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- Yemeni Mother of Dying 2-Year-Old Child Is Denied U.S. Entry
- OPEC Prices Downed
- General Assembly Adopts Resolution Urging Russian Federation to Withdraw Its Armed Forces from Crimea, Expressing Grave Concern about Rising Military Presence
- Divisions among Security Council Members Continue to Impede Work of Sanctions Committees, Other Subsidiary Bodies, Chairs Stress in Annual Briefing
- General Assembly Endorses Landmark Global Compact on Refugees, Adopting 53 Third Committee Resolutions, 6 Decisions Covering Range of Human Rights
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Yemeni Mother of Dying 2-Year-Old Child Is Denied U.S. Entry
December 18, 2018The Trump administration is barring the Yemeni mother of a 2-year-old boy with a rare brain disease from visiting her dying son in California one last time. Doctors have put Abdullah Hassan on life support and say the boy will …
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OPEC Prices Downed
December 18, 2018Baghdad – The price of OPEC basket of fifteen crudes stood at $58.24 a barrel on Monday, compared with $59.07 the previous Friday, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations.
The OPEC Reference Basket of Crudes (ORB) is made up of the …
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General Assembly Adopts Resolution Urging Russian Federation to Withdraw Its Armed Forces from Crimea, Expressing Grave Concern about Rising Military Presence
December 18, 2018The General Assembly today adopted a resolution urging the Russian Federation to withdraw its military forces from Crimea and end its temporary occupation of Ukraine’s territory without delay, but rejected an amendment that would have called on both sides to …
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Divisions among Security Council Members Continue to Impede Work of Sanctions Committees, Other Subsidiary Bodies, Chairs Stress in Annual Briefing
December 18, 2018Against the backdrop of increasingly complex and evolving threats to global peace and security, divisions within the Security Council – including between its five permanent and 10 elected members – continue to hamstring the work of the committees and working …
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General Assembly Endorses Landmark Global Compact on Refugees, Adopting 53 Third Committee Resolutions, 6 Decisions Covering Range of Human Rights
December 18, 2018The General Assembly endorsed the Global Compact on Refugees today — an historic agreement aiming to forge a stronger and fairer response to refugee movements — as it adopted 53 resolutions and 6 decisions recommended by its Third Committee (Social, …
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Sun’allah Says Disruption of Production at Al Sharara Was Forcible
December 18, 2018Tripoli-The Libyan National Oil Company NOC has announced force Majeure of operations at the Al Sharara Oil fields. The Chairman of the Board of NOC Mustafa Sun’allah has said that disruption of production at the fields was forcibly done by …
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EU Decides to Expand Authorization of its Mission for Border Control in Libya
December 18, 2018Brussels-The EU Ministerial Council has decided to expand authorization of its mission for bolder control in Libya, to help combat crime and trafficking. The decision, according to the Council, was in response to requests by the Libyan authorities, and was …
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Chairman of General Board of Culture Meets Saudi Minister of Information
December 18, 2018Riyadh-The Chairman of the General Board of Culture yesterday met the Saudi Minister of Information Awad Bin Saleh, on the sidelines of the event during which Riyadh was selected as the capital of Arab Information for 2018/2019. The meeting discussed …
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