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Russia denounces Western bids to politicize humanitarian aid deliveries to Syria
Jul 16, 2020 11:49Russia has strongly condemned efforts by a number of Western countries to politicize delivery of humanitarian aid to Syria for the sake of their own interests, saying such efforts violate the West Asian country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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Russian UN envoy slams exploitation of aid delivery mechanism for Syria
Jul 14, 2020 12:44Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia has condemned the exploitation of a cross-border mechanism for aid deliveries to Syria by some members of the UN Security Council, and their disregard for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the war-ravaged Muslim country.
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MBS prime suspect in Khashoggi murder case: UN official
Jul 12, 2020 07:11A senior UN official says Saudi Arabia’s heir apparent Mohamed bin Salman (MBS) is a prime suspect in the murder of well-known Saudi journalist and dissident Jamal Khashoggi at the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul back in October 2018.
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A shameful moment: Trump announces formal withdrawal from WHO as Covid-19 cases climb
Jul 10, 2020 06:55The White House formally informed the United Nations and Congress on Tuesday July 7th that the United States intends to withdraw from the World Health Organization, the public health arm of the U.N. The announcement came as the U.S. grapples with a spike in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in a number of states and as the country closes in on surpassing 3 million positive cases.
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UNSC failure behind use of drones by some states for terrorist acts: Syria's envoy
Jul 10, 2020 02:06Syria says the UN Security Council's silence has emboldened some hostile states and foreign-sponsored Takfiri terrorists to make vast use of unmanned aerial vehicles to launch acts of terrorism and aggression across the Arab country.
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UN rapporteur : US drone killing of Iran's General Soleimani sets dangerous precedent
Jul 09, 2020 15:29A UN special rapporteur says the US has put the world at unprecedented peril with its assassination of Iran's top anti-terror commander, Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, warning that it is high time the international community broke its silence on Washington’s drone-powered unlawful killings.
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UN warns many will “starve to death” in Yemen as Saudi fuel blockade hinders COVID-19 battle
Jul 09, 2020 14:00According to the Yemen Oil Company, at least 15 tankers carrying over 419,789 tons of fuel have been trapped at sea for over a month despite being checked and issued permits by both the Saudi-led Coalition and the UN, plunging Yemen into an unprecedented fuel shortage.
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UN human rights expert calls on Saudi Arabia to free women activists
Jul 09, 2020 11:43A United Nations special rapporteur has called on the member states of the UN Human Rights Council to pressure Saudi Arabia to free women activists, four months before the Saudi regime is to hold the 2020 G20 Riyadh summit.
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UN report on General Soleimani’s assassination draws US ire
Jul 09, 2020 07:27A conclusion by the United Nations (UN) that the US’s assassination of Iranian commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani was “unlawful” has drawn Washington’s ire.
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UN Security Council rejects Russian-backed resolution on aid delivery to Syria
Jul 09, 2020 06:05The UN Security Council has rejected a Russian-drafted resolution that would extend a cross-border aid delivery mechanism for a six-month period after Russia — along with China — vetoed a relevant Western-drafted document, which Moscow argued ignored the realities on the ground in the West Asian country.