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UNITED NATIONS, Mar 25 (APP): A UN human rights expert has called on the international community to hold an “emergency” summit of all the stakeholders in Myanmar, including the parliamentarians, who were democratically elected prior to February’s military coup.

Tom Andrews, the Special Rapporteur investigating human rights in Myanmar, in a statement on Thursday warned that the “pace and scope” of the international response to the military coup in the southeast Asian nation “is falling short of what is required to head off a deepening crisis”.

(Reuters) - Crude oil producers from Europe, Africa and the United States faced difficulties selling to Asia, especially China, as buyers took cheaper oil from storage while refinery maintenance has reduced demand, industry sources said on Thursday.

Chinese independent refiners, which account for a fifth of the country’s imports, have slowed imports in the second quarter because of refinery maintenance, strong Brent prices and a large influx of supplies, including Iranian oil, in first quarter.

NEW YORK, March 24 (Xinhua) -- The total number of COVID-19 cases in the United States topped 30 million on Wednesday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.

U.S. COVID-19 case count rose to 30,001,245, with a total of 545,053 deaths, as of 6:27 p.m. local time (2227 GMT), according to the CSSE tally.

NEW YORK, March 24. /TASS/: The latest steps by the US Joe Biden-led administration, which have caused soaring tensions in relations with Russia and China, may be Washington’s attempt to distract attention from domestic problems, Political Science and International Relations Professor Andrei Korobkov, of the Middle Tennessee State University, has told TASS.

UNITED NATIONS, March 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations, United States, Russia and the European Union met virtually on Tuesday to discuss relaunching their long-stalled effort to get Israel and the Palestinians to negotiate a two-state solution to their decades-old conflict.

A brief statement from the four mediators, known as the Quartet, said envoys discussed returning “to meaningful negotiations that will lead to a two-state solution, including tangible steps to advance freedom, security and prosperity for Palestinians and Israelis, which is important in its own right”.

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 23 (APP): Women have been “systematically excluded” from coronavirus government task forces globally and make up less than a quarter of those running pandemic response teams, the UN said in a new report.

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 23 (NNN-SPA) – UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, yesterday, welcomed the Saudi Arabia initiative, to end the conflict in Yemen, his spokesman said.

“We welcome today’s (Monday’s) announcement, by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, of its intention to undertake a number of measures to help end the conflict in Yemen, which align with UN’s initiative,” said Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for Guterres.

(Reuters) - Investigators in a criminal probe of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s real-estate business are combing through millions of pages of newly acquired records with an eye toward identifying witnesses who can bring the documents to life for a jury, say two people familiar with the probe.

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 21 (APP): The conflict in Yemen continues to exact a devastating toll on children, with at least eight killed and a further 33 injured in attacks since the beginning of March, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Saturday.

According to the UN agency, the incidents occurred as conflict intensified along active frontlines in Taizz and Al Hudaydah governorates. Injuries were also confirmed in Al Bayda, Al Dhale’e, Ibb and Marib governorates.

UNITED NATIONS, March 20 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations (UN) on Saturday voiced concern over Turkey's withdrawal from the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence, otherwise known as the Istanbul Convention.