Islamic State kills 11 kidnapped in Syria: War monitor
Feb 13, 2023, at 04:14 am
Damascus: The Islamic State (IS) on Sunday killed 11 of the 75 people it kidnapped on Saturday in eastern Syria, a war monitor reported.
Feb 13, 2023, at 03:42 am
New York: With extremist groups expanding their reach, the international community cannot let up its guard against terrorism, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Sunday.
Turkey: UN relief chief meets families affected by devastating earthquake
Feb 13, 2023, at 03:16 am
New York: Humanitarians will launch appeals for Türkiye and Syria in the aftermath of the deadly earthquakes this week, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths said on Saturday.
Ukraine: Several regions issue air raid warnings
Feb 12, 2023, at 07:11 pm
Kyiv: Air raid sirens sounded in a number of Ukrainian regions late on Saturday night, according to air raid data from the country’s Ministry of Digital Transformation.
Russia, Saudi Arabia boost military cooperation
Feb 12, 2023, at 07:01 pm
Moscow: Russia and Saudi Arabia have stepped up efforts to expand military-technical cooperation amid Riyadh’s focus on diversifying defense capabilities, Russian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Sergei Kozlov told Sputnik.
Turkey quake: Two-month-old found alive in rubble after 128 hours
Feb 12, 2023, at 05:32 pm
Hatay/IBNS: Amid a huge number of deaths and massive destruction in Turkey, a miraculous rescue operation has emerged in which a two-month-old baby was brought out from under the rubble in Hatay.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrives in quake-hit Syria
Feb 12, 2023, at 03:46 pm
Cairo/UNI: Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived in Syria, five days after the country was rocked by powerful earthquakes, Syrian state news agency SANA reported.
Turkey earthquake leaves over 24,000 people dead, rescue ops continue
Feb 12, 2023, at 02:23 pm
Ankara/UNI: Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay Saturday late night said that at least 24,617 people were killed by two strong earthquakes that jolted the southern part of the country earlier this week.
Somali forces kill 117 al-Shabab militants
Feb 11, 2023, at 11:18 pm
Mogadishu: The Somali National Army (SNA) and Galmudug regional forces backed by international partners killed 117 al-Shabab militants in a fierce fighting in the central part of the country on Friday evening, a military official said.
New UN report warns of spike in gang attacks, ‘gross human rights abuses’ in Haiti
Feb 11, 2023, at 10:25 pm
New York: Extreme violence and gross human rights abuses, including mass incidents of murder, gang rape and sniper attacks, have sharply increased in Cité Soleil on the outskirts of the Haitian capital, said a UN report published on Friday.
More aid reaches Syria’s quake victims but it’s not enough, say UN aid agencies
Feb 11, 2023, at 08:43 pm
New York: A second UN aid convoy reached northwest Syria on Friday to help victims of the still-unfolding earthquake tragedy, but humanitarians have warned that far more lifesaving help is needed, and much more quickly.
United States: UN rights experts gravely concerned over ‘brutal deaths’ at hands of police
Feb 11, 2023, at 07:33 pm
New York: Independent UN human rights experts on Friday expressed grave concern over the deaths early last month of two young Black men in the United States, at the hands of police officers.
Rights expert urges Denmark and Greenland to examine colonial legacy’s impact
Feb 11, 2023, at 07:21 pm
New York: Denmark and Greenland must address the negative impact of a colonial legacy that has led to structural and systemic racial discrimination against the indigenous Inuit community, an independent expert appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said on Friday.
Blasts heard in Kharkiv region; air defense goes off in Kiev region: Reports
Feb 11, 2023, at 03:14 pm
Kiev: Explosions have occurred in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region following the wave of air raid warnings that were issued in multiple regions on Friday, Ukrainian media report.
One person killed in Ukraine's shelling of Melitopol: Authorities
Feb 11, 2023, at 02:37 pm
Kiev: At least one person died as a result of Ukrainian troops’ shelling of the city of Melitopol, Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the Zaporizhzhia regional administration, said.
ISIL terror threat still high and increasing in conflict zones, Security Council hears
Feb 10, 2023, at 09:10 pm
New York: Despite leadership losses and diminished cash reserves, the extremist group ISIL, or Da'esh, continues to pose a threat to international peace and security, the UN counter-terrorism chief warned on Thursday in New York.
Haiti: UNICEF reports nine-fold increase in violence targeting schools
Feb 10, 2023, at 09:05 pm
New York: Acts of armed violence targeting schools in Haiti have spiked nine-fold in one year amid rising insecurity and widespread unrest, UNICEF warned on Thursday.
Rights expert urges Italy to stop criminalizing activists saving migrant lives at sea
Feb 10, 2023, at 07:31 pm
New York: Activists working with sea-rescue charities in Italy should not be criminalized, a UN independent human rights expert said on Thursday, ahead of a trial against crew members from several non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
Earthquake disaster: ‘We must put people first’ urges Guterres in race to save lives
Feb 10, 2023, at 07:23 pm
New York: Now is the time to stand up for the people of Türkiye and Syria living in the region of the deadly earthquake disaster, said the UN chief on Thursday, and show them “the same kind of support and generosity” which they have displayed in recent years, aiding millions of refugees and displaced people fleeing conflict.
First UN aid convoy reaches Syria’s quake-hit northwest since disaster
Feb 10, 2023, at 07:16 pm
New York: As a UN aid convoy reached Syria on Thursday for the first time since devastating earthquakes cut off supply lines from Türkiye three days ago, UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, called for assurances that desperately needed assistance inside Syria would not be held up or “politicized”.
Continued urgent action needed to prevent food and nutrition crisis from worsening
Feb 10, 2023, at 07:11 pm
New York: As millions worldwide continue to go hungry, leaders of five international humanitarian, banking and trade organizations on Wednesday appealed for further urgent action to prevent the global food and nutrition crisis from worsening.
UN ‘blueprint’ to protect least developed nations amid global slowdown
Feb 10, 2023, at 06:58 pm
New York: The Doha action plan adopted last year, offers a “blueprint” to lift the world’s least developed nations out of poverty amid the ongoing global financial downturn, the UN General Assembly President said on Wednesday.
Turkey-Syria earthquakes: Death toll crosses 20,000, rescue workers still in search for survivors
Feb 10, 2023, at 06:29 pm
Ankara/IBNS/UNI: As rescue workers rummage through the rubble of collapsed buildings to search for survivors of the deadly earthquake in Turkey and Syria, the toll has crossed 20,000, four days since the natural disaster struck the region, according to official sources.
Over 50 foreign airlines flying to Moscow: Russian Transport Minister
Feb 10, 2023, at 05:07 pm
Moscow/UNI: More than 50 airline companies from 27 countries are currently operating flights to Moscow amid Western sanctions, Russian Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev said Thursday.
Turkey: Death toll in powerful earthquakes crosses 17,000
Feb 10, 2023, at 04:43 pm
Ankara/UNI: At least 17,674 people were killed and 72,879 others injured by two strong earthquakes that jolted southern Turkey earlier this week, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said.
Turkey: Earthquake death toll touches 17,600
Feb 10, 2023, at 02:15 pm
Istanbul: The death toll due to the earthquake which rocked Turkey has now crossed 17,600, officials said.
Turkey-Syria earthquake leaves over 17,500 people dead, rescue ops hampered amid bitter cold
Feb 10, 2023, at 02:56 am
Antakya/IBNS: As the rescue operation continues, the toll in the Turkey-Syria earthquake has surpassed 17,500 people, making the calamity one of the deadliest in decades.
Turkey earthquakes: Death toll surpasses 12,000
Feb 09, 2023, at 04:09 pm
Ankara/UNI: The number of people who died in powerful earthquakes in southern Turkey has surpassed 12,000, a government agency said on Thursday.
Feb 09, 2023, at 03:57 am
Istanbul/IBNS: Microblogging platform Twitter became inaccessible on major Turkish mobile providers on Wednesday amid an increased online criticism over the government's response to deadly earthquake that devastated the country this week.
Earthquake death toll crosses 11,000 in Turkey, Syria
Feb 08, 2023, at 10:58 pm
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday during his visit to the worst-hit region after a massive earthquake that the death toll in his country has surged to 8,574, bringing the total fatalities with neighboring Syria to over 11,000.