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COVID-19 pandemic pushed over half a billion into extreme poverty: UN repo
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], December 13 (ANI): The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to halt two decades of global progress towards Universal Health Coverage, according to reports released on Sunday from the World Health Organization (WHO) and World Bank, which reveal more than half a billion people are being
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High-profile attacks by anti-govt elements occurred across Afghanistan pri
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], September 8 (ANI): A new United Nations report on Wednesday revealed that high-profile attacks by anti-government elements occurred across Afghanistan prior to the Taliban takeover of major cities.
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Foreign members of ISIL-K, al-Qaida entered Afghanistan via Pakistan: UN r
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], August 28 (ANI): Almost all foreign members of ISIL-K and al-Qaida have entered Afghanistan via Pakistan and the leaders of these outfits along with those of the Taliban have been living in Pakistan, according to a new United Nations report.
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Global food prices fall for first time in 12 months: FAO
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], July 8 (ANI): Global food commodity prices fell in June for the first time in 12 months, according to a benchmark United Nations report released on Thursday.
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India jumps 37 places to rank 10 in Global Cyber Security Index
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], June 29 (ANI): India has jumped up 37 places to be ranked 10th in Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) 2020, as per a United Nations report launched on Tuesday.
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Risk of Al-Qaeda revival rising as US, NATO troops withdraw from Afghanist
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], June 16 (ANI): A United Nations report released last week said that the risks of an Al-Qaeda revival are rising as the US and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) wind down their military presence in Afghanistan.
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Al-Qaeda chief is somewhere between Afghanistan, Pakistan: UN report
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 7 (ANI): A significant part of the Al-Qaeda leadership resides in the Afghanistan and Pakistan region, including the group's leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who is "probably alive but too frail to be featured in propaganda," according to a United Nations report.
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Global food prices rise at rapid pace: FAO
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], June 3 (ANI): Global food prices rose in May at their fastest monthly rate in more than a decade even as world cereal production is on course to reach a new record high, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations reported on Thursday.
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UN warns of 'staggering rise' in natural disasters, urge leaders to take a
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], October 13 (ANI): The United Nations on Monday warned that there has been a 'staggering rise' in natural disasters over the past 20 years due to climate change, and called on political and business leaders to take action to stop the planet from becoming an 'uninhabitable hell
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'Significant numbers' of ISIS terrorists in Kerala, Karnataka: UN report
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], July 26 (ANI): A UN report on terrorism has pointed to "significant numbers" of ISIS terrorists in Kerala and Karnataka, and warned that Al-Qaida in the Indian subcontinent, which has between 150-200 members Bangladesh, India, Myanmar and Pakistan, is reportedly planning a te
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60 killed after Libyan guards shoot at migrants fleeing air strikes: UN
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], July 5 (ANI): At least 60 people were killed and 77 others sustained injuries after Libyan guards opened fire on migrants and refugees attempting to flee from air strikes on a detention centre near the country's capital city of Tripoli, United Nations said on Thursday.
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India will overtake China as world's most populous country in just 8 year
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
United Nations, June 18 (ANI): India will overtake China to become the world's most populous country in just eight years, according to a United Nations report.
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