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Major states snub calls for climate action as UN summit wraps up
Dec 15, 2019 12:40A UN climate summit ground towards a delayed close on Sunday with a handful of major states resisting pressure to ramp up efforts to combat global warming, prompting sharp criticism from smaller countries and environmental activists.
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China says UN sanctions relief for North Korea ‘imperative,’ as deadline nears
Dec 12, 2019 09:13China says it is “imperative” for the United Nations (UN) to ease sanctions on North Korea in order for demilitarization talks between the North and the United States to resume.
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UN ‘unable’ to verify claims Iran was behind Saudi Aramco attacks
Dec 11, 2019 03:56United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres says the world body’s investigators are “unable to independently corroborate” the US and Saudi claims that Iran was behind attacks on the kingdom's Aramco oil facilities in September.
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World Court launches genocide hearings against Myanmar
Dec 10, 2019 11:32The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has launched genocide hearings against Myanmar, as the first major legal attempt to bring the country to justice over horrific atrocities committed against Rohingya Muslims.
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Unidentified armed men attack US military base in eastern Syria
Dec 06, 2019 14:43A group of unknown gunmen has reportedly attacked a US military base inside an oil field in Syria’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr, prompting American forces at the site to respond.
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HOPE initiative aimed at reducing regional tensions: Senior diplomat
Dec 05, 2019 14:56Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araqchi says Tehran’s proposed plan for ensuring security in the Persian Gulf aims to reduce tensions in the strategic region.
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EU3’s UN letter on Iran missiles aims to hide their ‘miserable incompetence’: Zarif
Dec 05, 2019 10:54Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says a letter written to the UN chief by three European signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), is aimed at hiding their “miserable incompetence” in fulfilling their commitments under the accord.
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North Korea warns against UN human rights meeting
Dec 05, 2019 10:51North Korea has warned the United States against holding any United Nations Security Council meeting to discuss the country’s human rights situation.
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War against nature must stop: UN chief
Dec 01, 2019 14:05The devastating impact of global warming that threatens humanity is a pushback from nature under assault, UN chief Antonio Guterres warned Sunday ahead of a key climate conference.
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UN refugee chief criticises Europe's lack of support for unaccompanied children
Nov 29, 2019 06:53The United Nations senior refugee official says he is 'worried about Europe' if it 'does not feel that it has to share responsibility on children that have no homes, no families and no future'.