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Syrian Journalist’s Murder Denounced by UN Agency

December 22, 2015December 24, 2015 RMN News ISIL, Journalist, Murder, Syrian, UN

The United Nations agency responsible for defending the freedom of the media denounced Monday the murder of a Syrian journalist

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Children play as a donkey cart passes destroyed buildings in the Al-Ora's neighbourhood of Zinjibar, Yemen. Photo: UNHCR / A. Al-Sharif

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Yemen: 200 Civilians Died in a Week

May 13, 2015May 14, 2015 RMN News Civilians, Human Rights, UN, Yemen

Nearly 200 civilians have died in Yemen in the past week, as the country has seen its deadliest period of

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin in Moscow to mark 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe. UN Photo / Eskinder Debebe

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UN Chief Meets President Putin in Russia

May 11, 2015May 13, 2015 RMN News Ban Ki-moon, Moscow, Putin, Russia, Ukraine, UN, Vladimir Putin

The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in Russia for ‘Victory Day’ marking 70 years since the end of the Second World

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre left) and Sam Kutesa (centre right), President of the General Assembly, cut the ribbon at the unveiling ceremony of “The Ark of Return,” the Permanent Memorial to honour the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

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UN Unveils Memorial to Victims of Slave Trade

March 26, 2015March 27, 2015 RMN News Ban Ki-moon, Memorial, Slave, Trade, UN

United Nations (UN) officials welcomed Wednesday the unveiling at the world body’s New York Headquarters of a permanent memorial to

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ISIS Terrorists Damage Cultural Heritage Sites in Iraq

March 8, 2015March 9, 2015 RMN News Cultural, Daesh, Heritage, Iraq, ISIS, Terrorists, UNESCO

By Rakesh Raman A day after demolishing the ancient Assyrian city Nimrud near Mosul in Iraq, the ISIS (Islamic State

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UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova. UN Photo / Devra Berkowitz

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UNESCO Chief Condemns the Killing of Journalists

February 3, 2015February 4, 2015 RMN News ISIL, ISIS, Journalists, UNESCO

The head of the United Nations agency mandated to defend press freedom denounced the assassination of Moisés Sánchez Cerezo, a

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