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Tolerance key to tackling violent extremism: UN counter-terrorism chief
The head of the UN Counter-Terrorism Office (UNOCT) has highlighted the importance of tolerance in combating the “corrosive spread” of violent extremism.
Vladimir Voronkov was speaking in Abu Dhabi on…
Syria: Lack of consensus following face-to-face talks, underscores need for broader process
The second session of the Syrian Constitutional Committee, aiming to create a new post-war political road map for the country, failed to get off the ground due to lack of consensus over the agenda, the UN Special Envoy for the country…
Lesotho: Tens of thousands ‘one step away from famine’ as drought impacts harvests and UN launches…
Devastating drought in the southern African nation of Lesotho has left more than half a million people facing severe food shortages and tens of thousands “one step away from famine”, UN humanitarians said on Friday, in an appeal for…
Additional Emirati Troops, Modern Weapons, Military Machinery Arrive in Balhaf
Over the past two days, the UAE has pushed substantial reinforcements to the occupied Shabwa and Abyan governorates.
Military sources told Aden in agency that additional Emirati troops have arrived in Balhaf area in Shabwa governorate,…
Citizen Injured by Saudi Border Guards Fire in Sa’adah
A citizen was injured, Friday, by the Saudi border guards fire in the border district of Munabbih, Sa’adah Governorate.
On Thursday, populated villages in Razih border district were subjected to Saudi rocketry and artillery shelling,…
Saudi Missiles Target Several Areas, Sa’adah
Saudi missiles and artillery shells targeted on Thursday different areas of Sa’ada governorate.
Saudi missiles and artillery shells targeted populated villages in Razih district, damaging civilians’ houses and farms.
Border districts in…
Global Refugee Forum ends with hundreds of pledges
The first-ever Global Refugee Forum concluded in Geneva on Wednesday with more than 770 pledges of support, covering areas such as protection, employment, and education, for refugees and the communities which have taken them in.…
Low cost breast cancer medicine move good news for women: UN health agency
More women could soon have access to an affordable version of an expensive life-saving breast cancer treatment, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
The UN health agency has prequalified the…
UN health agency signals tobacco might be reaching burn-out among men
Two decades of increasing tobacco use around the world are set to go into reverse, UN health experts have predicted, after revealing data indicating that fewer men and boys are smoking than before.
“For…
World must ‘reboot’ approach to refugees, first UN Global Forum hears
The world needs to transform the way it responds to refugee situations and do more for the struggling countries that shelter almost all of them, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday, at a high-level forum seeking…