Landslide at Malaysian constructions site leaves three dead, search and rescue continues
Oct 21, 2017, at 08:38 pm
George Town (Malaysia), Oct 21 (IBNS): A landslide at a construction site in Penang, Malaysia, has left three people dead and 11 missing, according to media reports on Saturday.
Brazil police arrest at least 108 in child-sex crackdown
Oct 21, 2017, at 05:03 pm
Brasilia, Oct 21 (IBNS): The Brazilian police have arrested at least 108 people involved in child sex offences in a major crackdown, reports said.
Spain likely to impose direct rule over Catalonia
Oct 21, 2017, at 04:47 pm
Madrid, Oct 21 (IBNS): Spain is likely to impose a direct rule over the disputed Catalonia region, though a final verdict will be declared after Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy meets with his cabinet to discuss the issue.
Oct 21, 2017, at 09:42 am
New York, Oct 21(Just Earth News): Addressing the final event of this year’s Africa Week at the United Nations, General Assembly President Miroslav LajÄák on Friday highlighted the continent’s transformative changes driven by the African Union’s development agency.
UN rights experts urge Iran to immediately release British-Iranian citizen after fresh charges
Oct 21, 2017, at 09:40 am
New York, Oct 21(Just Earth News): United Nations human rights experts have appealed to Iran to immediately release a jailed British-Iranian citizen, who is now facing fresh charges, and expressed “grave†concerns for her welfare.
Cities and local policies key to overcome hunger, stresses head of UN agency
Oct 21, 2017, at 05:10 am
New York, Oct 20(Just Earth News): Highlighting the potential of cities to address malnutrition, the head of the United Nations food security agency has called for innovative partnerships between urban centres and wide range of stakeholders to overcome the challenge of food waste and to ensure a healthy and nutritious diet for all.
UN delivering coordinated humanitarian response in wake of Mogadishu bombings
Oct 20, 2017, at 06:11 pm
New York, Oct 20(Just Earth News): The United Nations family of agencies and programmes is continuing to roll out its response in support of the recovery and clean-up effort in Mogadishu following Saturday’s massive car bomb blast, which killed some 300 people, injured hundreds more, and is being called Somalia’s worst-ever such attack.
INTERVIEW: Hurricane-hit Caribbean nations can build back better, says UN development official
Oct 20, 2017, at 06:10 pm
New York, Oct 20(Just Earth News): Mere mention of the Caribbean conjures up images of pristine waters, beautiful beaches and fun in the sun. However, the images emanating from the region over the past couple of months have painted a very different picture.
Oct 20, 2017, at 06:07 pm
New York, Oct 20(Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights chief on Thursday called for spreading greater knowledge about human rights to its skeptics, rebuking perspectives that see global organizations and their international legal frameworks as part of a problem and not the solution.
Governments endorse UN-backed plan to tackle cancer, diabetes and other deadly diseases
Oct 20, 2017, at 06:04 pm
New York, Oct 20(Just Earth News): Global leaders have pledged to take bold action to reduce suffering from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), which include the world's leading killers – heart and lung diseases, cancers and diabetes – the United Nations health agency has reported.
Africa's rapid urbanization can drive industrialization, says new UN report
Oct 20, 2017, at 05:49 pm
New York, Oct 20(Just Earth News): A United Nations report out Thursday makes concrete recommendations on how the right African policy framework can harness the continent's rapid urban transition to drive industrial development.
Oct 20, 2017, at 05:48 pm
New York, Oct 20(Just Earth News): A senior United Nations human rights official has praised civil society for its role in standing up to the “backlash†against human rights.
#MeToo movement stems from impunity and culture of silence, senior UN official writes
Oct 20, 2017, at 05:45 pm
New York, Oct 20(Just Earth News): Casual indifference to sexual harassment is unacceptable, the head of the United Nations entity mandated to promote gender equality on Thursday said, urging women and men to change their response to acts of sexual aggression.
Oct 20, 2017, at 05:44 pm
New York, Oct 20(Just Earth News): Despite an increasingly complex global security environment and an unprecedented increase in direct attacks against the United Nations, the number of casualties among UN civilian personnel has declined, Secretary-General António Guterres has said.
Falling stone fragment kills Florence church tourist
Oct 20, 2017, at 04:40 pm
Florence, Oct 20 (IBNS): A Spanish citizen has been been killed in one of Florence's churches in Italy, after a stone fragment hit him.
Despite drop in under-five mortality rate, 7,000 newborns die every day – UN report
Oct 20, 2017, at 04:36 am
New York, Oct 19(Just Earth News): More must be done to stop babies from dying the day they are born, United Nations agencies said in a new report issued Thursday, which argued that life-saving know-how and technologies must be made readily available – particularly in Southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa – where they are most needed.
Watchful of the situation in Raqqa, Syria, UN chief urges need to revive political process
Oct 20, 2017, at 04:35 am
New York, Oct 19 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is urging all sides involved in the fight for Raqqa, Syria, to protect civilians, abide with international law, and allow humanitarian access to those in need.
The Tragically Hip's Gord Downie dies, Canadian PM condoles
Oct 19, 2017, at 08:05 pm
Toronto, Oct 19 (IBNS): The front man of Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip-Gord Downie- has passed away, media reports said on Thursday.
Iraq: Security Council voices concern over reported violence in Kirkuk
Oct 19, 2017, at 09:55 am
New York, Oct 19(Just Earth News): The Security Council on Wednesday expressed concern over recent reports of violence near the city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq.
Oct 19, 2017, at 09:53 am
New York, Oct 19(Just Earth News): A senior United Nations political affairs official on Wednesday highlighted at the Security Council some positive developments on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, particulalry on intra-Palestinian reconciliation efforts.
UN and partners launch campaign to tackle new fungus strain threatening world’s bananas
Oct 19, 2017, at 09:52 am
New York, Oct 19(Just Earth News): The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced on Wednesday that it is working with partners to help protect the world’s banana crops a new strain of fungus, known as Fusarium wilt TR4, which can last for years in the soil.
UN rights experts urge Iran to halt imminent execution of juvenile Amirhossein Pourjafar
Oct 19, 2017, at 09:51 am
New York, Oct 19(Just Earth News): United Nations human rights experts on Wednesday urgently appealed to Iran to halt tomorrow’s execution of Amirhossein Pourjafar, who was sentenced to death when he was 16 years old.
UNICEF and partner agencies in South Sudan help reunite 5,000 children with families
Oct 19, 2017, at 09:50 am
New York, Oct 19(Just Earth News): Since conflict broke out in South Sudan in 2013, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Save the Children and other partners have successfully reunited more than 5,000 children with their families.
UN chief announces trip to Central African Republic, where crisis is 'far from media spotlight'
Oct 19, 2017, at 09:48 am
New York, Oct 19(Just Earth News): Speaking to the press at United Nations Headquarters, in New York, Secretary-General António Guterres announced that he will be travelling to the Central African Republic early next week to draw attention to the fragile situation in the country “that is often far from the media spotlight.â€
Yemen: UNICEF warns conflict shutters one in 10 schools; teachers unpaid for a year
Oct 19, 2017, at 09:48 am
New York, Oct 19(Just Earth News): The conflict in Yemen – now into its third year – continues to take a toll on millions of children, with their education now under threat, adding to an already long list of bitter hardships including malnutrition, displacement and violence, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned.
Myanmar: Crimes against humanity terrorize and drive Rohingya out, says Amnesty International
Oct 18, 2017, at 11:36 pm
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IBNS): More than 530,000 Rohingya men, women and children have fled northern Rakhine State in terror in a matter of weeks amid the Myanmar security forces’ targeted campaign of widespread and systematic murder, rape and burning, Amnesty International said today in its most detailed analysis yet of the ongoing crisis.
Portugal wildfire leaves 41 dead and many injured, fans political blame too
Oct 18, 2017, at 06:43 pm
Lisbon, Oct 18 (IBNS): Rain and a decline in wind speed helped firefighters in Portugal and Spain to tame the deadly wild fire raging through parts of both countries, according to media reports on Wednesday.
Oct 18, 2017, at 09:51 am
New York, Oct 18(Just Earth News): A 10-day campaign launched by the Government of Nigeria will immunize nearly 874,000 people against yellow fever in the states of Kwara and Kogi, according to the United Nations health agency.
Libya: Smugglers holding refugees and migrants in deplorable conditions, say UN agencies
Oct 18, 2017, at 09:48 am
New York, Oct 18(Just Earth News): After weeks of conflict in western Libya, United Nations agencies have been working around the clock to meet the urgent needs of the more than 14,000 refugees and migrants who had been held captive in numerous locations in the coastal city of Sabratha – approximately 80 kilometres west of Tripoli.
UN report outlines path towards closing gender gap, realizing reproductive health rights
Oct 18, 2017, at 09:47 am
New York, Oct 18(Just Earth News): Vast inequalities threaten economies, communities and nations, trapping people in a cycle of poverty and marginalization, the United Nations said on Tuesday in a new report that outlines 10 actions countries can take on the path towards equality.