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World Food Program cuts food aid to Yemen
Dec 23, 2021 15:23As millions of Yemenis face the threat of drowning into a famine due to the ongoing Saudi-led war on the country, the World Food Program says it will reduce its food rations to eight million people in Yemen starting next month due to a lack of funding.
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Despite UN clearance, Saudi coalition seizes another ship carrying tons of fuel off Yemen
Dec 23, 2021 05:33The Saudi-led coalition waging war against Yemen has seized another ship carrying thousands of tons of fuel although it had received United Nations clearance.
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UN cuts food aid to Yemen due to lack of funds
Dec 22, 2021 09:43The food-assistance branch of the United Nations has announced that it will reduce food rations for millions of Yemeni people from next month due to funding shortage, as a protracted Saudi-led bombing campaign pushes more people into hunger in the impoverished country.
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UN plans to pay $6 million to Taliban for security of staff, offices: Report
Dec 22, 2021 05:25The United Nations (UN) is proposing to pay nearly $6 million to the Taliban government no sooner than next year for the protection of the UN staff and facilities in Kabul, a report says.
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Stalemate in Syria proves military solution still ‘an illusion’, says UN envoy
Dec 21, 2021 07:55United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen has brushed aside the so-called military solution to the decade-long conflict in Syria as “an illusion,” stating that the warring parties are locked in a “strategic stalemate” on the ground for the past 21 months.
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Security in Afghanistan only possible through inclusive govt. representing all ethnicities: FM
Dec 19, 2021 11:56Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says establishment of sustainable security and stability in the war-torn Afghanistan is only possible through the formation of an inclusive government, which would represent all ethnic groups and religions in the country.
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PA hails UN vote affirming Palestinians sovereignty over their resources
Dec 19, 2021 05:22The Palestinian Authority (PA) has hailed a United Nations General Assembly vote recognizing the Palestinian people's sovereignty over their natural resources.
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UN rights forum orders investigation into abuses in Ethiopia
Dec 17, 2021 12:21The United Nations Human Rights Council has agreed to launch an international investigation into allegations of abuses by all sides in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict, amid warnings of looming generalized violence.
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Mystery illness kills nearly 100 in South Sudan, WHO deploys task force
Dec 16, 2021 09:36A mystery illness has claimed nearly 100 lives in South Sudan in the past few weeks, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to deploy a rapid response team to the region.
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Iran doesn't tolerate language of threat: FM to UN chief
Dec 16, 2021 07:52Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says the West has to understand that Iran does not tolerate "any language of threat" against it.