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UN must act against deal breaking, lawlessness: Rouhani to Guterres
Sep 27, 2018 05:29Iranian President Hassan Rouhani slams the US’s withdrawal from the 2015 multilateral nuclear deal, saying the United Nations should not allow any country to make a habit of breaching international commitments, especially those under Security Council resolutions.
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Turkish President slams use of economic sanctions as ‘weapons’
Sep 26, 2018 10:17Turkish President Rajab Tayyib Erdoghan has used his address to the United Nations General Assembly to criticize the use of sanctions as “weapons” against countries in an implicit reference to the United States.
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President Rouhani delivers his speech to UN General Assembly
Sep 25, 2018 17:16President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday September 25 delivered his speech at the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
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Irked by genocide report, Myanmar army chief says UN has no right to ‘interfere’
Sep 24, 2018 10:45Striking a defiant tone, Myanmar’s army chief says the United Nations has no right to meddle in his country’s “internal" issues, a week after the world body’s investigators called for him and fellow top generals to stand trial for “genocide” against minority Rohingya Muslims.
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British government must stop arms sales to Saudi Arabia: Corbyn
Sep 24, 2018 05:22Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn has said that the British government must stop arms sales to Saudi Arabia to help bring an end to the brutal war in Yemen.
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Rouhani arrives in New York for UN General Assembly
Sep 24, 2018 04:22President Hassan Rouhani arrives in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, where, he says, the Islamic Republic intends to make a point of adverting to the US’s violations and defining Tehran’s regional and international policies.
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Iran's envoy urges UN to take tough stance on Israel’s nuclear threat
Sep 20, 2018 10:18Iranian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Gholamali Khoshrou called on the international community, specially the UN, to take a stricter stance against the unbalanced measures and nuclear threat posed by the Israeli regime.
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UN: Myanmar generals should face genocide charges
Sep 18, 2018 10:44The United Nations (UN) has reiterated its call for the prosecution of Myanmar’s top military officials for what the international body has conclusively decided is genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority group.
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Saudi airstrikes kill 15 on Hudaydah-Sana'a highway
Sep 15, 2018 10:00At least 15 people have lost their lives in fresh air raids conducted by Saudi warplanes on a strategic road linking the Yemeni port city of Hudaydah to the capital, Sana'a.
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UN warns about worsening humanitarian situation in Yemen’s Hudaydah
Sep 13, 2018 12:07The United Nations has warned about the rapidly worsening humanitarian situation in Yemen’s blockaded Hudaydah as fighting between the country’s army troops, backed by fighters from the Ansarullah movement, and Saudi backed militants resumed in the port city following the collapse of the latest round of UN-brokered peace talks.