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UN Security Council condemns Palestinian journalist’s killing
May 14, 2022 07:02The UN Security Council has unanimously condemned the killing of veteran Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by Israeli forces.
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UN chief ‘deeply concerned’ by risk of global hunger due to Ukraine war
May 12, 2022 08:58United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he is “deeply concerned” about the risk of global hunger caused by the war in Ukraine, nearly three months after Russia launched a military offensive against the former Soviet republic.
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China, Russia oppose further UN sanctions on North Korea over missile tests
May 12, 2022 08:50China and Russia have voiced opposition to further sanctions by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) against North Korea over its missile tests, as the United States urges the council to impose such measures on Pyongyang.
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Almost 20 million people in Afghanistan face acute hunger, says UN report
May 12, 2022 00:34Almost half of the population in Afghanistan is battling acute hunger amid lingering drought and deep economic crisis in the war-ravaged South Asian country, according to global humanitarian agencies.
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WHO: China’s zero-COVID strategy unsustainable
May 11, 2022 06:09China’s flagship zero-COVID strategy to defeat the pandemic is unsustainable, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, adding that it had told Beijing so and called for a policy shift.
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UN warns Yemen oil spill would cost $20 bn to clean up
May 10, 2022 09:44A senior United Nations official has warned that a major oil spill from a decaying tanker anchored close to Yemen’s coastline would cost a staggering $20 billion to clean up.
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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.