Belarus and its allies have repeatedly tried to give speakers a snout amid warnings of a new iron curtain falling in Europe during an unrelated debate over alleged human rights violations at …
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UN President Donald Trump plans to issue an executive order that allows him to ban anyone who violates a conventional weapon against Iran, four sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday. …
Read More »UN chief to appoint special envoy for mediation of Libyan conflict. news
The UN Security Council has asked the Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to appoint a Special Envoy for Broker Peace in Libya, although Russia and China abstained from voting on the proposal that the …
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According to a report on Tuesday, the International Atomic Energy Agency is working with a Chinese-linked institute to find and develop uranium for Saudi Arabia, although inspectors of the United Nations Department …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Scientists have created gene-edited pigs, goats and cattle to produce sperm with disease resistance and high meat quality which they say is genetically modified to improve food production of …
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FILE PHOTO: Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevicius attended a press conference during the outbreak of coronovirus disease (COVID-19) on May 15, 2020 in Riga, Latvia. REUTERS / Ints Kalnins / …
Read More »UN experts repeal Hong Kong security law in letter to China
GENEVA (Reuters) – UN human rights experts have called China a new security law for Hong Kong “a violation of certain fundamental rights” and expressed concern that it may be used to …
Read More »UN says oral vaccine has caused new outbreak of polio in Sudan
LONDON (AP) – The World Health Organization says a new polio outbreak in Sudan is linked to the ongoing vaccine-sparked epidemic in Chad – one of the countries declared the African continent …
Read More »Parties to Iran nuclear deal in Vienna amidst US pressure. news
Signers of the Iran nuclear deal are meeting in Vienna as the United States re-enacts international sanctions on Tehran and urges expansion of conventional weapons against it. Britain, China, France, Germany and …
Read More »More than half of Lebanese could face food shortages: UN | Lebanon News
A UN agency has warned that more than half of Lebanon’s population is facing a food crisis following the Beirut Port explosion. “More than half of the country’s population is at risk …
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