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Nikki Haley downplays rumours of being next U.S. Secy. of State
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], Oct 28 (ANI): Nikki Haley, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, on Friday denied all the news about her becoming the future Secretary of State after Rex Tillerson, saying she is happy in happy in New York.
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UN official expresses 'deep disappointment' in Aung San Suu Kyi
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], October 27 (ANI): Given the state of affairs in Myanmar's restive Rakhine state, the United Nations investigator of human rights abuses in the country expressed deep disappointment in Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi over her 'indifferent' response to the violence agai
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U.N. blames Assad govt. for chemical attack in Syria
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [USA], Oct 27 (ANI): Reports have emerged that the United Nations investigative panel has blamed the Bashar al-Assad government of Syria for the deadly chemical attack in Khan Sheikhoun that killed at least 87 people.
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Tillerson says reign of Syria's Assad family ending
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Oct 27 (ANI): U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson has said the reign of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's family is coming to an end.
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UN warns to 'black list' 130 Israeli firms in Israel-occupied land
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], Oct 27 (ANI): The United Nations has warned of adding at least 130 Israeli companies to their 'black list' for operating in Israel-occupied Palestinian territories.
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South Sudan: Nikki Haley evacuated from U.N. camp amid protests
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 26 (ANI): The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, was evacuated from a U.N. camp for displaced persons in South Sudan on Wednesday, due to protests against President Salva Kiir.
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Take hydrogen bomb threat 'literally': N-Korean official
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [USA], Oct 26 (ANI): A senior North Korean official warned the United States to take Pyongyang's hydrogen bomb threat 'literally', contending that the country has always delivered on its words.
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Russia casts veto preventing UN probe into Syria chemical attacks
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [USA], Oct 25 (ANI): Russia on Tuesday cast a veto at the United Nations Security Council, preventing the renewal of the mandate for a mission that investigates the use of chemical weapons in the attack on Syria's rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun.
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Trump proclaims Oct 24 as United Nations Day
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 25 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday has proclaimed 24 October 2017 (GMT-4) as the 'United Nations Day' and urged "the Governors of the 50 States, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the officials of all other areas under the f
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Tech startup TagBox receives undisclosed angel investment
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Oct. 24 (ANI): Tech and IoT startup, TagBox has announced receiving an undisclosed angel investment from Indian Angel Network and the IAN Fund.
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North Korea threat is 'critical, imminent': Japan
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], October 23 (ANI): Japan's Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera on Monday reportedly said that the threat from North Korea is both "unprecedented" and "imminent".
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US, UNSC condemn Kabul, Ghor terrorist attacks
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington/New York [United States], Oct.21 (ANI): The United States of America, the United Nations Security Council and United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres have strongly condemned Friday's terrorist attacks in Afghanistan that claimed the lives of at least 70 people and injure
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