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'World not on track' to limit global warming: UN chief
May 12, 2019 07:41UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres launched a brief South Pacific tour in New Zealand Sunday, warning the world was "not on track" to limiting global temperature rises.
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215 Iranian Sunni clerics condemn beheading of Saudi nationals in letter to UN Chief
May 11, 2019 09:02Over 200 Iranian Sunni clerics in a letter to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres deplored the mass execution of tens of Saudi citizens by Riyadh, calling for independent investigations into the crime to prevent its repetition.
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Yemen’s Ansarullah begins unilateral withdrawal from Hudaydah ports
May 11, 2019 08:05Yemen's Ansarullah movement and the revolutionary forces have started unilateral withdrawal from Saleef and Ras Isa ports in Hudaydah Province under a United Nations-sponsored peace deal, a news agency says.
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Yemen: Ansarullah confirms pullout from three ports under truce
May 11, 2019 05:12The Ansarullah movement has confirmed that its fighters will withdraw from Yemen's three key ports, complaining about the Saudis' refusal to implement a UN-brokered ceasefire.
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UN says Yemen’s Houthis agreed to begin Hudaydah withdrawal
May 11, 2019 01:37The United Nations says Yemen’s Ansarullah movement has agreed to unilaterally pull out its forces from three key ports over the next four days, a necessary step for the implementation of a ceasefire deal the warring sides reached in Sweden in December.
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UN: Crucial grain silos in Yemen’s Hudaydah come under fire
May 10, 2019 23:59The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) says grain silos just outside Yemen’s port city of Hudaydah, a lifeline for millions of Yemenis, have come under gunfire.
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JCPOA major achievement in diplomacy: Guterres
May 09, 2019 02:09United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has described the 2015 Iran nuclear deal as a major diplomatic achievement, expressing hope that the international document could be saved following the US’s withdrawal.
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UN panel links airstrikes on Libya’s government to UAE
May 07, 2019 07:44United Nations inspectors are reportedly probing missile attacks on Libya’s capital of Tripoli with the apparent use of drones used by the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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US attempting to lobby UN against Iran's missile work: UN envoy
May 03, 2019 00:22Iran's envoy to the UN has denounced US attempts to portray Tehran's conventional missile program as a breach of Security Council Resolution 2231 that endorsed a 2015 nuclear deal, saying Washington must first explain why it has, itself, violated that international document by abandoning the landmark agreement.
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UK may defy US warnings on Huawei cooperation: UN envoy
Apr 30, 2019 09:06UK Ambassador to the United Nations Karen Pierce says her country may continue cooperation with Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei despite security warnings by the United States.