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U.N. aims to end child deaths from pneumonia, severe diarrhea

August 24, 2021 at 2:25 a.m.

GENEVA (Reuters) - Child deaths from pneumonia and severe diarrhea, mainly among the poor in Africa and South Asia, could be virtually eliminated by 2025 under an "integrated" strategy that...

U.N. aims to end child deaths from pneumonia, severe diarrhea

May 13, 2019 at 11:35 p.m.

GENEVA (Reuters) - Child deaths from pneumonia and severe diarrhea, mainly among the poor in Africa and South Asia, could be virtually eliminated by 2025 under an "integrated" strategy that...

U.N. investigators get another year to probe Syria abuses

August 24, 2021 at 1:23 a.m.

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations gave its investigators another year to gather evidence of war crimes in Syria on Friday, saying they had already found horrifying first-hand accounts of...

U.N. starts inquiry into torture, labor camps in North Korea

August 24, 2021 at 1:19 a.m.

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations launched an investigation on Thursday into what it said were widespread and systematic human rights violations in North Korea, some of which "may amount...

U.N. presses Sri Lanka to pursue wartime crimes

August 24, 2021 at 1:20 a.m.

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations urged Sri Lanka in a resolution on Thursday to carry out credible investigations into killings and disappearances during its nearly 30-year civil war, especially...

Agencies warn of global TB “powder keg”, funding gap

August 24, 2021 at 1:11 a.m.

LONDON/GENEVA (Reuters) - Deadly strains of tuberculosis that are resistant to multiple drugs are spreading around the world, and authorities urgently need another $1.6 billion a year to tackle them,...

Agencies warn of global TB “powder keg”, funding gap

May 13, 2019 at 11:30 p.m.

LONDON/GENEVA (Reuters) - Deadly strains of tuberculosis that are resistant to multiple drugs are spreading around the world, and authorities urgently need another $1.6 billion a year to tackle them,...

West aims to sabotage Iran vote: Tehran rights official

August 24, 2021 at 12:58 a.m.

GENEVA (Reuters) - Western powers are trying to sabotage Iran's presidential election in June but the vote will go ahead and offer a fair choice between reformists and conservatives, a...

Iran crackdown jeopardizes fair election: U.N. rights envoy

August 24, 2021 at 12:51 a.m.

GENEVA (Reuters) - Iran's silencing of journalists and opposition leaders could jeopardize the legitimacy of the presidential election in June, a United Nations human rights investigator said on Tuesday. Ahmed...

Deadly abuses intensify in Syria as war worsens: U.N.

August 24, 2021 at 12:48 a.m.

GENEVA (Reuters) - The Syrian government has stepped up indiscriminate, heavy bombardments of cities while rebels are executing prisoners condemned in their own makeshift courts without due process, U.N. investigators...

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