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Erdogan slams certain Islamic ‘platforms’ for inaction over Muslim woes
Dec 19, 2019 08:06Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticized certain Islamic organizations for their failure to take action in dealing with the challenges facing Muslims.
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Sino-Russian-proposed UN resolution on North Korea ‘best plan’ at current time
Dec 19, 2019 05:11China says its joint proposal with Russia to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) aimed at diffusing tensions between North Korea and the United States is “the best plan,” repeating its call on the world body to remove some sanctions on the North in order to break the deadlock between Pyongyang and Washington.
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UN General Assembly calls on US to lift restrictions on Iranian diplomats
Dec 19, 2019 03:42The United Nations General Assembly has in a resolution called on the US, the host of its headquarters, to lift restrictions on Iranian diplomats.
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China hopes UN will reach consensus on North Korea ahead of meeting
Dec 17, 2019 07:58China says it hopes the United Nations Security Council will adopt a draft resolution on easing sanctions on North Korea.
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Iran’s FM meets UN deputy chief, Nicaraguan counterpart in Doha
Dec 16, 2019 03:56Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday held separate talks with a United Nations under-secretary-general and his Nicaraguan counterpart in Qatar.
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What is genocide?
Dec 15, 2019 17:22What constitutes 'genocide'? And what persons or groups can be considered victims of it? Recently Gambia has filed a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) charging Myanmar with committing genocide against its Rohingya minority.
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Major states snub calls for climate action as UN summit wraps up
Dec 15, 2019 12:40A UN climate summit ground towards a delayed close on Sunday with a handful of major states resisting pressure to ramp up efforts to combat global warming, prompting sharp criticism from smaller countries and environmental activists.
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High time for NATO’s end for the sake of global peace
Dec 13, 2019 10:45"NATO is the cause of the new arms race with Russia, including upgrading of nuclear arsenals. Therefore, the sooner it is disbanded the better for world peace and stability, since a relic of the cold war shouldn’t be reconfigured to prolong the US domination of Europe, or to pick up fights with Russia, China, and the Resistant Front of the Muslim World, or to launch suicidal space wars."
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China says UN sanctions relief for North Korea ‘imperative,’ as deadline nears
Dec 12, 2019 09:13China says it is “imperative” for the United Nations (UN) to ease sanctions on North Korea in order for demilitarization talks between the North and the United States to resume.
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UN ‘unable’ to verify claims Iran was behind Saudi Aramco attacks
Dec 11, 2019 03:56United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres says the world body’s investigators are “unable to independently corroborate” the US and Saudi claims that Iran was behind attacks on the kingdom's Aramco oil facilities in September.