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Myanmar military admits killing 10 Rohingyas
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], Jan 11 (ANI): In a rare acknowledgement, the Myanmar military has admitted that the members of its security forces were involved in the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslims, whose bodies were found in a mass grave in December in the restive Rakhine region.
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UN Security Council welcomes talks between Koreas
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [USA], Jan 11 (ANI): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) welcomed the high-level talks between arch-rivals North Korea and South Korea on Wednesday, saying that it would reduce differences between the two countries and would lead to the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsul
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Russia's UN envoy expresses concern over situation in Raqqa
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Jan 10 (ANI): Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Vasily Nebenzya on Wednesday expressed concerns over the humanitarian situation in Syria's Raqqa, adding that the situation had become 'awful' there.
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UN calls on Israel to stop forced deportation policy
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Jan 9 (ANI): The United Nations on Tuesday called on Israel to halt its policy of deporting over 33,000 Eritreans and Sudanese people.
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Pak newspaper issues calendar with Hafiz Saeed on it
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 8 (ANI): A Pakistani Urdu newspaper has issued its annual 2018 calendar with United Nations-designated terrorist and 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed on it.
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UNESCO allows construction at Nepal heritage site
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Jan 7 (ANI): The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Sunday gave the green signal to the construction of a temple complex in the Hanumandhoka buffer zone, which falls in the Durbar Square, located in the Kathmandu Valley.
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Palestine reinstates its ambassador to Pak: report
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Jan 7 (ANI): Palestine has reinstated its ambassador to Pakistan Walid Abu Ali, who was recently recalled for attending a rally organised by the Difa-e-Pakistan Council (DPC), where he shared a stage with 26/11 attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed, according to a report.
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U.N. designated terrorist talks of Pak's anti-terror contributions
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Toba Tek Singh [Pakistan], Jan 07 (ANI): United Nations-designated terrorist and the 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed has said that the United States has forgotten Pakistan's contributions in the war against terrorism.
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Rohingyas' access to balanced diet a major concern: UN study
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan 6 (ANI): According to a new United Nations study, most Rohingyas have a limited access to getting a nutritious and balanced diet, despite the fact that more than 90 per cent of them have received emergency food assistance.
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Pakistan's double game can end with six steps: Ex-US envoy
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D C [United States], Jan 5 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump's latest broadside against Pakistan to mend its ways on the matter of giving state support to terror elements on its soil and elsewhere, or risk facing severe financial penalties and other punitive measures, ne
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UN rights chief urges Iran to defuse tension
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Jan 3 (ANI): United Nations Human Rights Chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Wednesday urged the Iranian authorities to handle the wave of protests that have taken place around the country with great care so as not to further inflame violence and unrest.
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US want Pakistan to step up fight against terrorism: White House
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], January 3 (ANI): Hours after U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley confirmed that that the U.S. would be cutting off aid to Pakistan, the White House on Tuesday said they just wanted Pakistan to do more in the fight against terrorism.
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