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UN urges UK to probe British troops' murder, torture, abuse in Iraq
May 19, 2019 11:36The UN Committee Against Torture called on the United Kingdom to investigate claims of murder, torture and abuse by its troops in Iraq, Daily Mail reported.
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HRW urges Bahrain to 'immediately' halt death sentences against 2 dissidents
May 17, 2019 01:07Human Rights Watch has called on Bahraini officials to “immediately” suspend death sentences given to two political dissidents convicted on terrorism-related charges.
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UN chief warns of nuclear ‘coffin’ leaking in Pacific
May 16, 2019 08:15United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed alarm at the leakage of radioactive material from a concrete dome built to contain waste from atomic bomb tests by the United States amd France during the Cold War.
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UN calls for 'sustained' aid access to people in need in Rakhine
May 15, 2019 10:50"We need access, predictable, sustained access, to reach the people in need," a UN official has said regarding those displaced by conflict in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine.
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UN urges world to end support for Myanmar’s military
May 14, 2019 12:05The United Nations (UN)’s fact-finding mission on Myanmar has called on all countries to cut financial and other ties with the country’s military over genocide targeting minority Rohingya Muslims.
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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.