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Iran's leaders use executions as ‘political tool’ to keep power, UN hears
Charges criminalise everything from 'corruption on earth' to 'armed rebellion' and 'waging war on God'
Afghans face hunger crisis two months after Taliban takeover
Hardliners say they will pay labourers in wheat to stave off worsening food shortages
Corrupt politicians and Hezbollah terror cells tied to region’s drug epidemic, says UN
Increasingly sophisticated network of labs producing pills in Syria, UN experts tell 'The National'
Syria reform talks a ‘big disappointment’, says UN envoy
Expectations were low for latest round of talks on reforming war-torn country's government
UN criticises ‘unacceptable’ migrant crisis in Libya after roundup
More than 120 Gambians were flown home, but many more refugees are camped outside UN hub in Tripoli
UAE advocates more women leading UN peacekeeping missions
UAE ambassador to the UN Lana Nusseibeh says it is time to ‘turbocharge’ hiring women
World is failing women activists, Jordanian trailblazer says at UN debut
Former adviser to King Abdullah II is now one of the highest-ranking officials from the Arab world in the UN system
UN Security Council censures Houthis as Marib battle intensifies
Iran-backed rebels criticised by top global body for attacks on Saudi Arabia and urged to return to talks
Israel talks up ‘paradise’ of climate co-operation with UAE and others
Normalising Arab-Israeli ties are enabling startups and technology sharing in a drought-prone region
UN aims to vaccinate 40% of humanity against Covid-19 by year's end
G20 members need to help raise $8 billion to get jabs into arms when they meet in Italy this month
UN appoints Sahara envoy after two-year delay
Staffan de Mistura brings more than four decades of experience in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and beyond
UN chief admonishes Ethiopia for expelling staffers during famine
With 7 million people starving, Ethiopia needs all available UN aid officials on the ground
Migrants and refugees beaten, killed and tortured in Tripoli roundup
A blitz of more than 5,000 arrests has tripled the Libyan capital’s detainee population, says MSF
New UN special envoy visits Yemen as Houthis push towards Marib
Hans Grundberg focused on ending conflict in first visit to interim capital Aden
UN in ‘race against time’ to avert famine in Taliban-run Afghanistan
Donors cut funding after extremists took power, stoking fears of widespread famine
