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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).
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi appears in court for first time since February coup
May 24, 2021 05:13Myanmar’s deposed Leader Aung San Suu Kyi has for the first time appeared in person at a court hearing on a myriad of charges brought against her by the military junta, which overthrew her government in a February coup.
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French army chief denies UN report into deadly Mali wedding airstrike as 'biased'
May 23, 2021 09:30The top French military officer has dismissed as “biased” a United Nations report into an airstrike that killed at least 19 civilians in Mali early this year, alleging that it sought to turn the local people in the Sahel region against France.
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Palestine’s FM: Zionist regime forcefully displaces Palestinians to change al-Quds’ identity
May 21, 2021 00:23Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki said the illegal Zionist entity forcefully displaces Palestinians from al-Quds in an attempt to change the identity of the holy city.
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Over 75,000 displaced in Gaza due to Israeli regime aggression, UN agency says
May 21, 2021 00:02The UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the Israeli regime’s onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip has left more than 75,000 Palestinians displaced in the besieged coastal enclave.
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‘Slaughterhouse of human rights’: Iran slams US for blocking anti-Israel bids at UNSC
May 20, 2021 08:33A senior Iranian human rights official has slammed the United States for “insolently” blocking three UN Security Council (UNSC) statements against the illegal Zionist entity in a show of support for the regime’s genocide in the Gaza Strip, saying Washington has turned the Council into the “slaughterhouse of human rights.”