Middle East
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Syria war: Average of one child injured or killed every eight hours over past 10 years – UNICEF
The grim ten-year anniversary of the war in Syria has left 90 percent of the country’s children in need of…
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Saudi Arabia commutes three death sentences, UN experts call for charges to be dropped
Independent UN human rights experts welcomed on Wednesday Saudi Arabia’s decision to commute the death sentences of three men for crimes…
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Ten years on, Syrian crisis ‘remains a living nightmare’: UN Secretary-General
Secretary-General António Guterres has underlined the UN’s determination to continue pursuing a negotiated political settlement to the Syrian civil war,…
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‘Hell’ in Yemen, with millions ‘knocking on the door of famine’ WFP’s Beasley warns
Over half the Yemen population is facing acute food shortages “with millions knocking on the door of famine”, the UN…
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20 die after human traffickers force migrants into sea en route to Yemen
At least 20 people have drowned after smugglers threw dozens of migrants overboard as they sailed from Djibouti to Yemen,…
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Yemen: UN migration agency calls for urgent humanitarian access after ‘horrific’ fire
The UN migration agency (IOM) on Monday called for “urgent humanitarian access” to an overcrowded migrant detention centre in Yemen’s…
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In Iraq, Pope spreads message of peace, religious tolerance and humanity’s resilience
Pope Francis’ historic visit to northern Iraq to hold prayers at& an ancient church destroyed by ISIL “sends a clear…
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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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