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EU executive to hold meeting on UN Myanmar report this week
Aug 27, 2018 12:33The European Union's executive in Brussels will hold a meeting this week with the authors of a UN report that called for prosecution of Myanmar's army chief and five other top military commanders for genocide against the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority.
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UN: Myanmar military killed, raped Rohingya Muslims with ‘genocidal intent’
Aug 27, 2018 09:46A UN fact-finding mission says Myanmar’s military has carried out a series of “shocking” rights violations against Rohingya Muslims, including mass killings and gang rapes, adding the country’s commander-in-chief and other generals should stand trial for “genocide” and war crimes against the minority group.
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UN appeals to EU states to accept refugees stranded on Italian Coast Guard ship
Aug 25, 2018 12:12The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has urged EU countries to take responsibility for over 150 refugees, mostly from Eritrea, who have been stranded on an Italian Coast Guard vessel for several days.
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UN calls for 'impartial, prompt' probe into attacks targeting Yemeni civilians
Aug 25, 2018 12:10United Nations officials have condemned two recent Saudi-led coalition airstrikes in Yemen that killed at least 26 children, renewing calls for “an impartial, independent and prompt investigation” into attacks targeting civilians in the crisis-hit Arab country.
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UNICEF condemns latest Saudi-led airstrike on Yemeni children
Aug 25, 2018 02:51The UN International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has denounced a recent Saudi deadly airstrike in Yemen’s Hudaydah province that killed over two dozen children.
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UN invites Iran, Russia, Turkey to Syria talks in Geneva next month
Aug 25, 2018 00:36United Nations Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura has invited Iran, Russia and Turkey to talks due to be held in Geneva next month on forming Syria's Constitutional Committee, a UN spokeswoman says.
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Daesh attack leaves four Libyan soldiers dead
Aug 24, 2018 00:09An attack on a checkpoint between the Libyan capital and the town of Zliten killed four soldiers of the UN-backed unity government on Thursday, the town's mayor said.
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UNICEF warns of 'lost generation' of Rohingya children
Aug 23, 2018 09:16The United Nations says hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim children lack proper education both in Myanmar and border camps in Bangladesh, warning that the Myanmarese kids could become “a lost generation.”
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Widespread child rape by top UN employees
Aug 19, 2018 11:52A deeply disturbing report has finally been released by the United Nations detailing the rampant sexual exploitation of children by UN employees that is widespread, throughout multiple countries.
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Former UN chief Kofi Annan dead at 80
Aug 18, 2018 08:50Former UN chief Kofi Annan dead at 80