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US sends $1.3 billion to Ukraine in economic aid: Treasury
Jun 30, 2022 07:30The United States has announced the delivery of $1.3 billion in economic aid to Ukraine, as the first part of the initial $7.5 billion approved by Congress last month.
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Iran urges UNSC to condemn Israeli acts of terror, aggression against Syria
Jun 30, 2022 02:30Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations says the Islamic Republic recognizes Syria’s right to self-defense in the face of Israeli attacks, urging the UN Security Council to strongly condemn the regime’s acts of aggression against the Arab country.
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US opens criminal probe into deaths of 51 asylum seekers in Texas
Jun 29, 2022 06:46The United States has opened a criminal investigation after 51 people were found dead in the back of a tractor-trailer in Texas, in what authorities suspect was part of a human-smuggling operation.
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Over 19 million Yemenis facing hunger amid dramatic food aid cuts: UN
Jun 29, 2022 06:16As the World Food Programme (WFP) announces further dramatic cuts to food aid in Yemen, a new UN report says more than 19 million Yemenis are now facing hunger, setting a new record since the beginning of the devastating Saudi-led war on Yemen in 2015.
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Iran: Certain UNSC members abuse their powers to pursue their political agenda
Jun 29, 2022 01:26Iran’s permanent representative to the UN says certain states are abusing their powers in the Security Council as a means to pursue their “short-sighted political agenda."
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UN: Israel is guilty of assassinating Abu Akleh
Jun 26, 2022 10:01The circumstances of Shireen Abu Aklehs killing on May the 11th have been investigated by several international organizations. All came to the conclusion that it was a bullet fired from an Israeli rifle that killed the al-Jazeera correspondent and injured her fellow journalists as they covered an Israeli raid in Jenin.
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China warns of 'dangerous' NATO expansion into Asia-Pacific
Jun 24, 2022 02:49Amid growing friction, China has called on the NATO military alliance to avoid attempts to start a new Cold War, describing its expansion to the Asian-Pacific region as dangerous.
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Hamas: UN statement reveals suffering of Palestinians in Gaza
Jun 23, 2022 19:51The Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, has hailed recent remarks by a spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who called for the full lifting of Israel’s years-long blockade on the impoverished Gaza Strip.
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UN calls for action to stop violence in Myanmar as post-coup death toll tops 2,000
Jun 23, 2022 05:44A United Nations expert has called for more meaningful action to end violence in Myanmar as more than 2,000 people have lost their lives in a persisting crackdown since February last year, when a junta assumed power in the Southeast Asian country.
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Tehran rejects ‘politically motivated’ Guterres report on human rights in Iran
Jun 22, 2022 03:03Tehran has dismissed as politically motivated a recent report by UN Secretary General António Guterres on human rights in Iran, saying the Islamic Republic remains committed to promoting human rights, irrespective of the fact that the report was based on false claims made by terrorists.