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Libyan strongman dismisses UN unity pact, vows to form own govt.
Apr 28, 2020 09:12Libya’s renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar has dismissed a 2015 United Nations-brokered unity accord for the war-ravaged country as “a thing of the past,” vowing to establish a new government under his rule.
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Iran’s Zarif lashes out at Pompeo for saying US still ‘participant’ in JCPOA
Apr 27, 2020 08:52Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif took a swipe at US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo after he claimed that Washington had not quit the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers and remained a “participant state”.
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Russia decries ‘hypocritical’ US claims against IRGC satellite
Apr 27, 2020 00:43Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations has slammed Washington’s “hypocrisy” for condemning Iran’s recent launch of an Islamic Revolution Guards Corps satellite citing UN Security Council resolution 2231.
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Pompeo to claim US didn’t quit Iran nuclear deal to make UN impose arms embargo
Apr 27, 2020 00:34US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is reportedly going to claim that Washington has not quit the Iran nuclear deal and technically remains a “participant state,” in order to use a mechanism embedded within the accord to make the UN impose arms embargo on Tehran.
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Cutting WHO’s funding is reckless and deadly
Apr 26, 2020 15:07By halting funding to the World Health Organization (WHO), US President Donald Trump is deliberately endangering the lives of millions of people around the world, particularly those most at risk during this historic pandemic in war-torn regions. A global health emergency demands a global response, not politics. The World Health Organization provides vital international assistance and coordination.
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Iran's FM, UN Chief urge humanitarian aid for Yemen amid COVID-19 pandemic
Apr 26, 2020 10:25Iran's top diplomat and the UN chief have urged the necessity of ensuring security of Yemeni borders and ports in order to facilitate dispatch of humanitarian aid to the war-stricken Yemeni people amid the deadly novel coronavirus pandemic.
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Syria envoy denounces UN failure to enforce resolutions on Israeli occupation
Apr 24, 2020 03:16Syria’s UN ambassador says the Security Council has failed the Arab world by not enforcing its resolutions on the Israeli occupation due to pressure from certain permanent members of the council.
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China dismisses US allegations on COVID-19 outbreak
Apr 24, 2020 00:11China has once again dismissed as disinformation allegations by the United States that Beijing covered up the COVID-19 outbreak.
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UNHCR voices concern for Rohingya refugees on boats amid coronavirus emergency
Apr 23, 2020 13:53The United Nations refugee agency has voiced mounting concern over a “grave immediate risk” to persecuted Rohingya Muslim refugees who have fled Myanmar by boats amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Iran’s Judiciary dismisses UN rights report on prison furloughs amid virus outbreak
Apr 21, 2020 10:20The Iranian Judiciary has dismissed as politically-motivated a United Nations human rights report that suggests Iranian prisoners face discrimination when it comes to receiving furloughs during a new coronavirus outbreak, saying Iran’s performance in dealing with the issue — compared to that of the West — has been “exemplary.”