Middle East
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Pope’s visit to Iraq, ‘a symbol of hope’: UN agency
The visit by Pope Francis to the northern Iraqi city of Mosul will be a symbol of hope and an…
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‘Limited’ progress in closing Syria chemical weapons file, UN Disarmament Chief tells Security Council
Seven years after the Security Council mandated the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons programme, there have been only “limited developments”…
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ICC Prosecutor opens probe into alleged crimes in occupied Palestine
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Wednesday that her Office has started an investigation into crimes…
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Saudi Arabia commutes three death sentences, UN experts urge charges be dropped
Independent UN human rights experts welcomed on Wednesday, Saudi Arabia’s decision to commute the death sentences of three men for…
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Rights experts condemn ongoing demolition of Palestinian Bedouin village
Two independent UN human rights experts are urging Israel to halt efforts to demolish the Palestinian village of Humsa Al-Bqai’a,…
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Yemen pledging conference: Severity of suffering ‘impossible to overstate’ says Guterres
The international response to Monday’s High-Level Pledging Event on Yemen has been described as “disappointing” by the UN chief, announcing…
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Fate still unclear of ‘tens of thousands’ of civilian detainees in Syria
The fate of tens of thousands of civilians being held in Syria’s “notorious” prisons or detention centres is still unclear, 10 years after the country’s civil war began, UN investigators said on…
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Yemen: UN ceasefire monitoring mission condemns attack on civilians in Hudaydah
The United Nations Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA), on Sunday, strongly condemned an attack in Yemen that killed…
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Palestinian elections raise hopes for two-State solution, Middle East Coordinator tells Security Council
The holding of free and fair elections in the Occupied Palestinian Territory will help “clear the path” for restoring a…
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In Yemen’s man-made catastrophe, women and girls pay the price
Midwife Lena Al-Shurmani, remembers meeting Abia at Al Mawa Camp in Yemen’s Ibb Governorate. Abia was 15 years old and…
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