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Nearly 300 children died trying to reach Europe in 2023
Jul 15, 2023 10:03At least 289 young boys and girls have died while crossing the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe in the first half of 2023, a whopping two-fold surge compared to the same period last year, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported.
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At least 87 bodies found buried in Sudan mass grave, including women, children: UN
Jul 14, 2023 03:26Bodies of at least 87 people, including women and children, have been found buried in a mass grave in West Darfur of Sudan, the United Nations has said.
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UN agency: 900 Palestinian homes damaged in Israeli aggression on Jenin
Jul 12, 2023 08:52The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) says some 900 Palestinian houses have been damaged and many of them have become uninhabitable in the wake of the Israeli military’s two-day raid on the Jenin refugee camp that martyred at least 12 Palestinians and wounded dozens more.
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Israel turns occupied Palestinian territories into 'open-air prison': UN expert
Jul 12, 2023 05:43A UN expert has condemned Israel’s systematic and arbitrary detention of Palestinians, saying the regime has essentially turned the Occupied Territories into “an open- air prison.”
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UN agency designates Iran’s rainfed fig orchards as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System
Jul 10, 2023 02:38The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has formally designated a unique rainfed fig-growing region in Iran as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS), along with two other sites in Asia.
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Airstrike kills 22 in Sudan's Omdurman, drawing condemnation from UN chief
Jul 09, 2023 04:39An airstrike by the Sudanese army on western city of Omdurman has killed nearly two dozen people, drawing strong condemnation from the secretary general of the United Nations.
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Palestinian envoy urges UN to hold Israel accountable for ‘barbaric’ raid on Jenin
Jul 06, 2023 08:22Palestine’s ambassador to the United Nations has denounced the “barbaric” Israeli onslaught on the occupied West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp, calling on the world body to hold the occupying regime accountable for its crimes.
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UN experts: Israeli military campaign in Jenin may constitute war crime
Jul 06, 2023 08:20A group of United Nations experts has ruled that Israel's recent murderous and hugely destructive land and aerial military campaign against the northern West Bank city of Jenin might constitute a "war crime."
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Iran says establishment of UN mission on last year riots ‘politically-motivated’
Jul 05, 2023 14:12Iran has rejected a report by a mission mandated by the United Nations over the 2022 riots in the country, saying the establishment of such a mission by the UN Human Rights Council has been "a politically-motivated and unacceptable" move.
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UN chief urges world to make Haiti ‘top priority’ to fight criminal gangs
Jul 02, 2023 05:57United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on world leaders to make the Caribbean state of Haiti their “top priority” and help a “rapid action force” to support the island’s failing police in their fight against criminal gangs.