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Europe remains 'in the eye' of coronavirus storm: WHO
Apr 16, 2020 23:58The World Health Organization's European office says that despite certain "optimistic signs" in some of the countries worst hit by the new coronavirus, the number of cases is rising and approaching one million in the continent alone.
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UN Libya mission ‘alarmed’ by rise in violence, slams rebel shelling of Tripoli
Apr 16, 2020 08:07The United Nations mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has censured the rising violence in the North African country, expressing alarm about a fresh round of clashes raging through areas on the outskirts of the capital, Tripoli.
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US to live in infamy for defunding WHO amid virus pandemic: Zarif
Apr 15, 2020 14:27Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has hit out at the US for deciding to halt funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) amid the coronavirus pandemic, saying the world may now better realize Tehran’s long experience of bearing the brunt of Washington’s bullying that kills people.
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United Nations supports frontline COVID-19 response
Apr 13, 2020 10:58As the coronavirus pandemic spreads to more than 200 countries and territories, killing more than 100,000 people, the United Nations is redoubling its support for frontline responders who are working around the clock to save lives.
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Yemeni crisis has no military solution, Iran’s FM tells UN chief
Apr 13, 2020 03:25Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres talked about the crisis in Yemen and ways to maintain a recent ceasefire in the war-hit country.
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Zarif, Guterres discuss US sanctions, Yemen crisis
Apr 12, 2020 01:59Iran’s foreign minister and the UN secretary general have conferred on the US sanctions on the Islamic Republic amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
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China slams Taiwan ‘venomous’ attack on WHO as US takes side with Taipei in coronavirus row
Apr 10, 2020 08:18China and the United State have clashed again over Taiwan as Beijing joined the World Health Organization (WHO) in a row over the coronavirus outbreak, but Washington took sides with the self-ruled island.
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UN Chief urges unity among UNSC members in face of coronavirus pandemic
Apr 10, 2020 08:17The head of the United Nations has called for unity among Security Council members, warning that the coronavirus pandemic could pose a threat to world peace or trigger opportunistic biological terrorist attacks.
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Trump using coronavirus to score political points: WHO
Apr 09, 2020 03:04The World Health Organization has hit back at the US president over his handling of the coronavirus crisis, saying Donald Trump is politicizing the virus.
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US sanctions serving coronavirus, detrimental to entire world
Apr 08, 2020 02:46Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations stressed the need for the removal of the US’ unilateral sanctions for an effective global battle with the coronavirus, saying those sanctions harm the whole world amid the efforts to contain the pandemic.