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380,000 affected by heavy flooding in South Sudan: UN
Sep 01, 2021 02:22Heavy flooding has affected about 380,000 people in South Sudan, with overflowing rivers submerging homes and displacing families in the impoverished country, the UN's humanitarian agency OCHA said Tuesday.
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China blasts ‘mendacious’ US report on virus origins tracing
Aug 29, 2021 09:17China has blasted a “mendacious” report by the US intelligence community that concluded a months-long investigation into the origins of the coronavirus, warning Washington against politicization of the issue.
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WHO representative in Iran visits vaccination center
Aug 25, 2021 11:55Representative of the World Health Organization to the Islamic Republic of Iran Dr. Jaffar Hussain has visited one of the main vaccination centers in the capital Tehran to closely monitor the process of vaccination, in a country where the Delta variant of the coronavirus is killing almost 700 people on a daily basis.
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UN Security Council must compel Israel to stop aggression on Syrian soil: Iran
Aug 25, 2021 01:49An Iranian envoy to the United Nations (UN) has called on the Security Council to pressure Israel to stop its violation of Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity amid the regime’s constant aggression on Syrian soil.
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Iranian diplomat, UN envoy discuss peaceful settlement of Syria crisis
Aug 25, 2021 00:45A senior adviser to the Iranian foreign minister for special political affairs and the UN special envoy for Syria held talks on the situation in the Arab country and advancement of peace talks by convening a new meeting of the Syrian Constitutional Committee.
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Five million Yemenis just one step away from famine, related diseases: UN
Aug 24, 2021 06:40A high-ranking United Nations official has warned that Yemen is spiraling faster toward food shortages and other humanitarian catastrophes, with millions of people in the Arab country ravaged by a Saudi-led war being “a step away” from famine and related diseases.
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Lebanon complains to UN over Israeli strikes against Syria from its airspace
Aug 20, 2021 09:24Lebanon has lodged a complaint with the United Nations after Israeli regime warplanes violated the West Asian country’s airspace to carry out separate airstrikes against positions near the Syrian capital city of Damascus and the western city of Homs.
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UN report: Taliban conducting 'targeted door-to-door visits'
Aug 20, 2021 07:18A secret UN document says Taliban militants now ruling Afghanistan are “intensifying” efforts to hunt down elements that collaborated with US and NATO forces despite pledges of general amnesty by the group.
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US residents say shocking predictions in UN climate report already happening
Aug 18, 2021 02:54US communities’ current testimonials have concurred with the bleak predictions laid out in a new United Nations climate change report.
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Taliban promise peaceful transition as world reacts to chaos in Afghanistan
Aug 17, 2021 07:28As world leaders continue to react to the abrupt US military pullout from Afghanistan, which was followed by the Taliban’s lightning takeover of the country, the militant group tries to assure the civilians and the international community of a peaceful transition.