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Conclusions in 2nd UN report on J-K grossly incorrect, biased and heavily
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], July 13 (ANI): Netherlands-based think tank European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS) tore into the Second Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights' (OHCHR) Report on Jammu and Kashmir, labelling its conclusions as "grossly incorrect,
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Hafiz Saeed challenges terror financing cases filed against him
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 12 : United Nations proscribed terrorist Hafiz Saeed on Friday filed a plea in the Lahore High Court challenging terror financing cases lodged against him.
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UN lauds India for reducing multidimensional poverty
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], July 12 (ANI): The United Nations has praised India for reducing multidimensional poverty in the country at the fastest rate in the world.
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Syria: UN dispatches 36 trucks of humanitarian aid to Idlib
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Hatay [Turkey], Jul 11 (ANI): The United Nations on Wednesday dispatched at least 36 trucks containing humanitarian relief supplies to Idlib province in strife-torn Syria.
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Political activists from PoK protest against Pakistani occupation
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 9 (ANI): Political activists from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), who are living in Europe and the United Kingdom have organised a protest against Pakistan's occupation and subjugation during the 41st session of United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Ge
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Cholera claims lives of 705 people in Yemen this year, lakhs infected: UN
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [USA], July 9 (ANI): There have been more than 4,60,000 suspected cases of cholera in Yemen this year out of which 705 people have lost their lives to the disease, according to the United Nations.
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Nepal court announces 16 yrs jail term, 1 million penalty for ex-UN worker
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], July 8 (ANI): A court here on Monday announced 16 years of prison sentence and penalty worth one million (in Nepali Rupees) for a former United Nations official from Canada found guilty of child abuse.
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India says UN report is a 'false narrative on situation in J-K'
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): India on Monday said that the report of the Office of the High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir is a mere continuation of the earlier "false and motivated narrative".
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UN Security Council calls for ceasefire in Libya as death toll crosses 100
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 6 (ANI): The United Nations Security Council has called for a ceasefire in Libya as the death toll from a three-month offensive on Tripoli reached 1,000.
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Venezuela seeks UN help to counter US sanctions
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 6 (ANI): Venezuela on Friday asked the United Nations (UN) to help in countering US sanctions which have negatively impacted the Venezuelan economy.
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WCS seeks UN intervention on enforced disappearances of activists in Sindh
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 6 (ANI): General Secretary of World Sindhi Congress (WCS), Lakhu Luhana has urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to take action against Pakistani agencies over the enforced disappearances of activists in the country's Sindh province.
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GNA accuses UAE of carrying out airstrike on migrant detention centre
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], July 6 (ANI): United Nations-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) has claimed that the recent airstrikes on a migrant detention centre in Libya in which at least 53 people died was carried out by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) using a US-made F-16 fighter jet.
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