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UNSC unanimously votes to lift Eritrea sanctions
Nov 15, 2018 07:57The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has unanimously adopted a British-drafted resolution on lifting sanctions against Eritrea, following a rapprochement with neighboring Ethiopia and the thawing of relations with Djibouti.
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UN concerned about fighting in eastern DR Congo
Nov 14, 2018 12:26The UN has sounded the alarm over fighting in eastern DR Congo, warning that violence, which is unfolding alongside an Ebola outbreak, could hamper next month's elections.
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‘US anti-Iran sanctions hitting cancer patients’
Nov 13, 2018 12:02President of the Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences Seyyed Alireza Marandi cabled a letter to UN Secretary General António Guterres, complaining that the US sanctions against Iran are unfairly hitting patients in dire need for medications.
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Some 2 million in urgent need of food in CAR: UN
Nov 08, 2018 10:22The United Nations (UN)’s food agency has warned that nearly two million people are in urgent need of food in the violence-stricken Central African Republic (CAR).
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Refugee deaths in Mediterranean surpass 2,000 this year, says UN refugee agency
Nov 07, 2018 02:46The United Nations refugee agency says a total of more than 2,000 refugees have lost their lives since January trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe.
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Saudi Arabia facing grilling by world nations at UN
Nov 05, 2018 05:54Saudi Arabia faces tough grilling at the United Nations Office at Geneva. The human rights session is expected to pose grave questions to Riyadh over a deadly Saudi-led war on Yemen as well as the recent killing of a dissident by Saudi agents in Turkey.
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UN chief appeals for end to Saudi-led war on Yemen
Nov 03, 2018 03:36United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres says Yemen is teetering “on a precipice”, appealing to the international community to put an end to the Saudi war on the impoverished nation, more than three-and-a-half years after the regime and a number of its allies invaded the peninsular country.
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UN calls on US to remove Cuba sanctions
Nov 02, 2018 03:42The United Nations has condemned US sanctions against Cuba, renewing decades-long calls on Washington to remove the unilateral bans against the South American country.
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Over 7 million Yemeni children subject to 'serious' famine threat, warns UN
Nov 01, 2018 10:54The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has warned that more than seven million children are facing a serious threat of famine in Yemen as the Riyadh regime presses ahead with its atrocious aerial bombardment campaign against its crisis-hit southern neighbor.
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UN officials blast Bangladesh-Myanmar deal on Rohingya
Nov 01, 2018 10:51United Nations officials have blasted a repatriation deal struck between the governments in Bangladesh and Myanmar over the return of Rohingya Muslim refugees, saying that conditions in the northwestern state of Rakhine are “not yet conducive” for their returns.