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Syria Raps UNHRC’s Anti-Iran Resolution

TEHRAN ‘Nov’29 2022 – The foreign minister of Syria slammed the UN Human Rights Council’s recent resolution against Iran as a proof that the West abuses the international mechanisms to fulfill its political objectives. Faisal al-Mekdad made the remark in a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian on …

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Iran Biggest Victim of Chemical Weapons: Envoy

TEHRAN ‘Nov 29 2022 – Describing Iran as the biggest victim of systematic use of chemical weapons, a deputy foreign minister said the Islamic Republic will neither forgive nor forget those who perpetrated and supported this crime. Addressing the 27th Conference of States Parties (CSP-27) Organization for the Prohibition of …

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Somali forces battle anti-Shia in hotel siege

29-11-2022 MOGADISHU: Somali forces are battling to regain control of a hotel seized by anti-Shia militants in the centre of the capital, Mogadishu, on Sunday evening. At least four people have been killed and dozens more injured in the siege which has lasted more than 12 hours. Witnesses have told …

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China protests spread, clashes with police in Shanghai

29-11-2022 BEIJING/ SHANGHAI: Hundreds of demonstrators and police have clashed in Shanghai as protests over China’s severe COVID-19 restrictions continued into a third day and spread to several other cities. The latest demonstrations, unprecedented in mainland China since President Xi Jinping took power a decade ago began after 10 people …

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Iran rejects UN investigation into protests

29-11-2022 TEHRAN/ UNITED NATIONS: Iran has said it will not cooperate with a United Nations fact-finding mission on its response to ongoing anti-government demonstrations due to what it calls the investigation’s “political” nature. Tehran will have “no form of cooperation with this political committee which has been framed as a …

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UN warns key warming threshold slipping from sight

28-11-2022 UNITED NATIONS: There is “no credible pathway” to keep the rise in global temperatures below the key threshold of 1.5C, according to a bleak new UN assessment. Scientists believe that going beyond 1.5C would see dangerous impacts for people all over the world. The report says that since COP26 …

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Ethiopia: Tigray after peace deal

28-11-2022 MEKELLE/ ADDIS ABABA: Before the war came to Tigray, it used to be a ritual to greet the morning by looking up to the perennial clear blue sky over this northern province of Ethiopia. Dr. Kibrom Gebreselassie, the chief executive director of the Ayder Referral Hospital in the capital …

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