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UN report calls for reparations for victims of systemic racist police violence in US
Jul 06, 2021 15:25After the killing of George Floyd and subsequent mass protests, the USHRN and the ACLU organized an international coalition that urged the HRC to establish a commission of inquiry to investigate systemic racism and police violence against people of African descent in the United States of America.
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Regional tensions rise as Ethiopia resumes filling of mega-dam
Jul 06, 2021 06:12Ethiopia has informed Egypt of the start of the second year of the filling of the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile River, raising tensions with downstream countries.
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With no tangible results after twenty wasted years, Germany departs Afghanistan
Jul 04, 2021 07:11Over the last couple of years Germany maintained the second largest contingent of troops in Afghanistan after the United States. Upon their departure, the German defense minister, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, said that after nearly 20 years of deployment, the last remaining German soldiers had left Afghanistan.
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Iran: Gen. Soleimani’s assassination ‘state terrorism’
Jul 02, 2021 02:43Iran said the US’s assassination of senior anti-terror commander, Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, clearly exemplifies “state terrorism,” cautioning the UN against any understatement of the atrocity.
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UN confirms 18.3C record heat in Antarctic continent
Jul 02, 2021 01:33The United Nations on Thursday recognized a new record high temperature for the Antarctic continent, confirming a reading of 18.3 degrees Celsius (64.9 degrees Fahrenheit) made last year.
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WHO sounds alarm on Euro 2020 as COVID cases rise again in Europe
Jul 02, 2021 01:13The World Health Organization (WHO) calls for better monitoring of Euro 2020 football matches as COVID cases rise again in Europe, fueled by the deadly Delta variant that is racing around the globe.
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Russian UN envoy slams ‘cross-border aid’ in Syria as full violation of intl. law
Jul 02, 2021 00:43Russia’s envoy to the United Nations has strongly dismissed efforts by the US to transfer “humanitarian aid” to Syria by keeping the existing border crossing open and reopening another one from Iraq to the war-torn West Asian country.
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Those who broke their promises in no position to criticize Iran: Envoy
Jul 01, 2021 01:26Iran’s UN envoy lambastes the countries that gave up their pledges under the 2015 nuclear deal between the Islamic Republic and others, for their wrongfully blaming Tehran instead for its rightful remedial nuclear measures.
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UNSC meeting: Members back Vienna talks aimed at JCPOA revival as US urged to remove Iran sanctions
Jul 01, 2021 00:00The United Nations Security Council holds a meeting to discuss the secretary general’s report on the implementation of Resolution 2231 endorsing the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, as it backs the Vienna talks aimed at reviving the agreement that was abandoned by Washington.
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Damascus reserves ‘unalienable right’ to recover occupied Golan Heights: Syrian FM
Jun 30, 2021 09:41Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad has told the United Nations that Damascus reserves the right to wrest back control of the Israeli-occupied side of the Golan Heights, and that the deployment of the world body’s peacekeeping forces in the territory cannot replace an optimal solution to the problem.