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UN postpones reports on companies with business ties to Israeli settlements
Mar 06, 2019 02:21The United Nations has one again delayed the publication of a database of companies with business ties to Zionist regime’s settlements in the occupied West Bank, angering activists who had campaigned for the move over the past three years.
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In Yemen, war can reach children wherever they are: UN
Mar 03, 2019 09:31The United Nations’ children’s agency says the war in Yemen continues to take a “horrific toll” on children despite a partial ceasefire between the parties to the conflict.
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Iran FM, UN chief discuss regional, international developments
Mar 02, 2019 14:30Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres have exchanged views about leading regional and international developments.
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UN rejects US move to recognize Golan annexation by Israel
Mar 01, 2019 04:54UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen has underlined Syria’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, rejecting a US congressional motion to recognize Zionist regime’s annexation of the occupied territory.
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Israeli 2018 killings in Gaza may constitute war crimes: UN probe
Feb 28, 2019 12:12A UN Human Rights Council-mandated investigation into Israel's deadly crackdown on the 2018 anti-occupation rallies in the Gaza Strip says the regime’s forces may have perpetrated “war crimes” or “crimes against humanity”in the campaign against Palestinians.
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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.