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UN chief sounds alarm over abuses against Kashmiri children by India
Jun 30, 2021 06:23United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has voiced grave concerns about human rights violations against children in the Indian-administered Kashmir.
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UN chief sounds alarm over abuses against Kashmiri children by India
Jun 30, 2021 04:32United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has voiced grave concerns about human rights violations against children in the Indian-administered Kashmir.
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Iran says ready to assist UN efforts to regulate cyberspace
Jun 30, 2021 02:51Iran has expressed its readiness to contribute to efforts by the United Nations General Assembly aimed at formulating the principles required to regulate cyberspace, saying the digital world and its related technologies should solely be used for peaceful purposes.
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Iran slams UN for failing to include Zionist entity, Saudi Arabia in child killers blacklist
Jun 29, 2021 07:04Iran has criticized the United Nations for failing to include the illegal Zionist entity and Saudi Arabia in its blacklist of parties violating minors’ rights during conflicts, calling on the world body to adopt a non-discriminatory approach in naming and shaming child-killer regimes.
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Ethiopia govt. declares ceasefire as former local rulers retake Tigray
Jun 29, 2021 06:44Ethiopia's government has declared an immediate unilateral ceasefire in the northern Tigray region, as former local rulers say they are back in control of the area.
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Key witness in Assange case admits he lied in testimony: Report
Jun 27, 2021 07:59A key witness has reportedly admitted that he lied in his testimony against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who faces up to 175 years in prison if extradited to the United States.
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UN envoy: Syria committed to political solution based on national Syrian-Syrian dialog
Jun 27, 2021 02:44Syria's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Bassam Sabbagh has stressed that the Arab country is committed to a political solution based on national Syrian-Syrian dialog and aimed at preserving the country's unity and territorial integrity.
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UN envoy: Lifting sanctions necessary to improve humanitarian situation in Syria
Jun 24, 2021 12:50Syria's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Bassam Sabbagh has stressed that the improvement of the humanitarian situation in Syria requires the immediate lifting of unilateral coercive measures imposed by the US.
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UN: Years-long conflict in NE Nigeria killed 324,000 children under five
Jun 24, 2021 11:04A report released by the United Nations on Thursday says a 12-year-old conflict in northeast Nigeria has caused the deaths of some 324,000 children under five.
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US again votes ‘No’ to UN resolution condemning embargo on Cuba
Jun 24, 2021 10:01The United States has voted against an annual United Nations General Assembly resolution that condemned the American economic embargo on Cuba, in place since 1992.