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UN chief urges talks on Idlib, NATO threatens war to defend terrorists
Sep 16, 2018 10:46United Nations chief Antonio Guterres this week decried in a way a Russian-backed Syrian offensive to retake terrorists-held Idlib Province. But the fact is, terrorist groups need to be eradicated, and the NATO powers are backing them.
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Saudi airstrikes kill 15 on Hudaydah-Sana'a highway
Sep 15, 2018 10:00At least 15 people have lost their lives in fresh air raids conducted by Saudi warplanes on a strategic road linking the Yemeni port city of Hudaydah to the capital, Sana'a.
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UN warns about worsening humanitarian situation in Yemen’s Hudaydah
Sep 13, 2018 12:07The United Nations has warned about the rapidly worsening humanitarian situation in Yemen’s blockaded Hudaydah as fighting between the country’s army troops, backed by fighters from the Ansarullah movement, and Saudi backed militants resumed in the port city following the collapse of the latest round of UN-brokered peace talks.
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Myanmar finally grants UN first access to Rakhine before Rohingya returns
Sep 12, 2018 10:22The United Nations has begun assessment of conditions in Myanmar's Rakhine state after it was finally given permission to operate there for the first time since violence escalated last year and forced more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to neighboring Bangladesh.
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World hunger levels rise for third consecutive year: UN
Sep 12, 2018 07:03World hunger rose in 2017 for a third consecutive year, fueled by conflict and climate change, the United Nations (UN) warns, jeopardizing a global goal to end the scourge by 2030.
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More Afghans displaced by drought than war: UN
Sep 11, 2018 05:47A total of 275,000 people have been displaced by drought in western Afghanistan — 52,000 more than the number uprooted by conflict this year — with over two million threatened by the effects of water shortages, the United Nations said.
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UN calls for new body to prosecute Myanmar crimes
Sep 10, 2018 10:11The United Nations (UN)’s new human rights chief has called for the establishment of “an independent international mechanism” to prepare criminal indictments against Myanmar’s military for atrocities committed against the Rohingya Muslim community.
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ICC says it has jurisdiction over Myanmar crimes against Rohingya
Sep 06, 2018 14:34The International Criminal Court says it has jurisdiction to probe the forced deportations of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar to neighboring Bangladesh as a possible crime against humanity.
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UN to gather Yemen conflicting sides in Geneva
Sep 04, 2018 07:06The sides to the Yemeni conflict are to convene in Geneva for the first time since 2016 under the auspices of the United Nations (UN) in an attempt to revive stalled peace talks.
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Ex-Dutch defense minister appointed UN Iraq envoy
Sep 01, 2018 10:58A Dutch former defense minister has been appointed as the United Nation's envoy to Iraq, to head a mission which plays an essential role in the country's political and economic spheres.