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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.
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Leaked UN report says greenhouse gas emissions must peak within 4 years
Aug 16, 2021 09:25Rich people in every country are overwhelmingly more responsible for global heating than the poor, with SUVs and meat-eating singled out for blame, and the high-carbon basis for future economic growth is also questioned.
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After Pegasus exposé, UN rights experts urge moratorium on 'life-threatening' spyware
Aug 15, 2021 14:27Echoing calls from advocacy organizations and other surveillance critics after the Pegasus exposé broke last month, a group of United Nations human rights experts have recently called for a global moratorium on the sale and transfer of surveillance technology.
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China rejects WHO call for further coronavirus origins probe
Aug 13, 2021 07:54China has rejected the World Health Organization (WHO)'s calls for a new probe into the origins of the coronavirus, saying it supports “scientific” over “political” efforts to find out how the virus started.