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UN slams Saudi Arabia for turning back oil tankers from Yemeni port
Islam World
July 30, 2017
UN slams Saudi Arabia for turning back oil tankers from Yemeni port
The United Nations has hit out at Saudi Arabia for preventing four oil tankers from reaching the Red Sea port…
UN: Yemen grappling with ‘vicious’ combination of worst crises
World
July 27, 2017
UN: Yemen grappling with ‘vicious’ combination of worst crises
The United Nations has warned that the catastrophic situation in Yemen is turning into a combination of the world’s worst…
UN condemns attacks on IDPs camps in Borno
World
July 26, 2017
UN condemns attacks on IDPs camps in Borno
The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has condemned the July 24 suicide attacks on two Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps near…
500 Iraqi children killed, injured in the first half of 2017
World
July 17, 2017
500 Iraqi children killed, injured in the first half of 2017
In the first six months of this year, more than 500 children were killed or wounded in clashes between security…
Myanmar’s army crackdown leaves Rohingya Muslims on brink of famine
World
July 16, 2017
Myanmar’s army crackdown leaves Rohingya Muslims on brink of famine
A military crackdown has left more than 220,000 Rohingya Muslims on the brink of starvation in Myanmar’s conflict-torn Rakhine state,…
Myanmar slammed for refusing visa to UN mission investigating abuse of Rohingya
World
July 13, 2017
Myanmar slammed for refusing visa to UN mission investigating abuse of Rohingya
A Human Rights Watch representative has criticized Myanmar for refusing to give visas to a UN team probing abuse of…
UN: Cholera may accelerate famine in Yemen as resources shift
World
July 13, 2017
UN: Cholera may accelerate famine in Yemen as resources shift
Yemen’s growing cholera epidemic may accelerate looming famine, as limited resources are shifted away from malnutrition and other programs to…
UN humanitarian coordinator: Famine threatens 95 districts in Yemen
World
July 10, 2017
UN humanitarian coordinator: Famine threatens 95 districts in Yemen
The United Nations humanitarian coordinator in Yemen, Jimmy McGoldrick, revealed that 95 districts in Yemen are threatened with famine. …
UN: Cholera outbreak in Yemen has spread and over 1,600 dead
Islam World
July 8, 2017
UN: Cholera outbreak in Yemen has spread and over 1,600 dead
The United Nations says the cholera outbreak in war-torn Yemen has now spread to all 21 governorates and there have…
Refugee influx to Europe hits 100,000 in 2017, says IOM
World
July 6, 2017
Refugee influx to Europe hits 100,000 in 2017, says IOM
Over 100,000 refugees have made the perilous Mediterranean crossing to Europe so far this year, figures by the United Nations…