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The World Food Programme’s regional representative for Gulf countries thanked the region’s nations for their contributions. Gulf countries, especially Saudi Arabia and the UAE, were praised by the WFP representative to the GCC region, Mageed Yahia.  […]

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The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi informed in a post on Twitter on Monday that he had expressed his gratitude to the United States for supporting the agency’s efforts in […]

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As part of a larger pledge by Saudi Arabia to help Palestine, the Kingdom on Sunday donated $27 million to UNRWA, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, to […]

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Anti-abortion groups are calling for the Republican Party to stop avoiding the issue of abortion and make it clear where they stand. For months, Democrats have pummeled their Republican opponents on abortions.  As the November midterm […]

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As Western powers push harder in their efforts to underscore Moscow’s international isolation, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) will open debate on Monday on a draft resolution condemning Russia’s annexation of four Ukrainian regions. After […]

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The conservative Christian legal advocacy group Alliance Defending Freedom has set its focus on a new issue, now coming for the new California law that offers legal refuge to transgender youths.  Alliance Defending Freedom works […]

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Venezuela’s police, government security forces, and intelligence services were behind grave abuses against dissidents and other serious violations on the order of President Nicolas Maduro, a UN team claimed in a new report released Tuesday. […]

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Nearly one out of every 150 people in the world is caught up in modern forms of slavery or forced marriage, a UN report said, noting that compared to the last count, the number of […]

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The United Nations General Assembly assigned on Thursday Austrian diplomat Volker Turk as its new high commissioner for human rights. Among the candidates for the job were also Senegal’s Adama Dieng, who previously advised Guterres […]

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China has committed serious human rights violations against the Uyghur Muslim community which are potential crimes against humanity, the UN human rights chief says in the long-overdue blistering report released 13 minutes before she stepped […]

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Julian Assange’s potential extradition raises serious concerns for media freedom and could have a chilling effect on investigative journalism, United Nations rights chief Michelle Bachelet has warned, noting that his prosecution could hurt future whistleblowers. […]

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The World Food Programme warned on Friday that as a result of the nearly two-year conflict in Ethiopia, almost half the people in the Tigray region are in dire need of food, but due to […]

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The UN’s top expert on slavery provoked a fierce response from Beijing this week after saying in a report that it is reasonable to conclude that members of minority groups in China’s western Xinjiang region […]

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After triggering consternation with its recent report in which, among other things, it has accused the Ukrainian armed forces of endangering civilians and violating international humanitarian law, Amnesty International has issued an apology without disavowing […]

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The US-led peacekeepers that are now ensuring international shipping retains freedom of access to the Gulf of Aqaba will hand over their responsibility to a remote-controlled camera-based system. The departure of the tiny Multinational Force […]

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