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Warning world is on 'brink of a catastrophic moral failure,' WHO chief denounces vaccine-hoarding by rich nations
Jan 21, 2021 17:32World Health Organization has criticized wealthy countries and pharmaceutical companies for pursuing their own coronavirus vaccine arrangements, even though such a nationalistic and competitive approach to inoculation threatens to magnify deadly global inequalities while prolonging the Covid-19 pandemic and associated economic crisis.
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US must immediately remove 'inhumane, unlawful' bans against Syrians: Iran
Jan 21, 2021 06:54Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations has slammed the US sanctions against the Syrian nation as “political, unlawful, and inhumane”, calling for the immediate removal of those bans.
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Shipwreck off Libya leaves over 40 refugees dead: UN
Jan 21, 2021 02:12At least 43 migrants from West Africa perished in the first major shipwreck off the Libyan coast this year, the United Nations said Wednesday, adding that 10 people were rescued.
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US decision to sanction Yemen’s Ansarullah badge of pride for movement: Spokesman
Jan 20, 2021 09:03Yemen’s Ansarullah movement has slammed a recent decision by the United States to designate the popular group as “terrorist” and impose illegal sanctions on some of its leaders, saying the move is in fact a “badge of honor” for the movement.
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Sudan deploys troops to Darfur to contain tribal violence
Jan 20, 2021 08:27Sudan's transitional government has deployed military units to the conflict-ridden Darfur region in an attempt to help restore calm there following three days of tribal violence.
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Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine constitute intl. law violation: UN chief
Jan 20, 2021 04:16UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the Israeli regime’s recent plan to construct hundreds of new settler units in the occupied West Bank, saying such structures are considered illegal under international law.
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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.