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South Asia: Sharp rise in child and maternal deaths due to COVID-19
Severe disruptions in health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic may have resulted in an additional 239,000 child and maternal deaths in South Asia last year, United Nations agencies said on Wednesday.…
Secretary-General appoints Jean Arnault as his personal envoy on Afghanistan
The United Nations Secretary-General on Wednesday announced the appointment of seasoned mediator Jean Arnault as his new Personal Envoy on Afghanistan and Regional Issues, reflecting the Organization’s continued commitment to the…
Rights experts demand Iran release academic ‘nearing death’ in solitary confinement
United Nations independent human rights experts on Thursday called on Iran to immediately release Iranian-Swedish academic Ahmadreza Djalali, reported to be in a “near death” condition after months of prolonged solitary confinement.…
Libya arms embargo ‘totally ineffective’: UN expert panel
An arms embargo imposed on Libya by the Security Council in 2011 remains “totally ineffective” a UN Panel of Experts has said, adding that civilians, including migrants and asylum seekers, continue to suffer widespread rights…
UNICEF condemns ‘horrific killings’ of civilians in Niger
The recent “horrific killings” of dozens of civilians in two villages in western Niger have been condemned in the strongest terms by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
Unidentified armed groups…
5-magnitude quake shakes southeast Iran
An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale shook Faryab County of Kerman Province in South East of Iran, IRNA news reported,
According to the Seismological Center of the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University, the earthquake…
ISIS leader in Syria calls on al-Qaeda elements to fight in Marib
Abdullah al-Muhaysini, goes by the name of “Abu Kadi”, a senior leader in al-Qaeda’s Syrian-based Nusra Front, renewed his call for supporters in the terrorist organizations in Syria backed by the Turkish army, to fight in Marib city, in…
Telegraph: Yemeni child dies every 75 seconds
A Yemeni child dies every 75 seconds as the repercussions of the war in Yemen, which is now experiencing “the biggest famine in modern history,” are worsening, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
David Beasley,…
American occupation forces continue to steal Syrian wheat
The American occupation forces continued to steal the Syrian wheat grain from the Al-Jazeera region where it took out 21 trucks loaded with wheat on Wednesday from silos of the village of Tal Alo in Al-Yarubiyah district in the eastern…
US-led coalition reveals causes of explosions at Ain al-Assad Base
A US coalition source revealed the fact that the Ain al-Assad base in western Iraq was targeted by missiles.
The source said in a statement to media: “The reports that The Ain al-Assad base was targeted by missiles are not…