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Iran: US strikes on Iraq, Syria ‘strategic mistake’
Feb 03, 2024 10:49Iran has strongly condemned US airstrikes on Iraq and Syria, calling them a "strategic mistake" and a violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the two countries, international law and the UN Charter.
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Iran censures West for ‘bitter’ defunding of UNRWA
Feb 03, 2024 02:34Iran has once again denounced a “bitter” move by certain Western countries in suspending the funds to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the main lifeline for Palestinian refugees.
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WHO warns of high risk of famine in Gaza as Israeli aggression goes on
Feb 02, 2024 10:34The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of a “high” risk of famine in the besieged Gaza Strip amid a brutal Israeli aggression, reiterating his call for a ceasefire.
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After ICJ ruling, UN chief says decisions of top court binding, no party above law
Feb 01, 2024 13:26UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says decisions of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) are binding, after the top court last week ordered all states to cease funding and facilitating Israel's military actions in Gaza.
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UN: Israeli war renders Gaza ‘uninhabitable;’ restoration will take ‘decades’
Feb 01, 2024 10:35The United Nations says the ongoing Israeli war has left the Gaza Strip “uninhabitable” and that the destruction in the Palestinian territory will take tens of billions of dollars and “decades” to reverse.
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UN: 8 million Sudanese displaced by conflict since April 2023
Feb 01, 2024 05:04The United Nations (UN) says nearly 8 million people have been forced from their homes in Sudan over the past months of conflict.
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After ICJ ruling, UN chief says decisions of top court binding, no part above law
Feb 01, 2024 04:56UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says decisions of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) are binding, after the top court last week ordered all states to cease funding and facilitating Israel's military actions in Gaza.
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‘This is a population starving to death,’ WHO warns about Gaza
Feb 01, 2024 02:50The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the people in the Gaza Strip are starving to death due to the constraints imposed by Israel on the delivery of humanitarian aid into the besieged Palestinian territory.
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UNRWA has no replacement in Gaza, UN warns amid funding cuts
Feb 01, 2024 02:32The UN aid coordinator for the Gaza Strip says no organization could ever replace the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees due to UNRWA’s “tremendous capacity” in handling the situation in the besieged Palestinian territory.
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UN Security Council says concerned about ‘rapidly deteriorating’ Gaza conditions
Jan 31, 2024 06:56The United Nations Security Council has raised the alarm at the “dire and rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation” in the Gaza Strip as Israel continues its genocidal war on the besieged territory.