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Taliban kill 10 Afghan soldiers, assassinate media official in Kabul
Aug 06, 2021 10:25The Taliban have killed at least 10 Afghan soldiers during heavy clashes to capture a provincial capital, and assassinated a top official in the capital, Kabul.
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Iran at UN: Artificial maritime ‘incidents’ in Persian Gulf harm regional peace
Aug 05, 2021 03:24An Iranian envoy to the United Nations has warned about recent suspicious attempts to create artificial maritime “incidents” in the Persian Gulf and the broader region, after the US and its allies accused Iran of an attack on an Israeli-managed ship, urging a swift end to such “irresponsible acts” that harm the region’s peace.
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ASEAN urged to address Myanmar’s post-coup turmoil
Aug 04, 2021 11:40The FORUM-ASIA and Progressive Voice rights groups have called on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to address the “dire” humanitarian crisis in Myanmar.
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UN blasts UK for colonial-era crimes against two tribes in Kenya
Aug 03, 2021 12:14The United Nations (UN) has rebuked the British government for a lack of determination to compensate for its colonial-era crimes and “gross human rights violations” against two tribes in Kenya, saying London should pay for damages to settle the matter.
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Spokesman raps US senators’ push to deny new Iranian president visa for UNGA
Aug 02, 2021 01:58The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry slammed as “childish and naive” a move by a number of US senators to call on President Joe Biden to deny entry visa to Iranian President-elect Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi for participation in the UN General Assembly next month.
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100,000+ children in Ethiopia’s Tigray at risk of death from malnutrition: UNICEF
Jul 30, 2021 11:40The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has voiced concern about the dire humanitarian situation in Ethiopia’s conflict-ridden region of Tigray, saying more than 100,000 children could suffer from life-threatening severe acute malnutrition in the next 12 months, a 10-fold jump in average annual levels.
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Iran slams Security Council’s ‘seven decades’ of silence over Israeli atrocities
Jul 29, 2021 07:57An Iranian envoy to the United Nations has censured the UN Security Council’s seven decades of utter silence against all unlawful acts committed by the Israeli regime, saying the history of mankind testifies that when unlawful acts go unpunished, they are repeated.
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Syria to UNSC: Israeli regime aerial acts of aggression violate intl. law
Jul 29, 2021 07:54Syria’s permanent representative to the United Nations has denounced Israeli regime aerial assaults on Syrian territories as a flagrant violation of the UN Charter, international law and Security Council resolutions that urge respect for the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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Lebanon calls on UN to force Israel into implementing Security Council Resolution 1701
Jul 27, 2021 00:59Lebanese President Michel Aoun has called on the United Nations to compel the Tel Aviv regime to implement Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the 33-day-long Israeli military onslaught on the country in the summer of 2006 and demands respect for Lebanon's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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UN rights chief's remarks on Khuzestan events ‘meddlesome, politically-motivated: Iran Foreign Ministry
Jul 25, 2021 01:03Iran has dismissed the meddlesome and politically-motivated remarks by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on the recent incidents in the country’s Khuzestan Province, saying her words are more like a “political statement with hostile literature” than the remarks of an international human rights official.