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Mexico arrests ex-army general linked to 2014 disappearance of 43 students
Sep 16, 2022 06:00Authorities in Mexico have arrested a retired general and three other military officials for their alleged involvement in the disappearance of 43 students in southern Mexico in 2014, a senior government official said on Thursday.
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A Mawkib promoting Palestinian cause during Arba'een
Sep 16, 2022 01:32Every year millions of pilgrims from all over the world take part in the Arba'een March in Iraq, walking the distance between the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala. This year a Mawkib has been setup by the Palestinian scholars and activists to promote the cause of the Palestinian struggle against the illegal Zionist entity.
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Bahrain's main opposition group calls for boycott of November legislative elections
Sep 16, 2022 00:32Bahrain's main opposition group, the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, has called for the boycott of the upcoming parliamentary elections in the Persian Gulf nation, amid the escalation of political repression, and absence of serious reforms.
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US: Alabama may use untested execution method of nitrogen hypoxia next week
Sep 15, 2022 07:39The US state of Alabama may use an untried execution method, known as nitrogen hypoxia, later this month to carry out the death sentence of an inmate.
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Hamas calls for ‘popular mobilization’ to defend al-Aqsa against Israeli acts of sacrilege
Sep 15, 2022 07:19Palestine’s Hamas resistance movement has called on all Palestinians to mobilize to confront Zionist entity’s malicious conspiracies against the al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied al-Quds and protect it against the regime’s acts of sacrilege.
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‘US’ unilateral coercive measures against Iranians violate int’l law, human rights’
Sep 15, 2022 02:16The top Iranian rights official has blasted the US and its allies for their unilateral coercive measures (UCM) against Iranians, saying the measures violate the basic principles of international law, the UN Charter as well as fundamental human rights.
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Russia slams 'bias' of UN human rights body
Sep 14, 2022 07:17Russia has denounced the growing "bias" of the Office of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), after the UN body harshly criticized the human rights situation in the country.
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UN rapporteur criticizes unilateral sanctions imposed on Iran, calls for their removal, compensation for victims
Sep 12, 2022 09:55A senior UN human rights official has issued her final report on her visit to Iran, criticizing unilateral sanctions imposed on the country, calling for the removal of unilateral coercive measures (UCMs), and asking the world body to come up with mechanisms of compensation for victims of such measures.
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US, Israel, Saudi Arabia were blind to Yemeni people’s fortitude against war: Qalibaf
Sep 10, 2022 12:24Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf says the United States, Israel, and Saudi Arabia, having failed to see the indomitable spirit of the Yemeni people when they launched the ill-considered war on the West Asian country, are now resorting to economic pressure to bring down the Yemenis.
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2.5mn children, 1.5mn mothers suffer from malnutrition in Yemen, rights group warns
Sep 09, 2022 12:11In Yemen, some four million women and children are suffering from malnutrition due to the Saudi-led war on the impoverished country, a human rights organization has said.