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Israeli troops force medics, patients, displaced from Khan Younis hospital
Feb 16, 2024 04:08Israeli forces have stormed Nasser Hospital in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis, where hundreds of displaced Palestinians and the ill and injured people are taking shelter.
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Venezuela charges UN human rights office with conspiring with coup plotters
Feb 16, 2024 04:08The Venezuelan government has ordered the local UN human rights office to “suspend its activities” and vacate its staff within 72 hours, accusing the body of conspiring against the country.
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Russia, China denounce US-UK stirkes on Yemen as illegal
Feb 15, 2024 11:13Russia and China have denounced as illegal the strikes by the United States and United Kingdom against targets in Yemen, saying they were not authorized by the United Nations Security Council.
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Israel's ground invasion of Rafah disregards ICJ order, says South African envoy to UN
Feb 15, 2024 05:39South Africa’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations has warned that a looming Israeli attack on the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip ignores preventive measures issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to stop breach of Palestinians' rights.
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UN says Gaza being pushed into abyss amid Israeli assault on Rafah
Feb 15, 2024 04:53The UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) has warned that Israel's planned ground invasion of the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip will cause unprecedented levels of misery and further push people in Gaza into the abyss.
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Israel's Rafah assault could lead to ‘slaughter,’ put aid work at ‘death’s door’, warns UN
Feb 14, 2024 06:34The United Nations humanitarian chief has raised alarm about potential Israel’s ground invasion of Rafah, saying the raid could lead to a “slaughter” in the densely populated Gaza city and put aid operation at “death's door.”
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Calls for UNRWA closure in Gaza 'short-sighted', says agency chief
Feb 13, 2024 12:44The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has denounced “short-sighted” calls to have the agency dismantled amid the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.
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Raeisi stresses need for Iran's enhanced interaction with world tourism bodies
Feb 12, 2024 11:56Iran's President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi has highlighted the significance of promoting tourism industry, stressing the need for the country's enhanced interaction with international organizations active in the sector.
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Israel blocks food for 1.1mn Palestinians in besieged Gaza, UNRWA warns
Feb 11, 2024 02:58The Israeli regime has been holding up food aid for over one million Palestinians starving in the besieged Gaza Strip, the main UN aid agency to Palestinians has warned.
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Today, UN needs fundamental reform: FM
Feb 09, 2024 13:10Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says unilateralism is the root cause of many crises around the world, and it is fundamentally essential to promote multilateralism and carry out structural reforms at the United Nations and its Security Council.