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Millions of tons of plastic waste could be turned into clean fuels, other
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 7 (ANI): According to the United Nations, more than 8 million tons of plastic flow into the oceans each year.
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Guteress calls for collaborative global action on female genital mutilatio
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 7 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday called for a collaborative global action against the female genital mutilation, an abhorrent human rights violation affecting women and girls around the world.
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Al-Qaida sees Afghanistan as safe haven for its leadership: UN Monitoring
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
United Nations, Feb 6 (ANI): Terror group Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) that backs Al Qaida still has its strongholds in Afghanistan where near about 2,500 to 4,000 militants are positioned in eastern provinces of Nangarhar, Kunar, Nuristan and Laghman, and Al-Qaida continues t
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Khashoggi's killing: UN probe wraps up in Turkey
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Feb 3 (ANI): The United Nation's (UN) special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings, Agnes Callamard, has wrapped up investigations into deceased scribe Jamal Khashoggi's death in Turkey.
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UN: Ethnic strife killed nearly 900 people in DR Congo
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], Jan 30 (ANI): The United Nations has said that nearly 900 people lost their lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo last month due to ethnic strife. It said that 15 communal burial sites and 43 single graves have been found near the town of Yumbi.
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UN Envoy gets no reply from Saudi Consulate on journalist Khashoggi's kill
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Jan 25 (ANI): The UN's special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Agnes Callamard, who will be conducting an international probe into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, on Sunday, said that she has not yet received any reply fr
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Baloch leader criticises UN for ignoring human rights violations by Pakist
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
London (UK), Jan 25 (ANI): Free Balochistan Movement chief Hyrbyair Marri has attacked the United Nations for "ignoring" Balochistan despite Pakistan being involved in grave human rights violations in the region, including enforced disappearances of Baloch activists.
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US requests for UNSC meeting over Venezuela 'crisis'
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 25 (ANI): The United States has requested for a United Nations Security Council meeting over the "ongoing crisis" in Venezuela on Saturday, January 26.
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India's growth to accerate from 7.4% to 7.6% in FY20: UN
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi, Jan 24 (ANI): With robust private consumption and 7.4 per cent GDP growth rate in current fiscal year, the Indian economy is expected to accelerate at a rate of 7.6 per cent in 2019-20, according to a report by the United Nations.
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Syria mulls strike on Tel-Aviv airport as retaliatory measure
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Jan 23 (ANI): The Permanent Representative of the Syrian Mission to the United Nations has said that Syria is mulling over attacking Israel's Tel Aviv airport in retaliation to the recent airstrike carried out by Israel on Damascus airport.
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Mali: Death toll rises to 10 in UN attack
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kidal [Mali], Jan 21 (ANI): At least 10 UN Peacekeepers from Chad have lost their lives and 25 people have been injured in Sunday's attack on the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) camp here.
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8 UN Peacekeepers killed in northern Mali camp blast
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Bamako [Mali], Jan 20 (ANI): As many as eight members of United Nations' Peacekeeping Force lost their lives in a deadly attack in northern Mali on Sunday.
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