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  8,000 displaced in Yemen conflict: UN

  World | September 05, 2014 7:18 IST

  United Nations: At least 8,000 Yemenis have been displaced due to a recent conflict in the Arab country, a UN spokesman said on Thursday."The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says that fighting

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  UN says Gaza destruction 'unprecedented'

  World | September 03, 2014 8:31 IST

  United Nations: The recent conflict in the Gaza Strip has caused "unprecedented" destruction, leaving hundreds of thousands people homeless, the UN said on Tuesday, quoting the latest assessment after the ceasefire."Organisations on the ground report

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  UN delivers food to Gaza via Egyptian crossing

  World | August 28, 2014 7:45 IST

  United Nations: For the first time in seven years, a humanitarian convoy of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) successfully crossed from Egypt into the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, a spokesman said here.After a

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  UN chief asks India-Pak to resolve issues through dialogue

  World | August 26, 2014 8:51 IST

  United Nations:  UN chief Ban Ki-moon has asked India and Pakistan to resolve their issues peacefully and through dialogue, against the backdrop of cancellation of foreign-secretary level talks between the two nations and continued ceasefire

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  Nearly 200,000 killed since start of Syrian crisis: UN

  World | August 23, 2014 8:10 IST

  United Nations: The UN high commissioner for human rights, Navi Pillay, Friday said that more than 191,000 people have been killed in Syria between March 2011 and April 2014, saying that the ongoing fighting there

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  2,240 Ebola cases in West Africa: UN

  World | August 20, 2014 9:12 IST

  United Nations: The number of Ebola cases in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone, has reached 2,240 and a total of 1,229 deaths were also registered, UN spokesman Steaphane Dujarric said here Tuesday."WHO is working

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  UN helps India, Nepal in landslide rescue operations

  World | August 05, 2014 8:47 IST

  United Nations: The United Nations and its partners are supporting the governments of India and Nepal in search-and-rescue operations and providing assistance to thousands of people displaced due to landslides triggered by monsoonal rains in

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  Children in Gaza left in ice cream freezers as morgues run out of space

  World | August 04, 2014 17:04 IST

  New Delhi: Even as the UN expressed outrage after another deadly strike on one of its schools on Sunday, pictures tweeted by doctors and journalists from Gaza, showing bodies of children in ice cream freezers

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  1,700 killed in Iraq violence in July: UN

  World | August 01, 2014 19:07 IST

  Baghdad:  At least 1,737 Iraqis were killed, and 1,978 others injured in terrorist attacks and violence in July, according to a statement issued Friday by the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).The statement said that

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  UN, US announce 72-hour ceasefire in Gaza

  World | August 01, 2014 7:00 IST

  United Nations: The United Nations and United States announced that Israel and Hamas had agreed to a “unconditional humanitarian ceasefire” in Gaza for a period of 72 hours starting today, allowing both sides to negotiate

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  Jayalalithaa urges PM to give visa to UN team

  India | July 24, 2014 23:21 IST

  Chennai: Expressing surprise over reports indicating denial of visa by the Centre to a United Nations team probing human rights violations in Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to

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  India home to one in every three child brides in world: UN

  World | July 22, 2014 9:01 IST

  United Nations: India has the sixth highest prevalence of child marriage in the world with one in every three child bride living in India, a United Nations report said.Child marriage among girls is most common

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  UN concerned about deteriorating situation in Yemen

  World | July 12, 2014 11:30 IST

  Sanaa:  The UN Security Council has expressed concern over the deteriorating situation in northern Yemen, calling for implementing the existing ceasefire agreements."The members of the Security Council have demanded that all armed groups and other

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  UN calls for peace in Gaza

  World | July 10, 2014 10:59 IST

  United Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders to restore peace in the violence-hit Gaza region, media reported on Thursday.Ban on Wednesday said that he was alarmed by the new wave of

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  Palestinian president seeks UN probe into Israeli crimes

  World | July 07, 2014 7:05 IST

  Ramallah: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Sunday asked the UN to form an international fact-finding committee to investigate what he described as ongoing Israeli violations against the Palestinians. Abbas's comments came after his meeting in the

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  100,000 sheltering in UN Mission's bases in South Sudan

  World | July 04, 2014 11:50 IST

  United Nations: The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has reported that nearly 100,000 people are seeking protection in its bases across the country, and the number is likely to remain high, a spokesperson said

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  UN pledges to help Kenya combat terrorism

  World | June 28, 2014 21:43 IST

  Nairobi: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday said the world body is determined to work with the Kenyan government in combating terrorism."It is my hope that under President Kenyatta's leadership, Kenya will enjoy prosperity, peace,

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  Iraq PM warns against exploiting militant offensive

  National | June 26, 2014 12:05 IST

  Baghdad: Beleaguered Iraqi premier Nuri al-Maliki warned rivals today against exploiting a Sunni militant onslaught for political gain and insisted that any new government must be based on an election he won.  His remarks came

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  Palestine to approach UN to stop Israeli crackdown

  World | June 22, 2014 22:38 IST

  Ramallah: The Palestinian leadership plans to approach the United Nations Security Council in a bid to stop Israel's offensive against the Palestinian territories, that surged following the disappearance of three Israeli teenagers June 12 near

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  Morocco honoured for 'remarkable progress' in fighting hunger and malnutrition

  World | June 17, 2014 14:36 IST

  Rome: The UN Food and Agriculture Organization has awarded Morocco, along with China and Chile, a prize in recognition for its "remarkable progress" in fighting hunger, the Moroccan news agency MAP reported.The prize was handed