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UN food agency says 95% of people in Afghanistan do not have enough to eat
Feb 20, 2022 05:49The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) says 95 percent of people in Afghanistan “do not have enough to eat,” as the United States has frozen Afghan government assets worth billions of dollars and international sanctions against the ruling Taliban have plunged the Asian country into a full-blown economic crisis.
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Iran FM warns of Afghan refugee crisis, Yemen disaster in meeting with UN chief
Feb 19, 2022 09:56Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has warned of the burden of a new wave of refugees from Afghanistan in the aftermath of the Taliban takeover of the Central Asian country and also stated that the ongoing Yemen crisis has reached a critical point that requires concerted international efforts.
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At least one civilian killed as Saudi jets bomb Sana’a, other Yemeni cities
Feb 18, 2022 08:03Saudi Arabia has intensified its air raids against residential areas in the Yemeni capital Sana’a and elsewhere in the war-wracked country, after the head of Yemen’s Supreme Political Council announced the launch of a general mobilization campaign against the Saudi war and all-out blockade.
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Israel bars UN team from probing its crimes during Gaza war
Feb 18, 2022 04:08The Israeli regime refuses to cooperate with a United Nations team investigating the crimes that it committed during a full-scale war on the Gaza Strip last year.
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UN calls on Israel to halt demolishing Palestinian homes in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood
Feb 18, 2022 03:30The United Nations has called on the Israeli regime to immediately halt its razing of Palestinian homes and structures in the occupied West Bank, especially in the flashpoint Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of the occupied East al-Quds.
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Yemenis face ‘death sentence’ amid raging Saudi bombardments, UN official warns
Feb 17, 2022 02:15Millions of people in Yemen could face a “death sentence” if the gaps in the UN’s funding for humanitarian aid are not filled, a UN official has warned.
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Presence of US, Turkish forces in Syria violates international law: FM
Feb 17, 2022 02:06Syria’s Foreign Minister Faisal Mikdad has stressed that the presence of US and Turkish forces in the West Asian country constitutes a violation of international law.
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UN: Agreement reached on transfer of oil from abandoned tanker off Yemen
Feb 16, 2022 12:15The United Nations says it has reached an "agreement in principle" to transfer the toxic cargo from a deserted decaying oil tanker moored in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen, as a looming leakage could result in a potential environmental disaster.
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Envoy: Iran ready to up contribution to UN peacekeeping missions
Feb 16, 2022 02:51Iran’s permanent ambassador to the United Nations says the country is fully prepared to increase its engagement in the world body’s peacekeeping operations through various means.
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Yemen death toll doubled since UN body dissolved monitoring mechanism: NRC
Feb 11, 2022 05:46The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) says the civilian death toll in Yemen has almost doubled since the United Nations rights body dissolved its monitoring mechanism in the war-torn country.