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  "id": 17392523,
  "title": "US and Russia block competing UN resolutions on Western Sahara",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/us-and-russia-block-competing-un-resolutions-on-western-sahara",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T11:19:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RFI English",
    "slug": "rfi-english",
    "url": "https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20261031-us-and-russia-block-competing-united-nations-resolutions-on-western-sahara-minurso"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The mandate for a UN-led peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara is set to end on Saturday after Russia and the United States vetoes each other's draft resolutions on extending the 35-year-old mission for another year.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Rival US and Russia resolutions on disputed Western Sahara are defeated in UN Security Council",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/rival-us-and-russia-resolutions-on-disputed-western-sahara-are",
        "published": "2026-10-30T21:48:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "UN peacekeeping mandate in Western Sahara set to lapse",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/un-peacekeeping-mandate-in-western-sahara-set-to-lapse",
        "published": "2026-10-31T01:13:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "UN peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara to expire amid US, Russia vetoes",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/un-peacekeeping-mission-in-western-sahara-to-expire-amid-us-russia",
        "published": "2026-10-31T04:24:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Rival US and Russian resolutions on Western Sahara fail at UN",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/rival-us-and-russian-resolutions-on-western-sahara-fail-at-un",
        "published": "2026-10-31T09:35:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "UN Western Sahara peacekeeping mission left in limbo after US-Russia veto standoff",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/un-western-sahara-peacekeeping-mission-left-in-limbo-after-us-russia",
        "published": "2026-10-31T11:51:10.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}