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UAE abusing, denying treatment to terminally-ill female detainee, HRW says
Feb 27, 2019 02:56Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned that officials in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are mistreating and denying adequate medical care to a jailed terminally-ill Emirati woman.
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Over 80,000 kids under the age of five have died of starvation in Yemen, UN chief says
Feb 27, 2019 01:35United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres says tens of thousands of children under the age of five have died of starvation in Yemen ever since Saudi Arabia and a number of its allies launched an atrocious military aggression against the impoverished country nearly four years ago.
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Trump picks envoy to Canada Kelly Craft for UN ambassador
Feb 23, 2019 03:14US President Donald Trump has nominated Kelly Craft, currently the US ambassador to Canada, to replace Nikki Haley as Washington's envoy to the UN.
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'Yellow Vests' rally in front of UN office in Geneva
Feb 20, 2019 15:31Around a thousand 'Yellow Vest' protesters from France and Switzerland gathered in front of the United Nations office in Geneva to denounce the violence of the French police during Yellow Vest demonstrations.
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UN warns of worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza
Feb 16, 2019 11:56The United Nations has warned that the humanitarian situation in the besieged Gaza Strip is deteriorating due to a decade-long blockade by Israel on the Palestinian enclave, calling for an “immediate” end to the crisis.
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New UN special envoy hopes to convene Syrian constitutional committee soon
Feb 15, 2019 11:33United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen hopes to convene the first session of a UN-sponsored Syrian Constitutional Committee in the Swiss city of in Geneva “as soon as possible” early next year in a bid to begin a viable peace process to the country's nearly eight-year-old conflict.
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UN Security Council condemns ‘in strongest terms’ attack on IRGC forces
Feb 15, 2019 09:45The United Nations Security Council has condemned “in the strongest terms” a “heinous and cowardly” terrorist attack in southeastern Iran, which killed 27 IRGC personnel and wounded 13 others Wednesday.
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UN court to rule on Iran’s $2bn worth of frozen assets in US
Feb 13, 2019 08:01The top court of the United Nations at The Hague will rule Wednesday on an appeal by Iran to redeem more than $2 billion in frozen assets in the US which is trying to clog any artery of livelihood of Iranians.
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UN chief still willing to mediate in Venezuela
Feb 12, 2019 07:52United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has renewed his offer to help mediate “serious negotiations” between the elected government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and opposition figure Juan Guaido, who has declared himself “interim president” of Venezuela.
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UN urges access to grain stocks in Yemen’s Hudaydah
Feb 11, 2019 14:24The United Nations (UN) has warned that there is an urgent need for making grain warehouses accessible in the Red Sea port city of Hudaydah and that the sustenance stored there is “at risk of rotting.”