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Mar- 2025 -5 MarchEurope
Ireland Moves to End UN Veto on Troop Deployment
Dublin plans to scrap a mechanism preventing the overseas deployment of Irish military peacekeepers without a UN green light.
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Feb- 2025 -27 FebruaryMiddle East
UN Rejects ‘Annexation’ Proposals for Palestinian Territories
The UN rights chief on Wednesday rejected as "unlawful" proposals for the annexation of or forced transfer from Palestinian territories, warning they posed a threat to the entire region.
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27 FebruaryMiddle East
Iran Significantly Increased Stocks of Highly Enriched Uranium: IAEA
Iran has significantly increased its stockpile of highly enriched uranium in recent months, according to a confidential report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) seen by AFP on Wednesday.
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26 FebruaryAmericas
‘Extreme Brutality’: UN, Aid Groups Warn Haiti Unrest Soaring
Haiti has seen a "wave of extreme brutality" in recent weeks, with numerous killings and thousands forced to flee their homes, a consortium of UN agencies, NGOs, and donors is warning.
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22 FebruaryAfrica
M23 Pushes Deeper in East DRC, UN Urges Rwanda Forces to Leave
M23 fighters advanced on several fronts in DR Congo's east Friday as the UN Security Council called on Rwanda to stop backing the group.
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22 FebruaryEurope
US Proposes Ukraine UN Text Omitting Mention of Occupied Territory: Diplomats
The United States proposed Friday a United Nations resolution on the Ukraine conflict that omitted any mention of Kyiv's occupied territory.
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21 FebruaryAfrica
Burundi Forces Flee DR Congo as Conflict Sparks Refugee Wave
Burundi has "accelerated" the withdrawal of some troops from DR Congo, a senior military source told AFP Thursday, as the UN warned the small Great Lakes nation was seeing its biggest influx of refugees from its conflict-riven neighbor in 25 years.
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18 FebruaryWar
UN Peacekeepers Report Deadly Clashes in South Sudan
The United Nations on Tuesday reported deadly clashes in northern South Sudan which killed civilians and left a peacekeeper wounded.
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18 FebruaryEurope
Fishing Trawlers, Not Sabotage, Behind Most Undersea Cable Damage: UN
Much has been written about suspected sabotage of undersea cables in the Baltic Sea, but the UN says fishing trawlers are causing the most damage by far, rather than spies.
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18 FebruaryAfrica
DR Congo Denounces UN ‘Inaction’ Over M23 Capture of Bukavu
The Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday criticized the "inaction" of the UN Security Council in the wake of the M23 armed group seizing the city of Bukavu, according to a letter seen by AFP.
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