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Germany: Shootings at Two Bars Leave Eight Dead
Two shootings in Germany have killed at least eight people and injured five others, with an unknown number of attackers still at large, police and media said.
The shootings late Wednesday targeted two shisha bars in Hanau, about 20…
Amnesty International Accuses UAE of Continuing to Suppress Freedoms, Torture and Espionage Crimes
Amnesty International's report, released on Tuesday, on human rights situation in the Middle East and North Africa region during 2019, accused the rulers of Abu Dhabi of widespread human rights violations in the UAE and Yemen.
The report…
Bernie Sanders Calls Saudi Arabia’s Rulers ’Murderous Thugs’
Senator Bernie Sanders, the Democratic front-runner for US President, lambasted Saudi Arabia's leadership during a town hall meeting on CNN, reaffirming his promise to pursue a more even-handed foreign policy in the Middle East. "For years,…
At Stockholm road safety summit, UN officials join global call to end ‘scourge’ of preventable…
Road traffic accidents take some 1.35 million lives every year and cost most countries three per cent of their gross domestic product, the top UN health official said on Wednesday as the Third Global Ministerial Conference On Road…
‘Not a single country’ does enough to help children flourish, say health experts
The world’s survival depends on children being able to flourish, but no country is doing enough to give them a sustainable future, dozens of highly respected international health experts said on Wednesday.…
Millions of children and families in Niger struggle as humanitarian needs mount – UNICEF
Malnutrition, disease, floods, droughts and displacement in Niger have put nearly three million people, more than half of them children, in need of humanitarian assistance, UNICEF said on Wednesday, calling for increased attention…
Amid ‘devastating scale’ of suffering in Syria’s north-west, UN Security Council urged to find…
With progress stalled on both the peace and political fronts in Syria, UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen urged ambassadors in the Security Council on Wednesday to “put their weight” into finding a solution to end nearly nine years of …
Yemen: Recent uptick in fighting contradicts desire for peace
A recent escalation in fighting between warring parties in Yemen contradicts their stated desire to peacefully end nearly five years of conflict, UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths said in a briefing to the Security Council on…
‘Working night and day’, UN health agency seeks to prevent global coronavirus crisis
As COVID-19, also known as coronavirus, continues to spread, the head of the United Nations health agency said that there is still a chance to prevent a broader global crisis.
Tedros Adhanom…
Guterres ‘deeply concerned’ over deadly assault in north-west Cameroon
The United Nations Secretary-General has extended his deepest condolences to the families of those killed in an attack on a village in north-west Cameroon.
Almost two dozen villagers, including 15…