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Progressive International Calls on Biden to End Illegal US Sanctions Responsible for 'Untold Death and Devastation'
An Iranian citizen reads a newspaper in Tehran following U.S. President Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 election, which many hope will lead to a restoration of the 2015 nuclear deal and a lifting of economic sanctions. (Photo: Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
UN Experts Urge US to Respond to Capitol Attack With 'Renewed Commitment to Peaceful Pluralism,' Strengthened Democracy
Kenny Stancil, staff writer
Supporters of President Donald Trump rampage through the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. (Photo: Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images)
"We maintain our hope that the U.S. democracy will emerge strengthened from this crisis without damage to its institutions."
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'Famine Not Seen in 40 Years': UN Warns Pompeo Decision in Yemen Could Lead to Hundreds of Thousands—If Not Millions—Dead
Kenny Stancil, staff writer
A malnourished child receives medical treatment at Al-Sabeen hospital in Sanaa, Yemen on December 13, 2020. (Photo: Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua via Getty Images)
"It literally is going to be a death sentence," said the World Food Programme...
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UN Rights Chief Says US Coup Effort Result of 'Deliberate Distortion of Facts, and Incitement to Violence' by Trump and GOP
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet wearing a protective face mask gestures prior to a press conference on December 9, 2020 in Geneva.
The new statement comes amid demands for President Donald Trump's impeachment...
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U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Kelly Craft on Thursday explained the Trump administration's decision to oppose the the United Nations budget for 2021. (Photo: Ambassador Kelly Craft/Twitter)
In Potential Final Protest Targeting UN, Trump Administration—Joined by Just Israel—Votes Against 2021 Budget
Two children eat a food supplement at a government clinic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Photo: Prinsloo/UNICEF)
Faced With Concurrent Crises, UNICEF Warns Millions of Children Threatened by 'Looming Famine'
UN Experts Condemn Trump's Pardon of Blackwater Contractors as 'Affront to Justice'
A study published last year by Amnesty International found that the U.S.-led bombing campaign on Raqqa, Syria in 2017 killed an estimated 1,600 innocent civilians while leveling the city. (Photo: Amnesty International)</p>
UN Human Rights Expert Urges US to Lift Sanctions That 'May Exacerbate the Already Dire Humanitarian Situation in Syria'
Calling Covid-19 Crisis a 'Wake-Up Call,' WHO Experts Warn Next Pandemic Could Be Even Worse
A Houthi rebel looks out at damage caused by a Saudi-led airstrike in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on July 3, 2015. (Photo: Mohammed Huwais/AFP/Getty Images)
Experts on Military-Industrial Complex Blast Trump Plan to Sell Nearly $500 Million in Bombs to Saudi Regime
Survivors of the 2007 Nisour Square massacre survey its aftermath on September 16, 2007. (Photo: Ali Yussef/AFP/Getty Images)
Senior UN Human Rights Official 'Deeply Concerned' by Trump's Pardons for Mercenaries Who Massacred 17 Iraqi Civilians
Nils Melzer, the top United Nations anti-torture official, is urging President Donald Trump to pardon Julian Assange. (Photo: Prachatai/Flickr Creative Commons)
Top UN Anti-Torture Official Urges Trump to Send Message of 'Justice, Truth, and Humanity' by Pardoning Julian Assange
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, locusts move through the Arabian Peninsula in Dhamar, Yemen on June 7, 2020. (Photo: Mohammed Hamoud/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
UN Warns New Wave of Locust Swarms Threatens Food Security of Millions in East Africa
Coastal vegetation is seen burning close to the beach on December 7, 2020 in Fraser Island, Australia, also known as K'gari. (Photo: Greg Nature Slade/Getty Images)
'Can Anybody Still Deny That We Are Facing a Dramatic Emergency?' Asks UN Chief at Climate Summit
Moroccan women in Rabat on November 29, 2020 protesting the impending normalization of diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel. (Photo: Jalal Morchidi/Andalou Agency via Getty Images)
Trump Deal to Trade Occupied Western Sahara for Morocco Normalizing Ties With Israel Denounced Worldwide
Participants attend Earth Hour 2018 in front of the Brandenburg Gate on March 24, 2018 in Berlin.
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