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Iran’s Foreign Minister, in his address at the emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), described the catastrophic situation in Gaza, stressing that “Gaza cannot wait—now is the time for action.” ...

1.4 million refugees set to need urgent resettlement in 2020: UNHCR

More than 1.4 million displaced people in over 60 refugee hosting countries will need resettlement next year, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Monday, while also supporting a call for far greater protection for vulnerable LGBTI individuals seeki...

US sanctions disrupting Iran’s services to refugees, official

Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said the economic sanctions imposed by the US against the Islamic Republic are hampering its efforts to serve refugees and asylum seekers.

Israel arrests Palestinian minister of Al-Quds affairs

Israeli regime forces arrested Palestinian Minister of Jerusalem al-Quds Affairs Fadi al-Hadmi during a raid on his home in the occupied city.

Iran condemns US’ use of sanctions, pressures instead of diplomacy

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi lashed out at Washington for using sanctions and economic terrorism instead of diplomacy, reiterating that Tehran will welcome diplomacy with diplomacy and reject talks under pressures.

Any peace plan for Israel and Palestine will fail without framework of international law: UN expert

The international community must insist that any proposal for an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestine and the just and durable settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has to be firmly anchored in human rights and international law, a UN ...

leader dismisses US offer of talks with Iran as mere ‘deception’

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has dismissed America’s claim about seeking talks with Tehran as a “deception,” saying such an offer is merely aimed at stripping the Iranian nation of its “elements of power.”

EU environmental experts visit areas prone to dust storms in Khuzestan province

A four-member team of European experts has visited areas in southwestern Iranian province of Khuzestan, which are prone to creating dust storms.

INSTEX without capital is like a beautiful car without fuel: Iran

Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations called on Saturday the European payment mechanism for trade with Iran, INSTEX, “a beautiful car without fuel”, saying it’s not enough at this stage.

Saudi religious thinkerfaces execution: HRW

Saudi prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against a Saudi religious reformist thinker on a host of vague charges relating to his peaceful religious ideas, Human Rights Watch said.

UN warns of telecom blackout cover for Myanmar military abuses

Myanmar's army may be committing serious human rights violations under cover of a mobile phone blackout in parts of Rakhine and Chin states in the west of the country, Yanghee Lee, UN special rapporteur on Myanmar, said on Monday.