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Top Saudi official issued death threat against UN's Khashoggi investigator
Mar 26, 2021 12:03A senior Saudi official issued what was perceived to be a death threat against the independent United Nations investigator, Agnès Callamard, after her investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Ethiopian PM says Eritrea agreed to withdraw troops from border region
Mar 26, 2021 11:51Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says Eritrea has agreed to pull out its troops from border regions in Ethiopia, days after he admitted that the foreign forces were present in the country’s northern region of Tigray.
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Iran envoy to Sana’a: Saudi ‘peace’ plan only perpetuates war, occupation in Yemen
Mar 24, 2021 04:17Iran’s Ambassador to Sana’a Hassan Irlu has dismissed Saudi Arabia’s so-called peace initiative on the Yemen conflict, saying the plan would only perpetuate military aggression, occupation and war crimes in the West Asian country.
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Palestine urges UN to end Zionist entity’s impunity from punishment
Mar 24, 2021 00:38Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Riyad Mansour has called for holding the illegal Zionist entity to account for its crimes against Palestinians.
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UN: Humanitarian situation in Yemen 'deteriorating'
Mar 23, 2021 09:28Amid the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Yemen, the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund Natalia Kanem has held a press conference in Sana'a to inform the public about the results of her visit to Yemen.
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UN chief voices concern over rise of violence against Asians
Mar 23, 2021 03:13United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is concerned about the rise of violence against Asians and people of Asian descent globally during the COVID-19 pandemic, a UN spokesman said on Monday.
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Israel demolishes or seizes 26 Palestinian structures in only two weeks: UN
Mar 21, 2021 06:18Israeli regime demolished or seized 26 structures belonging to Palestinians in West Bank and al-Quds in only two weeks, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says.
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Rights group slams exclusion of Israel, Saudi-led coalition from UN’s children-in-conflict blacklist
Mar 19, 2021 07:58A group of child rights experts has strongly criticized the UN Secretary-General for excluding eight parties, including the Israeli regime and the Saudi-led coalition, from a global blacklist of parties accountable for harming children during conflicts.
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Over 550 intl. organizations urge UN Human Rights Council to 'end Israel’s impunity'
Mar 19, 2021 03:52More than 550 international human rights organizations have jointly called upon the UN Human Rights Council to recognize and denounce the Israeli regime’s racist policies against the entire Palestinian population, which include home demolitions and violation of the right of Palestinians to self-determination.
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UN report warns of increasing frequency and severity of natural disasters
Mar 18, 2021 12:56The increasing frequency and severity of natural disasters ranging from massive fires to locust invasions is putting food production systems at risk, a new reported issued by the United Nations warns.