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Russia, China clash with US at UN over North Korean missile tests
Aug 26, 2023 11:29The United States ambassador to the United Nations has accused China and Russia of blocking a unified UN Security Council response to North Korea's missile tests.
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Rohingya Muslims demand safe return to home after 6 years of exodus
Aug 25, 2023 11:29Rohingya Muslim refugees demand their safe return to their homeland, Myanmar, on the sixth anniversary of the violence that forced them to flee to Bangladesh.
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More than 60 feared dead after a migrant boat is rescued in Atlantic
Aug 17, 2023 11:49Dozens of migrants are feared dead after a boat that left Senegal with more than 100 people onboard over a month ago was rescued by the coast guard in Cabo Verde with just 38 survivors onboard, officials said.
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UN: Israel demolishes 56 Palestinian structures in West Bank
Aug 17, 2023 05:56Israel has demolished or seized 56 Palestinian-owned structures, including six homes, in the occupied al-Quds and Area C of the West Bank in just two weeks.
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UNSC denounces 'heinous, cowardly' attack by Daesh at Iran's Shah-e Cheragh holy shrine
Aug 17, 2023 04:05The United Nations Security Council has condemned in the strongest terms the recent "heinous and cowardly terrorist" attack on innocent people and pilgrims at the Shah-e Cheragh holy shrine in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz.
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UN warns situation in war-torn Sudan ‘spiraling out of control’
Aug 16, 2023 05:43The United Nations has warned that millions of people across Sudan are running out of food and are on the brink of famine as the situation in the war-torn Northeast African country is spiraling out of control.
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Palestinian man forced to demolish own home in occupied al-Quds
Aug 15, 2023 11:20Israeli officials have forced a Palestinian man to demolish his house near the occupied Old City of al-Quds under the pretext of building without a construction permit.
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UN, ECOWAS condemn Niger junta’s threat to prosecute deposed president
Aug 15, 2023 05:18The United Nations and West Africa's main regional bloc have strongly condemned a threat by Niger's coup leaders to prosecute the country's ousted president for "high treason."
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UN probe finds 'dramatic increase' in Myanmar war crimes
Aug 09, 2023 04:53The United Nations says it has evidence that Myanmar's military has been "committing increasingly frequent and brazen war crimes" since they took power in a coup d'état more than two years ago.
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UN sounds alarm over Sudan's catastrophic humanitarian situation
Aug 05, 2023 12:17The United Nations has warned that ongoing fighting between rivaling forces in Sudan has plunged the humanitarian situation of the impoverished nation from critical to catastrophic.