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UNAMA condemns attack on mosque in Afghanistan's Herat
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 3 (ANI): United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Saturday condemned the attack on a mosque in Afghanistan's Herat that resulted in the death of 20 persons.
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Catastrophic floods affect 30 out of 34 provinces of Afghanistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 2 (ANI): Flash floods in Afghanistan have affected more than 100,000 people this year, devastating 30 of the country's 34 provinces, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs' (OCHA) report.
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India, Germany hold consultations on UN, multilateral issues
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], September 2 (ANI): India and Germany held consultations on United Nations and other multilateral issues on September 2 in Berlin, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday.
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Uyghur activist urges UN to act against China's "crimes" in Xinjiang
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 2 (ANI): As China's "crime against humanity" in Xinjiang lay exposed in the recent UN report, Rushan Abbas, an Uyghur American activist hoped that the U.N. will use its influence and position to advocate for the freedom of all the innocent Uyghurs.
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Unattended bag triggers evacuation at Heathrow, found to be innocuous
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], September 2 (ANI): London police said on Friday an unattended bag in Heathrow Airport's Terminal 2, which prompted an evacuation, was deemed not to be suspicious, adding the incident had been stood down.
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UN report on Xinjiang likely to worsen ties between China, West
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China] September 2 (ANI): The recent United Nations report on China detailing rights abuses in Xinjiang is likely to strain ties between China and the West, according to analysts.
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Sustainable Smart City Research Lab under Indo-Taiwan Partnership inaugura
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], September 2 (ANI/NewsVoir): Working towards the achievement of Goal 11 of the UN SDGs which is 'Sustainable cities and communities', Chitkara University has established a Sustainable Smart City Research Lab' with support from the National Science and Technology Council an
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About 8 lakh livestock lost in Pakistan floods
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 2 (ANI): Over the past few weeks, torrential monsoon rains have broken a century-long record and dumped more than five times the 30-year average for rainfall in some provinces, killing more than 1200 people, including about 400 children.
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Uyghur woman writes memoir about her gory experience inside China's detent
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 2 (ANI): In view of a recent UN report that exposed severe human rights violations in China's Xinjiang, Gulbahar Haitiwaji became the first Uyghur woman to write a memoir about her gory experience inside the detention facilities in the region.
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"This is going to be a major headache for China", says expert after UN dro
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 2 (ANI): Just minutes before her four-year term ended, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet in her long-awaited report on Wednesday outlined China's crimes against humanity due to its "arbitrary and discriminatory detention" of Uyghurs and other
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Maharashtra: Shiv Sena's Priyanka Chaturvedi calls for suspending MNS work
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 2 (ANI): Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Thursday demanded the suspension of the MNS workers who were seen in a viral video abusing, pushing and assaulting an elderly woman in Maharashtra.
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US requests UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine for September 7: Envoy
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States has requested a UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine to be held in the afternoon on September 7, the French Ambassador to the United Nations Nicolas de Riviere said on Thursday.
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