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Khashoggi murder case trial 'not sufficient': UNHRC
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Jan 4 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has denied evaluating the ongoing trial of slain Saudi Arabia journalist Jamal Khashoggi and called it to be insufficient.
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Federer, Nadal to reunite at Laver Cup
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Dec 14 (ANI): Twenty-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer and Spanish tennis ace Rafael Nadal will come together as teammates for the upcoming third edition of the Laver Cup.
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Taliban offensives are planned, executed in Afghan neighborhood: India in
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [USA], Dec 8 (ANI): Promising solidarity with Afghanistan in resolving the Taliban insurgency, India has claimed that the Taliban offensives are planned and launched by terrorists harbored in safe havens in the neighborhood of Afghanistan, which for years, have provided safety for t
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UN seeks access to Uighur camps in Xinjiang
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Dec 7 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, has sought access to the Uighur camps in China's Xinjiang Province to verify "worrying" reports about human rights violations in the region.
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Talks for peace in Yemen to begin in Sweden
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], Dec 6 (ANI): Peace talks backed by the United Nations aimed at ending the nearly four years' of civil war in Yemen is scheduled to begin in the Swedish capital within a few hours from now.
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Exact date of Yemen Peace Talks in Sweden unconfirmed: Office of UN Specia
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Nov [Sputnik/ANI]: The exact date of the peace talks between the Yemeni government and Houthi rebels is unconfirmed, but they will take place in Sweden in Hoda El Turk, the spokesperson for the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, told Sputnik on Thursday.
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Trump strategy a 'game changer' for peace process in Afghanistan: Ashraf G
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Nov 29(ANI/Sputnik): The new strategy of United States in Afghanistan, announced by President Donald Trump last summer, has been a game changer for the advancement of the country's peace process, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said here on Wednesday.
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India reaffirms support to rebuild, reconstruct Afghanistan
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Nov 29(ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs, Gen V K Singh on Wednesday asserted India's firm commitment to the rebuilding and reconstruction of Afghanistan and voiced support for an inclusive political settlement in the country while addressing the Ministerial
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V K Singh meets President, Chief Executive of Afghanistan in Geneva
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Nov 28 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs General Vijay Kumar Singh met Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani and the country's Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah here on Wednesday on the sidelines of the two-day Geneva ministerial Conference on Afghanistan wh
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Afghanistan to seek support for its peace process in Geneva talks
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Nov 27(ANI): The Geneva Summit that is going to start here on Tuesday for two days will give a chance to the government of Afghanistan to call on the international community to "support an Afghan-owned and Afghan-led peace process", the Afghan Ministry of Finance has sa
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Malaria cases declined by 24% in India: WHO report
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Nov 20 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) in a report stated that India is the only country to have recorded a substantial decline in malaria cases in 2017 out of the 11 highest burden countries worldwide.
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Uyghurs, Tibetans jointly hold anti-China protest rally outside UN
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Nov 6 (ANI): A large number of exiled Uyghurs and Tibetans living in Europe on Tuesday carried out a massive anti-China protest rally here. They shouted slogans and labeled China a "terrorist nation".
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