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Russian envoy blocks publication of UN report critical of North Korea
Aug 31, 2018 14:17The Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has killed four members of a terrorist group during clashes in the country’s southeastern border with Pakistan.
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Trump administration to end US funding to UN agency that aids Palestinian refugees
Aug 31, 2018 08:26The administration of US President Donald Trump has decided to cancel all US funding to the United Nations aid program for Palestinian refugees, part of a policy to impose maximum pressure on the Palestinians to satisfy Israeli interests and Zionist constituencies in the US.
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UN hints Myanmar leader complicit in Rohingya genocide
Aug 30, 2018 09:07The United Nations (UN)’s top human rights official says Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi should have resigned last year over a state-sponsored campaign of terror against Rohingya Muslims in the country’s northwestern state of Rakhine.
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Refugees rejected by Italy tortured, raped: UN
Aug 29, 2018 06:47African refugees who were rejected by Italy last week said they had been held by smugglers for up to two years in Libya and many had been beaten, tortured and raped, the UN migration agency said on Tuesday.
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US lawyer: ICJ "lacks prima facie jurisdiction to hear Iran's claims"
Aug 28, 2018 09:54The US lawyer has called on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) – the United Nations' highest court --to dismiss the Iranian lawsuit calling for a lifting of sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
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Saudi strikes on Yemen may amount to war crimes: UN experts
Aug 28, 2018 06:14United Nations human rights experts have raised the alarm at the high rate of civilian casualties in aerial assaults by Saudi Arabia and its allies on Yemen, saying the strikes “may amount to war crimes.”
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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.