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Turkey-Syria offensive: Not our problem, says Donald Trump
President Donald Trump has said it is “not our problem” if Turkey enters Syria, calling the former US allies the Kurds “no angels”. The...
Oct 16, 20193 min read
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Turkey-Syria offensive: US sanctions Turkish ministries
The US has imposed sanctions on Turkish ministries and senior government officials in response to the country’s military offensive in...
Oct 15, 20193 min read
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Who are the Kurds, and why is Turkey attacking them in Syria?
The Turkish invasion of Kurdish-held territory in northern Syria has complicated an already chaotic war. What began eight years ago as a...
Oct 15, 20195 min read
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Turkey-Syria offensive: Kurds reach deal with Syrian army
The Kurds in Syria say the Syrian government has agreed to send its army to the northern border to try to halt Turkey’s offensive against...
Oct 14, 20192 min read
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‘Dangerous nationalism’ seriously threatens efforts to tackle statelessness: UNHCR chief
Hate speech and misguided nationalism present a serious threat to efforts to tackle statelessness, despite growing public awareness of...
Oct 8, 20193 min read
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UN and FIFA kick off healthy living campaign, to harness global game’s ‘huge potential’
At a ceremony held in Geneva on Friday, the World Health Organization (WHO) and football’s world governing body, FIFA, announced that...
Oct 4, 20192 min read
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Four police officers killed in Paris knife attack
A knife-wielding assailant has killed at least four police officers during an attack at the central police headquarters in the French...
Oct 3, 20192 min read
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US ex-cop Amber Guyger: sentenced to 10 years for murder
A US former police officer who shot dead her neighbour inside his own apartment in Dallas has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for...
Oct 3, 20192 min read
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‘Tenacious’ Kyrgyz lawyer and statelessness champion, wins prestigious UNHCR prize
A rights lawyer who took to horseback to help more than 10,000 stateless people gain nationality in Kyrgystan after the break-up of the...
Oct 3, 20192 min read
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Liberian President credits UN for ‘16 years of unbroken peace’, outlines plan to reduce poverty, boo
“After being devastated by a brutal civil conflict that lasted for 14 years, peace was restored and maintained by what was then the...
Sep 25, 20192 min read
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Newly-elected Nigerian UN General Assembly President pledges focus on ‘peace and prosperity’ for mos
The global reach of the United Nations makes it “the world’s best hope for peace and security, sustainable development and the promotion...
Sep 24, 20193 min read
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US President Trump says countries have ‘absolute right’ to protect their borders
The path to peace and a better world “begins at home,” United States President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, urging countries to look...
Sep 24, 20192 min read
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Saudi Arabia vows to respond to oil attacks with ‘necessary measures’
Saudi Arabia says it will respond with “necessary measures” to attacks on two oil facilities as it reiterated the accusation that Iran...
Sep 21, 20193 min read
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Israeli army fires into Lebanon after Hezbollah missile attack
Israel’s military said it has fired into southern Lebanon after a number of anti-tank missiles targeted an Israeli army base and vehicles...
Sep 1, 20192 min read
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Activist Greta Thunberg gets preview of UNHQ ahead of climate summit
Two days after disembarking from her carbon-free yacht in New York, teen climate activist Greta Thunberg paid a visit to UN Headquarters...
Aug 31, 20192 min read
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UN envoy tells Security Council, ‘Perseverance is key’ to Iraq’s future
Although Iraq is “hard at work building on progress made to date”, a top United Nations official told the Security Council on Wednesday...
Aug 28, 20193 min read
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President Trump is “unfit” Second Republican challenges Trump in 2020 White House race
Conservative radio show host and former lawmaker Joe Walsh has become the second man to challenge President Donald Trump for the...
Aug 26, 20191 min read
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North Korea launches two more ‘short-range ballistic missiles’ into sea
North Korea fired two suspected short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Saturday morning, South Korea’s military says. The launch...
Aug 24, 20192 min read
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Urgent need for ‘restraint and genuine dialogue’ in Middle East to avoid major confrontation
Briefing the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, the Chef de Cabinet of the Secretary-General, Maria Luiza Viotti, said...
Aug 21, 20192 min read
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‘Quash’ convictions and release women jailed for protesting against wearing veils in Iran, urge UN r
Source: UN News Decades-long prison sentences handed down to three women protesting the strictly enforced wearing of veils in Iran, have...
Aug 16, 20193 min read
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