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  • High Commissioner urges Human Rights Council to 'rekindle spirit, impulse vitality' of Universal Declaration

    Date: 2023-03-06 16:46:53 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:68 - ID:10052657

    GENEVA, March 6 (MENA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk called on all countries participating in the 52nd session of the Human Rights Council to take tangible measures to end extremist discrimination. Turk said ''Human rights is ....

  • AP: Biden reelection bid faces resistance from some Democrats

    Date: 2023-03-06 09:47:31 GMT - USA - World - SN:24 - ID:10051777

    WASHINGTON, March 6 (MENA) - The Associated Press said in a report on Monday US President Joe Biden's re-election for a second presidential term was rejected by some democrats over many controversial issues, including his age. Democrats across ....

  • Only ceasefire can put end to conflict in Ukraine: Hungarian FM

    Date: 2023-03-06 07:57:18 GMT - Hungary - World - SN:17 - ID:10051549

    BUDAPEST, March 6 (MENA) - The solutions that Europe is trying to find in order to resolve the crisis in Ukraine are not working, and the conflict could only be ended through a ceasefire, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in an ....

  • 9 policemen killed, 11 others wounded in suicide blast in southwest Pakistan

    Date: 2023-03-06 07:47:33 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:12 - ID:10051530

    ISLAMABAD, March 6 (MENA ) - At least nine personnel of the Balochistan Constabulary (BC) were martyred and 13 were wounded in a bomb attack in Bolan on Monday, police said. Kachhi Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Mahmood Notezai confirmed ....

  • Russian military death toll in Ukraine rises to about 153,770 troops

    Date: 2023-03-06 06:56:51 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:6 - ID:10051439

    KYIV, March 6 (MENA) - Russia has already lost about 153,770 troops in Ukraine (+650 over the past day). The relevant statement was made by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent ....

  • UN member states finally agree "historical" treaty to protect high seas: Macron

    Date: 2023-03-05 19:16:17 GMT - France - World - SN:52 - ID:10051104

    PARIS, March 5 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron has welcomed an international treaty agreed yesterday by UN member states to protect the high seas. "We left no stone unturned to reach this agreement," Macron said in a tweet on Sunday, ....

  • Russian Foreign Ministry: US model of 'isolating' Russia has failed

    Date: 2023-03-05 18:37:48 GMT - Russia - World - SN:51 - ID:10051075

    MOSCOW, March 5 (MENA) – The United States has found itself a hostage to its own model of 'isolation' of Russia, TASS News Agency quoted Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying on Sunday. "We want nothing from the ....

  • India summons Swiss envoy over "anti-India" posters in Geneva

    Date: 2023-03-05 18:07:13 GMT - India - World - SN:49 - ID:10051032

    NEW DELHI, March 5 (MENA) - India on Sunday summoned the Swiss ambassador and lodged a protest over the issue of "malicious anti-India" posters in front of the UN building in Geneva, official sources said. The Swiss diplomat conveyed to the ....

  • UN plane carrying relief aid for quake victims arrives at Damascus airport

    Date: 2023-03-05 09:22:03 GMT - Syria - World - SN:17 - ID:10050018

    DAMASCUS, March 5 (MENA) - A UN plane, carrying relief material for those affected by the recent earthquake that hit the country arrived Sunday at Damascus International Airport, Syrian News Agency (SANA) reported. United Nations’ High ....

  • Ukraine Army eliminates about 153,120 enemy

    Date: 2023-03-05 08:21:24 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:14 - ID:10049943

    KIEV, March 5 (MENA) - Russia has already lost about 153,120 troops in Ukraine over the past day, according to a relevant statement made by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook Sunday. Between February 24, 2022 and March ....

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