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UN staff member abducted in Kabul
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Jan 22 (ANI): A United Nations staff member and her child were reportedly abducted on Monday morning from Khair Kahan in Afghanistan's capital city, Kabul.
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After US aid cut, UNRWA launches funding campaign
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], Jan 21 (ANI): The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine refugees has announced that it has launched an international funding campaign after the United States cut aid to the agency.
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UN special envoy visits Rohingya camp in B'desh
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Cox's Bazar [Bangladesh], Jan. 21 (ANI): The United Nations special rapporteur for human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, visited a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh's coastal town of Cox's Bazar on Saturday.
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US, India urge Pak to prosecute Hafiz Saeed
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Jan 19 (ANI): The United States and India on Friday urged Pakistan to prosecute United Nations-designated global terrorist Hafiz Saeed "to the fullest extent of the law".
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My basic nature is to convert adversity into opportunity: PM Modi
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Jan. 19 (ANI): My basic nature is to convert adversity into opportunity, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an interview, while talking about his initial lack of experience in foreign policies after assuming the charge in 2014 and turning this deficiency into his strengt
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US won't provide $45m food aid pledged to UNRWA
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [United States], Jan 19 (ANI): The United States has announced that it will not provide USD 45 million in emergency food aid for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) for now.
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US withholds half aid package for UNRWA
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [United States], Jan 17 (ANI): The U.S. State Department has announced that it was withholding USD 65 million out of a USD 125 million aid package earmarked for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA).
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B'desh, Myanmar aim to resettle Rohingyas in 2 years
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], Jan 16 (ANI): Bangladesh and Myanmar on Tuesday have finalised an agreement, which will facilitate the repatriation of the Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh.
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Twitter account of Indian ambassador to UN hacked
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 14 (ANI): In what can only be a case of hacking, two photographs of Pakistan's flag and the neighbour country's President Mamnoon Hussain were posted from the Twitter account of India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Syed Akbaruddin.
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Japan deploys ships, seaplanes near Korean Peninsula
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Jan 13 (ANI): Japan's Maritime Self-Defence Force (MSDF) has deployed its ships and seaplanes in waters near the Northern Limit Line (NLL) in the Korean Peninsula in an attempt to thwart North Korea from evading United Nations (UN) sanctions.
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EU urges Myanmar to allow UN probe into Rohingya assaults
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Jan 12 (ANI): The European Union (EU) urged Myanmar to allow the United Nations (UN) to access the country for conducting the probe into the Rohingya assaults reported so far.
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S Korea, US discuss on developing ties with N Korea
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Jan 12 (ANI): South Korea and the United States on Thursday discussed on how to develop ties with North Korea, after the former agreed to hold talks in the first time in two years with its arch-rival South Korea, over North Korea's participation in the Winter Olympics i
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