King Charles III names son William, daughter-in-law Kate as Prince and Princess of Wales
Sep 10, 2022, at 05:27 am
London/IBNS: Britain's King Charles III on Friday bestowed the titles of Prince and Princess of Wales on his eldest son William and daughter-in-law Kate.
Sep 10, 2022, at 04:55 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Britain's King Charles III made his first address to the mourning nation on Friday following the demise of his mother and the country's longest-reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 96.
King Charles III to be proclaimed Britain's new monarch tomorrow, speech tonight
Sep 10, 2022, at 04:11 am
London/IBNS: King Charles III will make his first address at 10:30 pm IST Friday as Britain mourns the demise of its longest-reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth II who died on Thursday at the age of 96.
Sep 09, 2022, at 11:20 pm
New York: A large-scale influx of weapons to conflict-affected zones raises many concerns, including the potential for diversion, the UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, warned the Security Council on Thursday.
UN meeting upholds need to remember and support victims of terrorism
Sep 09, 2022, at 10:42 pm
New York: Advancing the rights and needs of people whose lives have been upended by terrorism is the goal of a two-day meeting that opened at United Nations Headquarters in New York on Thursday.
Sep 09, 2022, at 10:21 pm
New York: A new report has revealed how projects supported by a UN trust fund for victims of sexual exploitation and abuse by UN personnel are helping victims to regain their dignity, learn new skills, and improve their livelihoods while avoiding stigmatization.
Operation London Bridge comes into force after Queen's death: What do you need to know about it
Sep 09, 2022, at 09:46 pm
London: Queen Elizabeth II passed away on Thursday leading to the start of the 'Operation London Bridge', also known as by its code phrase 'London Bridge is Down', the plan outlining Britain’s next steps in the coming days.
Human development falling behind in ninety per cent of countries: UN report
Sep 09, 2022, at 09:02 pm
New York: The latest flagship UN report on human development, released on Thursday, warns that multiple crises are halting progress on human development, which is going backwards in the overwhelming majority of countries. Here are five things to look out for in the report.
Without investment, gender equality will take nearly 300 years: UN report
Sep 09, 2022, at 08:12 pm
New York: Achieving full gender equality, one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), could take close to 300 years if the current rate of progress continues, according to a report published on Wednesday by UN Women and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA).
Security Council hears top concerns of displacement, global security and civilians in Ukraine
Sep 09, 2022, at 07:50 pm
New York: As the war in Ukraine “continues to rage,” the UN political and peacebuilding chief updated the Security Council, saying on Wednesday that 5,718 people have been killed, including 372 children.
King Charles III: Britain gets new monarch
Sep 09, 2022, at 02:26 pm
London: Former Prince of Wales Charles became the new king of Britain as soon as Queen Elizabeth II died.
'London bridge is down': Code word for Queen Elizabeth's death
Sep 09, 2022, at 07:02 am
London/IBNS: Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-serving monarch, breathed her last on Thursday and as per leaked information the code word to declare her death was "London bridge is down".
Britain's longest reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth II dies at 96
Sep 09, 2022, at 04:46 am
London: Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-serving monarch, breathed her last on Thursday, the Royal Family confirmed in a tweet. She was 96.
UK: Queen Elizabeth under medical supervision, close family members gathering at her estate
Sep 09, 2022, at 02:54 am
London: British monarch Queen Elizabeth II, 96, has been placed under medical supervision after doctors evaluated her Thursday morning.
Ukraine: Guterres calls for ‘safety’ and ‘security’ of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
Sep 07, 2022, at 08:58 pm
New York: Briefing the Security Council on Tuesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres again underlined the need to de-escalate the situation around the embattled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.
Social contract needed to lift Asia and Pacific region’s workforce out of poverty
Sep 07, 2022, at 08:55 pm
New York: Denied decent work opportunities and highly vulnerable to systemic shocks such as pandemics or economic downturns, workers in Asia and the Pacific are under pressure, according to a report launched on Tuesday by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
Papua New Guinea: Conflict and election-related violence trigger wave of displacement
Sep 07, 2022, at 08:46 pm
New York: Following conflict and election-related violence in Papua New Guinea, more than 15,000 people have been internally displaced in Hela, Southern Highlands and Enga provinces, the International Organization for Migration´s (IOM) said on Tuesday.
Somalia: UN’s top humanitarian forum warns of ‘tipping point’ as famine risk rises
Sep 07, 2022, at 08:26 pm
New York: Somalia is at a “tipping point”, with hundreds of thousands of people at immediate risk of famine, the heads of the UN’s highest-level humanitarian coordination forum have warned.
Liz Truss rewards allies with cabinet roles
Sep 07, 2022, at 02:24 pm
London: Liz Truss has rewarded her key allies with top jobs in a major reshuffle hours after taking charge as the new UK prime minister.
Liz Truss appointed as UK PM after meeting Queen
Sep 07, 2022, at 12:05 am
London: Liz Truss became the new prime minister of the UK after meeting the Queen at Balmoral, where she was asked to form a government after the resignation of Boris Johnson.
Somalia receiving unprecedented levels of food aid, with ‘famine at the door’
Sep 06, 2022, at 10:44 pm
New York: As UN relief chief Martin Griffiths warned of an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe on Monday, the World Food Programme (WFP) announced that it is delivering more food aid to Somalia than ever before.
Execution of Gaza prisoners condemned by UN rights office
Sep 06, 2022, at 10:36 pm
New York: The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has condemned the execution of five prisoners by Hamas, the de facto authorities in Gaza, in a statement released on Monday.
'We now unite behind new PM, Liz Truss': Rishi Sunak after defeat in UK leadership race
Sep 06, 2022, at 03:15 am
London/IBNS: Rishi Sunak, who lost in the leadership contest to succeed Boris Johnson, asked the Conservative Party members to unite behind the newly-appointed British Prime Minister Liz Truss.
Liz Truss defeats Rishi Sunak to become UK's new PM
Sep 05, 2022, at 11:24 pm
London/IBNS/UNI: UK's current Foreign Secretary Liz Truss Monday defeated her nearest competitor Rishi Sunak in the Conservative Party leadership race to become the country's new Prime Minister, media reports said.
Israel: One civilian, six soldiers injured in bus attack
Sep 05, 2022, at 05:16 pm
Jerusalem/UNI: One soldier was seriously wounded, five other soldiers and one civilian were lightly wounded in an attack on a bus with passengers near the Jordan Valley in Israel, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said on Sunday.
Eight dead in Russia volcano climb
Sep 05, 2022, at 05:07 pm
Vladivostok/UNI: The death toll from a climbing accident at the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano in Russia's Kamchatka peninsula rose from six to eight after freezing winds halted a rescue attempt, TASS reported on Monday.
Four killed as private jet crashes over Baltic Sea
Sep 05, 2022, at 02:40 pm
Stockholm: All four onboard were believed to be killed when a private jet crashed into the Baltic Sea, according to media reports from both Sweden and Latvia.
Mikhail Gorbachev laid to rest in Moscow
Sep 04, 2022, at 08:34 pm
Moscow/UNI: The last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was buried at Moscow’s Novodevichy Cemetery on Saturday.
Ukraine: ‘Physical integrity’ of Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant ‘has been violated several times’
Sep 03, 2022, at 05:47 pm
New York: Further damage to the embattled Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine “cannot” be allowed to happen, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said.
World food prices drop for fifth consecutive month: FAO
Sep 03, 2022, at 05:26 pm
World food prices have fallen for a fifth consecutive month but are still nearly eight per cent higher than a year ago, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported on Friday.