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Editor's note: Here is a fast take on what the international community has been up to this past week, as seen from the United Nations perch. Niger military refuses to hand back power West African regional group ECOWAS said Thursday it has activated its standby military force, after a deadline passed for Niger's military coup…

The UN Development Program (UNDP) in Yemen sparked anger among Yemeni governmental and human rights activists after handing over $750,000 worth of demining equipment and devices to the Houthis in al-Hodeida. Yemeni Information Minister Moammar al-Eryani expressed his surprise at the UN's behavior, describing it as an "unacceptable transgression of the facts on the ground, and disregard for the lives and pain of thousands of Houthi mine victims."

The UN said over 1 million barrels of oil have been removed from the tanker, off Yemen's Red Sea coast. For years, the UN and other organizations had sounded the alarm over the dangers surrounding the corroding vessel.

The offloading of oil from inside a decaying, 47-year-old crude oil tanker moored off the coast of Yemen was completed Friday to the praise of U.S. and international observers.

A United Nations operation to transfer more than 1 million barrels of oil from a decaying tanker into another ship off the coast of Yemen has been completed, officials said Friday, averting a catastrophic spill that could have devastated marine life and communities across the Red Sea.

The transfer of more than a million barrels of oil from an aging tanker moored off the coast of war-torn Yemen has been completed, avoiding an environmental disaster, the United Nations said Friday.

The offloading of oil from inside a decaying, 47-year-old crude oil tanker moored off the coast of Yemen was completed Friday to the praise of U.S. and international observers.

The transfer of more than a million barrels of oil from an aging tanker moored off the coast of war-torn Yemen has been completed, avoiding an environmental disaster, the United Nations said Friday.

How the U.S.-UK “special relationship” extends to hiding wealth.

Despite a plethora of measures taken to increase the headcount of Asiatic Cheetah, Iran continues to see a dip in the numbers of the world’s fastest land animal.