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Envoy: Iran ready to up contribution to UN peacekeeping missions
Feb 16, 2022 02:51Iran’s permanent ambassador to the United Nations says the country is fully prepared to increase its engagement in the world body’s peacekeeping operations through various means.
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Yemen death toll doubled since UN body dissolved monitoring mechanism: NRC
Feb 11, 2022 05:46The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) says the civilian death toll in Yemen has almost doubled since the United Nations rights body dissolved its monitoring mechanism in the war-torn country.
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Libyan PM survives reported assassination attempt
Feb 10, 2022 09:53Libya’s Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah has reportedly survived an assassination attempt in the capital, Tripoli, amid an ongoing tussle for power in the North African country.
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About 13 million face hunger as Horn of Africa drought worsens: UN
Feb 08, 2022 10:27An estimated 13 million people in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia are facing severe hunger as the Horn of Africa experiences its worst drought in decades, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.
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Russia, China slam ‘unilateral’ sanctions
Feb 08, 2022 09:22Russia and China have slammed “unilateral” sanctions directly imposed by countries without the backing of the United Nations Security Council.
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Iran slams unilateral sanctions as ‘crime against humanity’
Feb 08, 2022 09:21Iran’s UN ambassador says the illegal sanctions imposed on his fellow countrymen, especially those hampering their access to medical and humanitarian items, are tantamount to “a crime against humanity” whose perpetrators must be held to account.
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Deadly fighting erupts at fomer peace-keeping facilities in Sudan's Darfur
Feb 06, 2022 10:26Deadly clashes have erupted between military forces and an armed group at the facilities of a former international peace-keeping mission in Sudan's Darfur region.
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Following “unjustifiable” UAE bombing of Saada prison, US & UN condemn Yemeni retaliation
Feb 01, 2022 14:16Despite the Saudi-led US- backed Coalition’s increased attacks against Yemen, Yemen`s retaliatory attacks were met with denunciation by Coalition allies, including the Biden administration and the UN Security Council. Even the Zionist regime proclaimed its support for the UAE.
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More than 1,500 people killed since coup in Myanmar: UN
Feb 01, 2022 13:55The United Nations says at least 1,500 people have been killed and thousands more detained in year-long protests against the military coup in Myanmar.
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Millions at risk as drought threatens Horn of Africa
Feb 01, 2022 09:50The children walk among carcasses of animals dead from hunger and exhaustion, a stark image of the drought threatening millions of people in the Horn of Africa.