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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.
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World Court launches genocide hearings against Myanmar
Dec 10, 2019 11:32The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has launched genocide hearings against Myanmar, as the first major legal attempt to bring the country to justice over horrific atrocities committed against Rohingya Muslims.
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Unidentified armed men attack US military base in eastern Syria
Dec 06, 2019 14:43A group of unknown gunmen has reportedly attacked a US military base inside an oil field in Syria’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr, prompting American forces at the site to respond.
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HOPE initiative aimed at reducing regional tensions: Senior diplomat
Dec 05, 2019 14:56Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araqchi says Tehran’s proposed plan for ensuring security in the Persian Gulf aims to reduce tensions in the strategic region.
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EU3’s UN letter on Iran missiles aims to hide their ‘miserable incompetence’: Zarif
Dec 05, 2019 10:54Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says a letter written to the UN chief by three European signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), is aimed at hiding their “miserable incompetence” in fulfilling their commitments under the accord.