Prince Zeid bin Ra’ad

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UAE Slams Al-Jazeera For Anti-Semitism, Inciting Hate

A top UAE official on Wednesday accused Qatari broadcast giant Al-Jazeera of anti-Semitism, discrimination and inciting...

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UN Rights Chief Urges Justice and Healing After Mosul

UN rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein called Tuesday for accountability and dialogue to heal the trauma of Mosul after...

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Up To 100,000 Civilians Trapped In Syria’s Raqa

As many as 100,000 civilians are trapped in Syria's Raqa, as US-backed fighters battle to retake the city from the...

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UN To Send Experts To Probe DR Congo Violence

The UN Human Rights Council on Friday decided to send a group of experts to the Democratic Republic of Congo to help...

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Govt-Backed DR Congo Militia Shot Babies, Hacked Toddlers

The UN accused DR Congo on Tuesday of backing a militia that has mutilated toddlers and hacked pregnant women in the...

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‘Thousands Dead’ In Violence

More than 3,300 people have been killed in the violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Kasai region since last...

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UN Rights Chief ‘alarmed’ By Impact of Gulf Crisis

The UN human rights chief said Wednesday he was alarmed by the possible impact of the diplomatic isolation of Qatar,...

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UN Rights Chief ‘alarmed’ By Impact of Gulf Crisis

The UN human rights chief said Wednesday he was alarmed by the possible impact of the diplomatic isolation of Qatar,...

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UN Experts’ Murder Trial Resumes In DR Congo

A Democratic Republic of Congo military court held a second day of hearings Monday in the trial of a man and a teenager...

International

Congo Fighting Keeps 150,000 Children From School

Tens of thousands of children in central Democratic Republic of Congo can’t go to school because of the violence...

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UN Reports Fresh IS Killings, Air Strike Deaths In Mosul

The UN rights office said Thursday it has credible reports that the Islamic State group has killed more than 230...

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DR Congo Snubs UN Warning On Probe Into Kasai Violence

DR Congo authorities on Thursday rebuffed a UN warning to launch an international probe into violence in the central...

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Get Abusive Regimes Off UN Rights Council

US envoy Nikki Haley on Tuesday urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to throw out abusive regimes and end what...

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UN Threatens DR Congo With International Probe

The UN rights chief on Tuesday gave Kinshasa a two-day deadline to show it is seriously investigating violence in the...

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UN Accuses IS of Executing 163 Civilians In Mosul On June 1

The United Nations human rights chief on Tuesday accused the Islamic State group of murdering 163 civilians to prevent...

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UN Urges Anti-IS Coalition To Protect Civilians

The UN on Friday urged all nations bombing jihadist targets in Syria to better distinguish between civilian and...

Sports

UN Condemns Italy FA Over Racist Attack On Sulley Muntari

The United Nations' top human rights official has hailed Pescara's Ghanaian midfielder Sulley Muntari as an...

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UN Rights Chief Urges Ethiopia To Free Prisoners After Protests

Ethiopia should rein in a controversial anti-terrorism law and release prisoners, the UN human rights chief said...

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UN Top Human Rights Official Hails Sulley Muntari For Leaving Pitch In Racism Protest

Sulley Muntari left the pitch in protest after being booked for complaining about racism The United Nations' top human...