The country, commonly known as North Korea, attempted to fire off its first military reconnaissance satellite…
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WMO warned on Tuesday that glaciers and ice sheet melt in Greenland and Antarctica accounts for some…
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UN rights experts ‘deeply alarmed’ at continuing executions of Iran protesters
by gulftimesby gulftimesThe Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran, said in a statement that the executions on Friday of Majid Kazemi,…
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“Because, in what is a deeply troubled country – grappling with humanitarian catastrophe, climate related disasters,…
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UN rights expert exposes $1 billion ‘death trade’ in arms for Myanmar military
by gulftimesby gulftimesThe report states that some “UN Member States are enabling this trade” through a combination of…
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Dozens feared dead in Myanmar as Cyclone Mocha creates ‘nightmare scenario’
by gulftimesby gulftimesWith coastal winds recorded at up to 250 kilometers per hour making landfall off the Bay…
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OCHA said that communities there had spent the day cleaning up, and counting the cost of the storm,…
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UN agencies brace for disaster as Cyclone Mocha intensifies in Bay of Bengal
by gulftimesby gulftimesThe very severe cyclonic storm is quickly strengthening in the Bay of Bengal, threatening the region…
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Afghanistan: Rights experts alarmed over Taliban use of ‘brutal’ punishments
by gulftimesby gulftimesThe urgent call from the ten Special Rapporteurs and members of the Working Group on discrimination…
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The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) sounded the alarm on Wednesday after locusts were spotted…