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Myanmar must grant citizenship to Rohingya: UN official
Jun 27, 2019 03:19A top UN investigator says Myanmar must grant citizenship to Rohingya Muslims, who have fled genocide in the Buddhist-majority country and who are currently living squalidly in neighboring Bangladesh.
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Saudi Khashoggi investigation fails to name who ordered murder: UN expert
Jun 27, 2019 00:33A senior United Nations official says the investigation that Saudi Arabia carried out into the murder of prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi last October has failed to examine who ordered the killing and ignored the primary suspects.
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UN warns against ‘escalation’ of tensions in Persian Gulf
Jun 23, 2019 12:09The United Nations (UN)’s Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned against “any form of escalation” in the Persian Gulf, amid threats of military strikes by the United States against Iran.
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UN: Bin Salman’s aide had key role in Hariri’s abduction
Jun 20, 2019 07:53UN investigators say a close aide to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), who was involved in the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi, had played a central role in the abduction and interrogation of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Saudi soil two years ago.
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'Credible evidence' linking Saudi crown prince to Khashoggi murder: UN expert
Jun 19, 2019 12:18An independent United Nations rights expert says there is “credible evidence” suggesting Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) and other senior Saudi officials are liable for the murder of prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi last October.
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UN inspection mechanism to operate in Hudaydah ports, Yemeni transport minister
Jun 18, 2019 12:01Yemeni Minister of Transport Zakaria al-Shami says the Ansarullah movement and the United Nations have agreed on a mechanism to inspect ships docking at ports in the country’s strategic western province of Hudaydah following Ansarullah’s withdrawal from three of Yemen's Red Sea ports last month as part of a peace agreement.
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Aid suspension in Yemen likely to start this week, warns UN food chief
Jun 18, 2019 02:52The executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme has warned that the humanitarian situation in Yemen is deteriorating due to a diversion of aid and clashes between Ansarullah fighters and militiamen loyal to Yemen's former President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi.
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Seven million face hunger crisis in South Sudan despite peace deal: UN
Jun 15, 2019 09:24A record number of almost seven million people are facing severe hunger in South Sudan, despite a peace agreement which has largely stopped fighting after more than five years of war, UN agencies warned Friday.
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UN chief urges independent inquiry into oil tanker attacks
Jun 15, 2019 07:36UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called for an independent probe into Thursday’s attacks on two oil tankers in the Sea of Oman in the face of US efforts to frame Iran.
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UN confirms Yemen’s Ansarullah fully abiding by peace deal
Jun 13, 2019 00:16A UN mission monitoring a peace deal between warring parties in Yemen’s Hudaydah says the Ansarullah Movement has fully withdrawn its forces from three key ports in the region based on the truce agreement.