from acts of genocide
Jan 24, 2020 05:36The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered Myanmar to do everything in its power to prevent the genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine, where state-sponsored violence has prevailed in recent years.
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UN Security Council calls for immediate ceasefire in Libya
Jan 22, 2020 05:17The United Nations Security Council has called on warring sides in Libya to conclude a ceasefire agreement “as soon as possible” and pave the way for ending the long-running conflict in the North African country.
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Iran writes to UN: We’re not after war but reserve right to self-defense against US threats
Jan 08, 2020 02:46Iran’s United Nations mission draws the world body’s attention to the US’s repeated threats of using force against the Islamic Republic in the aftermath of Washington’s assassination of senior Iranian IRGC Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.