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WHO expects coronavirus cases to rise in China
Jan 24, 2020 10:02Cases of the new coronavirus are likely to continue to rise in China and it is too soon to evaluate its severity, a spokesman for the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday (January 24).
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Top UN court orders Myanmar to protect Rohingya from acts of genocide
Jan 24, 2020 05:36The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered Myanmar to do everything in its power to prevent the genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine, where state-sponsored violence has prevailed in recent years.
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UN Security Council calls for immediate ceasefire in Libya
Jan 22, 2020 05:17The United Nations Security Council has called on warring sides in Libya to conclude a ceasefire agreement “as soon as possible” and pave the way for ending the long-running conflict in the North African country.
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Iran writes to UN: We’re not after war but reserve right to self-defense against US threats
Jan 08, 2020 02:46Iran’s United Nations mission draws the world body’s attention to the US’s repeated threats of using force against the Islamic Republic in the aftermath of Washington’s assassination of senior Iranian IRGC Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.
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US denies Zarif visa to attend UNSC meeting
Jan 07, 2020 08:45Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has denounced Washington's refusal to issue him a visa for attending an upcoming United Nations Security Council meeting, saying US statesmen are vastly terrified of someone going to their country and conveying the truth to the American people.
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UN expert describes detention of Chelsea Manning as “amounting to torture”
Jan 06, 2020 12:54The year 2019 has been a nightmare for whistleblower Chelsea Manning and her supporters. While US President Donald Trump cleared three members of the United States Army who reportedly murdered Afghani civilians, Manning is, once again, confined for acting in accord with her own principles.
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Deadly attack on Yemen market 3rd in just over month, UN says
Dec 27, 2019 05:47The United Nations has strongly condemned the recent attack against a popular market in Yemen’s mountainous northwestern province of Sa’ada, describing it as the third deadly assault on the same location in just over a month.
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Russia says UN chief turns blind eye over US visa delays
Dec 26, 2019 03:22Russia's Foreign Ministry accused the UN secretary general of turning a blind eye to what Moscow says is US delays in issuing visas for Russian officials seeking to travel to the UN headquarters in New York.
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How UN resolution 2334 accelerated Israeli regime’s colonization in the West Bank
Dec 23, 2019 13:02“The US managed to turn international consensus regarding the illegality of the Israeli regime occupation of Palestine into an opportunity for Tel Aviv to disown any commitment, not only to the UN, but to the so-called two-state solution, and the "peace process", as well”, says Dr. Ramzy Baroud, journalist, author and editor of The Palestine Chronicle.
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Religious minority MPs blast UN rights resolution against Iran
Dec 22, 2019 09:07Religious minority lawmakers at the Iranian parliament have condemned a UN human rights resolution against Tehran, calling it a conspiracy hatched by the US, Israel and their allies.