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Rights experts urge UN inquiry into Sudan 'abyss'
Jun 12, 2019 11:21A group of five United Nations rights experts has urged the Human Rights Council to launch an investigation into possible violations committed by Sudanese security forces against "peaceful protesters."
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UN concerned over refugees’ 'ghastly' conditions in Libya
Jun 07, 2019 10:06The United Nations (UN) has criticized the “ghastly” conditions in migrant detention centers in Libya, where some refugees have died of tuberculosis and many others have simply disappeared.
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UN removing some staff from Sudan as tensions soar
Jun 06, 2019 06:51The United Nations (UN) says it is temporarily removing a number of its civilian staff from Sudan because of the deterioration of the security situation in the African country, two days after security forces killed dozens of people during a crackdown against a sit-in in the capital, Khartoum.
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UN warns of severe hunger in Somalia due to drought
Jun 06, 2019 02:27A senior UN humanitarian official has warned about severe hunger in Somalia, which has been suffering from one of the worst droughts in decades.
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Terrorists in Idlib using civilians as human shields: Syria's UN envoy
May 29, 2019 05:08Syria’s UN Ambassador Bashar al-Ja’afari says foreign-backed Takfiri terrorists based in the Northwestern Idlib Province are using civilians as “human shields,” stressing the government’s commitment to protecting its people from the scourge of terrorism.
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UN agency says attacks on Afghan schools tripled in 2018
May 28, 2019 13:20A new report by the United Nations children’s agency says the number of attacks on schools in Afghanistan nearly tripled in the past year.
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Iran to 'stand firmly against any act of aggression': Envoy to UN
May 25, 2019 06:50With the US building up its military presence in the Persian Gulf, Iran's ambassador to the UN says the country "will stand firmly against any act of aggression" even though it does not seek war.
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UNRWA rejects US call for dismantling UN agency for Palestinian refugees
May 23, 2019 15:05The head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has rejected a US call to dismantle the agency, saying it cannot be blamed for the stalemate in the so-called peace efforts.
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Iranian medical academy writes to UN about ‘unjust’ US sanctions
May 21, 2019 06:47The Academy of Medical Sciences of Iran has written to the UN to complain about the illegal sanctions imposed by the US against the Iranian nation, saying the restrictive measures have adversely affected the medical treatment of Iranian patients.
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UN team discovers 12 mass graves in Iraq
May 21, 2019 03:54A team of United Nations investigators has unearthed 12 mass graves in Iraq during a probe into the atrocities committed by the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group in the Arab country.