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US admits inability to strip Russia of permanent UNSC status
May 08, 2022 02:13The US ambassador to the United Nations has admitted that she sees no way of barring Russia from its status as a permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC) over the Ukraine conflict.
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UN Security Council calls for ‘peaceful solution’ on Ukraine
May 07, 2022 12:15The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has expressed deep concern over the situation in Ukraine, calling for a “peaceful solution” to the conflict in the former Soviet state.
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Saudi-led coalition seizes Yemen-bound fuel tanker despite truce
May 07, 2022 11:11The Saudi-led coalition forces have impounded another Yemen-bound oil tanker carrying thousands of tons of fuel for the crisis-stricken country in blatant breach of a two-month ceasefire brokered by the United Nations.
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First aircraft transporting freed Yemeni prisoners arrives at Aden airport
May 06, 2022 06:14The first group of freed prisoners from the Yemeni army and fighters from their allied Popular Committees has arrived in the country’s southern coastal city of Aden, with the Saudi-led coalition asserting that the move is aimed to support UN efforts to solidify a two-month truce that went into effect early last month.
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WHO: Almost three times as many died as a result of COVID than officially reported
May 05, 2022 12:14Almost three times as many people have died as a result of COVID-19 as the official data show, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report, the most comprehensive look at the true global toll of the pandemic so far.
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Yemeni official: Saudi-led coalition committed over 5,000 truce violations in month
May 05, 2022 10:33A Yemeni military official says the Saudi-led coalition forces and their allied Takfiri terrorist groups have breached more than 5,000 times a UN-brokered nationwide truce, which went into effect more than a month ago with the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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Iran: Politicization of Syria’s chemical-weapons file harms OPCW credibility
May 01, 2022 00:56Iran’s deputy permanent representative to the UN has decried the politicization of the Syrian chemical-weapons file by certain countries, stressing that the move will endanger the credibility and authority of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the global chemical watchdog.
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UN panel: Brazil's ex-president Lula's rights violated in corruption probe
Apr 28, 2022 09:25The UN human rights committee said on Thursday that corruption proceedings against former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva that led to his imprisonment and prevented him from running again for office in 2018 violated due process.
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UN chief calls for ceasefire in Ukraine ‘as soon as possible’
Apr 26, 2022 12:16United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for a ceasefire in war-torn Ukraine "as soon as possible" as the Russian military offensive in the former Soviet republic lingers for more than 60 days.
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Iranian envoy urges immediate action in support of Palestinian nation
Apr 24, 2022 01:29Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations (UN) demanded urgent action by the international community, especially the UN, in support of the Palestinian nation