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Iran paying UN membership dues despite US sanctions: FM spokesman
Jan 18, 2021 02:49The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry says the country has regularly paid its UN membership contributions during past years despite unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States on Tehran, which have made financial transactions difficult for the Islamic Republic.
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Huge fire guts Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, destroys belongings
Jan 15, 2021 02:35Thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have been left without shelter after a huge fire swept through an overcrowded camp in southeast Bangladesh.
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UN official: US blacklisting of Ansarullah means 'death sentence to hundreds of thousands'
Jan 15, 2021 02:25A top UN official has called on the US to reverse its controversial decision to designate Ansarullah as a “terrorist” organization, warning that such a move literally means giving a “death sentence to hundreds of thousands” in Yemen.
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Syria asks UN Security Council to halt Israeli occupation of Golan Heights, stop settlement activities
Jan 14, 2021 14:56Syria has called on the United Nations Security Council to pressure Israel to end its decades-long occupation of the Golan Heights, affirming that the region is an “inseparable” part of the Arab country and will remain so.
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China logs first virus death in 8 months as WHO huddles on new strains
Jan 14, 2021 10:28China recorded its first COVID-19 death in eight months on Thursday, as experts huddled to discuss worrying new strains of the coronavirus that are spreading rapidly around the globe.
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Four UN peacekeepers killed, five injured in Mali attack
Jan 14, 2021 08:43Four United Nations (UN) peacekeepers have lost their lives and five others sustained injuries after their convoy struck an explosive device and came under fire in central Mali.
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Iran: US blacklisting of Yemen’s Ansarullah will kill political process, talks
Jan 13, 2021 14:28Iran has hit out at a US decision to designate Yemen’s Ansarullah movement as a terrorist organization, warning that the move will impede a political solution to the conflict in the impoverished West Asian country.
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Senior health official: Iran concerned UN, WHO biased in favor of inadequately-tested US technology
Jan 11, 2021 10:13A senior Iranian health official says the Islamic Republic is concerned that world bodies such as the United Nations and the World Health Organization are biased in favor of inadequately-tested US technology and this is why they are trying to pressure countries into using US vaccines whose effects and side effects have not been established in a scientific way yet.
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UNHCR concerned about over 30,000 Central Africans fleeing election violence
Jan 08, 2021 15:52More than 30,000 people have been forced to flee the Central African Republic due to violence surrounding its elections, the UN said Friday, and tens of thousands more have been internally displaced.
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CO2 levels in 2021 to reach levels 50% higher than in 18th c.: UK Met Office
Jan 08, 2021 15:47Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere will this year reach levels 50 percent higher than before the industrial revolution because of manmade emissions, Britain's Met Office predicted on Friday.