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UN agency says attacks on Afghan schools tripled in 2018
May 28, 2019 13:20A new report by the United Nations children’s agency says the number of attacks on schools in Afghanistan nearly tripled in the past year.
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Iran to 'stand firmly against any act of aggression': Envoy to UN
May 25, 2019 06:50With the US building up its military presence in the Persian Gulf, Iran's ambassador to the UN says the country "will stand firmly against any act of aggression" even though it does not seek war.
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UNRWA rejects US call for dismantling UN agency for Palestinian refugees
May 23, 2019 15:05The head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has rejected a US call to dismantle the agency, saying it cannot be blamed for the stalemate in the so-called peace efforts.
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Iranian medical academy writes to UN about ‘unjust’ US sanctions
May 21, 2019 06:47The Academy of Medical Sciences of Iran has written to the UN to complain about the illegal sanctions imposed by the US against the Iranian nation, saying the restrictive measures have adversely affected the medical treatment of Iranian patients.
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UN team discovers 12 mass graves in Iraq
May 21, 2019 03:54A team of United Nations investigators has unearthed 12 mass graves in Iraq during a probe into the atrocities committed by the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group in the Arab country.
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UN urges UK to probe British troops' murder, torture, abuse in Iraq
May 19, 2019 11:36The UN Committee Against Torture called on the United Kingdom to investigate claims of murder, torture and abuse by its troops in Iraq, Daily Mail reported.
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HRW urges Bahrain to 'immediately' halt death sentences against 2 dissidents
May 17, 2019 01:07Human Rights Watch has called on Bahraini officials to “immediately” suspend death sentences given to two political dissidents convicted on terrorism-related charges.
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UN chief warns of nuclear ‘coffin’ leaking in Pacific
May 16, 2019 08:15United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed alarm at the leakage of radioactive material from a concrete dome built to contain waste from atomic bomb tests by the United States amd France during the Cold War.
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UN calls for 'sustained' aid access to people in need in Rakhine
May 15, 2019 10:50"We need access, predictable, sustained access, to reach the people in need," a UN official has said regarding those displaced by conflict in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine.
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UN urges world to end support for Myanmar’s military
May 14, 2019 12:05The United Nations (UN)’s fact-finding mission on Myanmar has called on all countries to cut financial and other ties with the country’s military over genocide targeting minority Rohingya Muslims.