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UN human rights council to open office in Bangladesh

UN human rights council to open office in Bangladesh

Dhaka, Oct 30 (UNI) The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has decided to set up an office in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka to strengthen its activities in the South Asian country.
Bangladeshi interim government's Social Welfare Advisor Sharmeen S. Murshid said following a meeting with U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk in Dhaka Tuesday.
"It is a very important decision. The interim government agreed over establishment of the U.N. human rights office in Dhaka," the advisor said.

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Paris, Dec 6 (UNI) French President Emmanuel Macron said he will name a new prime minister "in the coming days", after Michel Barnier resigned following a no-confidence vote in parliament, media reports said on Friday.

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US threats of possible nuclear exchange cause concern: Lavrov

US threats of possible nuclear exchange cause concern: Lavrov

06 Dec 2024 | 10:05 AM

Washington, Dec 6 (UNI) US threats about the possibility of exchanging limited nuclear strikes are a cause for concern, while Western statements about Russia's lack of "red lines" and their shifting are a very serious mistake, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.

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Damascus, Dec 6 (UNI) More than 280,000 people have fled their homes due to the crisis in northwest Syria, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said.

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Undercover Israeli forces raid West Bank hospital, seize alleged militant from ICU

05 Dec 2024 | 11:30 PM

Jerusalem (Israel), Dec 5 (UNI) Israeli forces dressed in civilian clothes raided a hospital in the northern occupied West Bank on Wednesday night and detained an alleged Palestinian militant who had days earlier been injured in an Israeli airstrike that killed two Hamas members.

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Bangladesh recalls heads of its Kolkata, Agartala missions

05 Dec 2024 | 10:35 PM

Dhaka, Dec 5 (UNI) Bangladesh has urgently recalled the heads of its deputy high commission in Kolkata and the Assistant High Commission in Agartala, in the wake of the attack on the Agartala mission last week and the protest in front of the Kolkata mission, a media report said.

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