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UN aid supplies 'unconditionally absolute right’ of entire Yemenis: Ansarullah
Jun 02, 2021 00:25Yemen's popular Ansarullah movement has lashed out at the United Nations for boasting about the dispatch of humanitarian aid to the war-torn country, saying that receiving such supplies is an “unconditionally absolute right” of all people across the world as well as the entire Yemenis.
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World leaders urged to work towards ensuring vaccine equality
Jun 01, 2021 09:12Millions of people are losing their lives with no access to vaccines in poor countries, while rich countries are sitting on large caches of surplus vaccines, and refusing to share them. The dire situation has prompted a call by several leading organizations for world leaders to make a “new commitment" to a more equal distribution of coronavirus vaccines.
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Al-Houthi meets United Nations special envoy for Yemen
May 31, 2021 02:28The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen on Sunday held a meeting with the leader of Yemen’s National Salvation Government.
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Around 400,000 people need help after fleeing Congo volcano: UN
May 28, 2021 13:28Around 400,000 people need support or protection after fleeing a volcano eruption and a wave of aftershocks in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the United Nations said on Friday.
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Zionist entity’s deadly onslaught on Gaza may amount to war crimes: UN rights chief
May 27, 2021 13:48The United Nations human rights chief has expressed concerns over the high number of civilians martyred in the latest Israeli aggression against the besieged Gaza Strip, saying the regime’s deadly airstrikes on the coastal enclave may constitute war crimes.
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20,000 homeless, dozens missing in wake of DR Congo volcano: UN
May 27, 2021 00:57More than 20,000 people are homeless and 40 are still missing in the aftermath of a volcanic eruption which killed dozens in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the UN humanitarian agency says.
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Palestinian groups censure UNRWA chief’s praise of Israeli regime’s bombardment of Gaza
May 27, 2021 00:37Gaza-based resistance groups, including Hamas, have slammed remarks by the director of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) who praised indiscriminate Israeli bombings of the besieged enclave as “precise” and “sophisticated.”
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Bodies of babies, toddlers wash up on Libyan beach after refugee shipwreck
May 25, 2021 15:05Charity organizations have posted photographs of the bodies of babies and toddlers having washed up on a beach in Libya after a shipwreck, highlighting the human toll of the refugee crisis at Europe’s doorstep.
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UN official: Iran’s behavior with Afghan refugees outstanding
May 24, 2021 11:11Director of the regional bureau for Asia and the Pacific of the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, says what the Islamic Republic of Iran has done for Afghan refugees over the past four decades has been outstanding.
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Over 160 Iranian universities urge UN chief to refer Israel to ICC, Security Council over Gaza crimes
May 24, 2021 10:44A total of 163 Iranian universities and academic figures have called on Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres to take action against Israel’s crimes during the recent war on the besieged Gaza Strip through the UN Security Council and the International Criminal Court (ICC).