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UN watchdog warns of ‘grave hour’ at Ukraine’s nuclear power plant
Aug 12, 2022 07:52The UN nuclear watchdog has called for officials to visit Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia power plant amid fresh escalation in the area and warnings of the “catastrophic consequences” of continued fighting near Europe’s largest atomic plant.
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UN Security Council expresses 'deep concern' about Israeli aggression in Gaza
Aug 09, 2022 07:17The UN Security Council (UNSC) expressed "deep concern” about the situation in the Gaza Strip during an emergency meeting to discuss the Israeli regime's latest aggression in the besieged enclave, the Russian envoy to the world body said Tuesday.
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Iran FM: Agreement on JCPOA revival depends on US showing realism in practice
Aug 08, 2022 00:59Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says achieving an agreement on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), depends on the US showing realism in practice.
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Make US ‘behave decently’: Lavrov tells Guterres over UNGA visa debacle
Aug 06, 2022 00:18The Russian government has called on the United Nations to allow for Moscow’s equal participation in the upcoming 77th UN General Assembly (UNGA) in spite of the US denying it access.
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UN calls on Iraqi factions to find 'urgent solutions' to protracted political crisis
Aug 03, 2022 12:27The United Nations has called on different political factions in Iraq to set aside their differences and look for "urgent solutions" to the Arab country’s protracted political crisis.
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Yemen’s Ministry of Human Rights holds conference on Saudi blockade
Jul 30, 2022 11:42Under the title "Blockade on Yemen, slow killing of civilians under the UN cover", Yemen's Ministry of Human Rights has held a press conference in Yemen's capital Sana'a to highlight the catastrophic repercussions of the ongoing Saudi blockade on Yemen despite the UN brokered truce.
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UN committee expresses concern over UAE torture of Yemenis
Jul 30, 2022 10:40The United Nations Committee Against Torture has voiced concern over the torture and ill-treatment of Yemenis by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) armed forces, state security agencies, and on-state armed groups, calling for a "viable pathway” through which victims can seek justice.
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Israel’s advanced atomic military program poses serious threat to global security, NPT: Iran
Jul 29, 2022 11:56Iran says the Israeli regime's advanced atomic military program poses a serious threat to international security and the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), urging the UN nuclear agency to fulfill its responsibility in this regard.
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Israeli aggression enabled by Western support, UNSC silence, says Syria’s UN envoy
Jul 28, 2022 01:54Syrian envoy to the United Nations has denounced relentless Israeli missile strikes on his country, Occupied Palestinian Territories and southern Lebanon, saying the aggression takes place amid the UN Security Council’s “unacceptable” silence and support from the West.
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Iraq takes ‘Turkish aggression’ to UN Security Council, urges emergency meeting
Jul 24, 2022 01:42Following Turkey's attack on a tourist resort in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, Baghdad has filed an official complaint at the UN Security Council against Ankara, recalling its ambassador to protest what it calls Turkey's aggression.