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Philippines halts aid talks with backers of UN rights probe into drug war
The memorandum was issued to the heads of all government agencies by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea on Aug 27
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Millions' protest in youth-led global climate strike
Four million people filled city streets around the world in what was expected to be the biggest ever protest
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Climate change takes toll on oceans, ice: UN report
Humanity should brace for blowback the report warns
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Russia, China cast vetoes to block UN resolution on Syria
Russia's 13th veto of a UN resolution since the Syrian conflict
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Arab coalition says foiled Houthi attack in Red Sea off Yemen
The incident can further increase regional tensions after a weekend attack on Saudi oil installations
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UN chief calls for respecting human rights in Kashmir
Guterres urges dialogue between India and Pakistan to resolve dispute
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Iran's Khamenei approved Saudi strike: report
US officials talk of unreleased satellite photos showing Iran's Revolutionary Guard making preparations for the attack
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UN experts urge probe of Rohingya killings in Bangladesh
Say a number of organisers have been questioned and subjected to "intimidation" since the rally
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600,000 Rohingya Muslims still in Myanmar at 'serious risk of genocide': UN
The maligned community has long been subjected to tight movement restrictions
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UN setting up group to investigate Syria hospital bombings
The committee is not a "criminal investigation" but aimed to "establish the facts for the secretary-general
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UN 'regrets' impact US top court ruling will have on asylum seekers
Ruling allows US to implement asylum restrictions could have dire implications on people in urgent need of protection
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Homeless at home: The Iraqi displaced no one wants
'There is 'no way' IS-affiliated families would be allowed back to their areas of origin'
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Lodhi apprises UN chief over humanitarian crisis in IOK
Says India’s illegal annexation of IOK is threatening global peace and security
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'Time is of the essence' in Iran co-operation: UN nuclear watchdog
Iran has said notwithstanding its reduction of commitments under the JCPOA
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UN rights chief urges India to ease Occupied Kashmir lockdown
Deeply concerned about impact of India's recent actions on human rights of Kashmiris: Michelle Bachelet
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Qureshi heads to Geneva to raise Kashmir issue at UN Human Rights Council
Pakistan's UN ambassador says Kashmiris need action, not mere words, from world leaders
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US will aim to persuade others to 'call out' China over Uighurs at UN: Pompeo
As China consistently denies any mistreatment in what it calls vocational training centers
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N.Korea wants reduced UN aid presence
North Korea requested in a letter last month that the UN reduce its involvement in the isolated country
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Dorian leaves 30 dead in Bahamas: prime minister
UN says 70,000 people in "immediate need" of aid
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Four candidates from three continents running to lead UN nuclear watchdog
Nominations formally close on Thursday evening but diplomats say no other names are expected to be put forward
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'Asia's growing coal use could negate global climate change progress'
Asian countries must set more ambitious goals to contribute to global efforts to curb climate change, says UN
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UN rights chief slams US move to detain migrant children indefinitely
Following Trumps move last month to allow migrant children and their families to be detained for unlimited periods
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Pakistan steps up diplomatic offensive against India over IOK
New Delhi under pressure from global powers to ease IOK restrictions, lift curfew
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Islamabad will continue to facilitate Afghan peace process: FM Qureshi
Pakistan is ready to defend itself if India chooses the path of aggression, says foreign minister
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India defends controversial citizenship register in Assam after UN criticism
Critics say the BJP is pushing a Hindu nationalist agenda and marginalising the state's large minority of Muslims
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UN orders Bosnia to compensate wartime rape victim
Asks Bosnia to pay institute reparations to survivors of sexual violence during the 1990s conflict
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UN chief fears 'full civil war' in Libya
He acknowledged the need for support of the international community in finding a political solution for the country
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‘Oceans turning from friend to foe’
Destructive changes can be seen in decline of fish stocks, damages by storms, and millions displaced by rising seas
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UN committee faults Nepal in child labour, abuse case
UN Committee calls on Nepal to remove existing obstacles hindering forced-labour victims from filing complaints
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Lodhi meets UNGA president to discuss Kashmir situation
Lodhi urges the UN to live up to its obligations
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200,000 Rohingya rally to mark 'Genocide Day' in Bangladesh camps
740,000 Rohingya from Myanmar's Rakhine state escaped in August 2017 during the brutal offensive
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At G7 summit, rifts emerge between Trump and Western allies
The G7 gathering is taking place against a backdrop of worries about a global economic downturn
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'Modi is a terrorist': Kashmiris protest in front of UN headquarters
India is planning a genocide, UN must save Kashmiris: AJK PM Raja Farooq Haider
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Pakistan key UNHCR ally in dealing with refugees
UNHCR deputy chief assures support for sporting activities in K-P
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India tightens curfew to prevent Kashmiris’ march on UN office in Srinagar
Barricades, razor wires erected in many places to prevent people from gathering at Lal Chowk and Sonawar
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Pakistan demands UN action over 'seriously deteriorating humanitarian situation' in IOK
In second letter to UN human rights chief, FM Qureshi conveys Pakistan's 'deep concerns' over human suffering in IOK
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Malaysia's poverty levels far higher than reported, UN expert says
Malaysia’s official poverty rate dropped from 49% in 1970 to just 0.4% in 2016
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'People were hiding': Bangladesh bid to repatriate Rohingya stalls as refugees refuse
Almost a year after a similar effort failed amid protests
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France watching Kashmir rights, Macron tells Modi
Emmanuel Macron urges India and Pakistan to resolve their differences bilaterally
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UN Trusteeship Council: a way out for Kashmir?
Even the smallest possibility of peace seems unfathomable, at least till the near future
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PM Imran to represent Pakistan at UNGA next month
Will raise Kashmir issue in his General Debate address, which, according to sources, is scheduled for Sept 27
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UN says 'desperate' for Yemen aid funding
As a cash shortage threatens to reduce food rations for 12 million people
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India, not Pakistan, to lose Kashmir
Pakistan needs to play this game started by India not as a T20 cricket match but a test series
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France calls for immediate end to fighting in Syrian city of Idlib
As UN warns of a new humanitarian catastrophe in northwest
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The plebiscite puzzle
All these years, Pakistanis and Kashmiris have blamed India for breaching a solemn pledge made to Kashmir
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UNSC meet negates Indian claim of IOK being 'internal matter': Qureshi
Meeting was requested by Pakistan and China after India stripped IOK of its autonomy
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Clashes resume in Yemen's Aden as UN calls for dialogue
As fighting between southern separatists and government forces continues
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UN’s welcome assertion
Modi, for his part, continues to do his best to lie to the world and his own citizens
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Bangladesh must investigate rife torture: UN
First time ever, experts examined the record of Bangladesh, which ratified an international ban on torture in 1999
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UN chief cautions against altering status of Kashmir
Antonio Guterres calls for 'maximum restraint' in IOK

















































