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Yemen's Houthis welcome two-month truce proposed by UN
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Sanna [Yemen], April 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Yemen's rebel Ansar Allah movement, also known as the Houthis, welcomes the two-month truce proposed by the United Nations to the sides to the Yemeni conflict, the movement's chief negotiator at talks with the government, Mohammed Abdulsalam, said on Fri
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AU, UN appeal for South Sudanese leaders to embrace dialogue to ease tensi
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Juba [South Sudan], April 1 (ANI/Xinhua): The African Union and United Nations missions in South Sudan as well as peace monitors on Friday appealed for calm and called on South Sudanese leaders to embrace dialogue to ease tensions in the country.
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4.1 million Ukrainians fled country since Russian invasion: UN
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 1 (ANI): The UN agency for refugees on Thursday said that around 4.1 million have fled Ukraine since the Russian invasion.
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Russia becomes first major power to accept credentials of Taliban diplomat
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 1 (ANI): Russia became the world's first major power that accepted the credentials of a diplomat of the Taliban. Russia along with US, UK, France and China are the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
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China seeking to impose its narrative on UN, NGOs to rewrite Taiwan refere
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 1 (ANI): Beijing is seeking to impose its narrative on United Nations bodies and non-governmental organizations that Taiwan is part of Communist-ruled China, according to US think tank.
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India donates 10,000 tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan under new agreement wi
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New Delhi [India], March 31 (ANI): India has signed the second agreement with the United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) under which it will donate another 10,000 metric tons of wheat to Afghanistan.
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Tirumurti briefs Climate Advisory Group about Infrastructure for Resilient
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 31 (ANI): India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, TS Tirumurti attended the Climate Advisory Group meeting and briefed about the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) and also about the Infrastructure for the Resilient Island States (IRIS
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WFP delivers food aid to over 1 million people in Ukraine, seeks USD 590 m
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Rome [Italy], March 31 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Wednesday that it has delivered food aid to 1 million people in Ukraine and requested an additional USD 590 million in funding to expand the assistance.
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India, Mexico discuss health, investment, space technology, other bilatera
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New Delhi [India], March 30 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday met his Mexican counterpart, Marcelo Ebrard Casaubon, and held discussions over multiple issues including close United Nations Security Council (UNSC) cooperation between the two countries.
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UN estimates 2 billion people live in conflict-affected areas
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New York [US], March 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations estimates that almost 2 billion people around the world are living in areas affected by violent conflict, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday.
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UN helicopter crashes in eastern Congo, 8 peacekeepers killed
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Kinshasa [DRC], March 30 (ANI): A United Nations (UN) helicopter carrying UN peacekeepers crashed in the Democratic People's Republic of Congo on Tuesday, killing eight people on board.
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UN Mission in DR Congo says lost contact with helicopter in country's east
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DRC], March 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) said on Tuesday that it had lost contact with one of its helicopters in the east of the country.
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