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UNITED NATIONS, Feb 19 (NNN-SABA) – UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affair, Mark Lowcock, warned that, Yemen is speeding towards the worst famine the world has seen in decades.

Malnutrition rates are at record highs. Across Yemen, more than 16 million people are going hungry, including five million who are just one step away from famine, he told the Security Council in a briefing.

UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday asked for global action to stop "a senseless and suicidal war on nature" and address climate disruption, biodiversity loss and pollution.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday rescinded former president Donald Trump’s restoration of U.N. sanctions on Iran, an announcement that could help Washington move toward rejoining the 2015 nuclear agreement aimed at reining in the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program.

NEW YORK (AP) — As states lift mask rules and ease restrictions on restaurants and other businesses because of falling case numbers, public health officials say authorities are overlooking potentially more dangerous COVID-19 variants that are quietly spreading through the U.S.

Scientists widely agree that the U.S. simply doesn’t have enough of a handle on the variants to roll back public health measures and is at risk of fumbling yet another phase of the pandemic after letting the virus rage through the country over the last year and kill nearly 500,000 people.

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 18 (APP): The number of Syrians who lack access to sufficient food has reached a record 12.4 million, or nearly 60 per cent of the population, the World Food Programme (WFP) reported on Wednesday, citing “alarming” new national data.

Economic crisis, job losses stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, and soaring food prices have added to the plight of people who have been displaced and worn down by a decade of conflict, ythe Rome-based United Nations (UN) agency said.

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 17 (APP): Adding new permanent members to the UN Security Council will not make the 15-member body more representative, democratic and accountable, a top Pakistani diplomat said Tuesday, while advocating for expansion in the non-permanent category.

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 17 (NNN-XINHUA) – Top UN envoy for Iraq warned about the fragility of Iraq’s economy despite recent increases in oil revenues.

Iraq continues to experience acute financial and economic difficulties, as reflected by the exceptional devaluation of the Iraqi dinar by over 20 percent in late Dec, said Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, UN secretary-general’s special representative and head of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq.

NEW YORK (AP) — Acquitted by the Senate of inciting last month’s U.S. Capitol insurrection, former President Donald Trump faces more fallout from the unrest, including a lawsuit from a congressman Tuesday. But his biggest legal problems might be the ones that go much further back.

In one of what is expected to be many lawsuits over the deadly riot, Democratic U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson accused Trump of conspiring with far-right extremist groups that were involved in storming the Capitol.

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 15 (APP): Sixty-five journalists, media professionals and human rights defenders were killed in Afghanistan between January 1, 2018 and January 31, 2021, with 11 losing their lives since the start of peace negotiations last September, the United Nations Mission in Kabul said Monday.

“This trend, combined with the absence of claims of responsibility, has generated a climate of fear among the population”, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said in statement, announcing the findings from its latest report.

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 16 (APP): Noting that UN peacekeeping operations are currently not in a position to resolve conflicts, insurgencies and cross-border attacks, Pakistan Monday underscored the need for the Security Council to utilize its mechanisms to promote political solutions for establishing peace in troubled regions.