UN chief calls for ‘peaceful, orderly and credible’ elections in Myanmar
Nov 07, 2020, at 03:16 pm
New York: Ahead of elections in Myanmar on 8 November, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has stated his hope that the vote would help advance “inclusive sustainable development” across the country.
Aid agencies call for urgent action to prevent famine in hunger hotspots
Nov 07, 2020, at 03:00 pm
New York: People in four food insecurity “hotspots” inside Burkina Faso, northeastern Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen, need help urgently to avoid sliding into famine, UN humanitarians said on Friday.
Six humanitarians killed in ‘obscene’ attacks in one week
Nov 07, 2020, at 02:51 pm
New York: The UN’s top relief official has strongly condemned recent attacks on aid workers in different parts of the world, demanding that those who target humanitarians are brought to justice.
French police detain individual with cutter near school in Paris suburb: Minister
Nov 06, 2020, at 11:02 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: French law enforcement officers have taken into custody a suspicious individual with a cutter, who was yelling threats near a school in Seine-Saint-Denis department to the northeast of the French capital, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Friday.
Five injured in passenger train derailment in southern Spain: Reports
Nov 06, 2020, at 10:46 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: A passenger train partially derailed in Spain's autonomous community of Andalusia due to heavy rains, injuring five people, the media reported on Friday.
Protect Palestine olive harvest from settler violence, Israel urged
Nov 06, 2020, at 03:39 pm
New York: UN agencies, together with other international NGOs, are calling on Israel to better protect Palestinian farmers from violence by Israeli settlers, as they bring in their traditional olive harvest - crucial to livelihoods - and ensure families can access their land “freely and safely”.
Nov 06, 2020, at 03:36 pm
New York: Despite significant progress made in Bosnia and Herzegovina since the signing of a peace deal 25 years ago this month, some politicians continue to ignore “core European values” and even glorify war criminals, the international community’s High Representative for the country told the Security Council on Thursday.
UN rights experts call for release of Saudi activist championing women’s right to drive
Nov 06, 2020, at 03:30 pm
New York: The deteriorating health of Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain Al-Hathloul is “deeply alarming”, UN-appointed rights experts said on Wednesday, calling for her release along with “all other women human rights defenders in detention”.
Violence and bullying affect one in three students, education experts warn
Nov 06, 2020, at 03:26 pm
New York: Children face violence and bullying at school all over the world, with one in every three students subject to attacks at least once a month and one in 10, a victim of cyberbullying, the UN said on Thursday.
Dozens displaced in largest demolition in years in the West Bank, reports UN relief office
Nov 06, 2020, at 03:15 pm
New York: Seventy-three people, including 41 children have been displaced after Israeli authorities demolished their homes and other structures, and destroyed belongings in the Palestinian community of Humsa Al Bqai’a in the West Bank, the UN humanitarian wing has reported.
Police say arrested 104 participants of anti-lockdown protests in London
Nov 06, 2020, at 01:47 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The Metropolitan Police said 104 participants of the rally against the coronavirus-linked lockdown in London had been arrested over the breach of restrictions.
French court jails Algerian for life on terror plot, murder charges: Reports
Nov 06, 2020, at 01:07 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: A 29-year-old Algerian man was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for killing a woman and plotting a terror attack on a church in a Paris suburb in April 2015, media said.
Covid-19: Greece announces three-week nationwide lockdown
Nov 05, 2020, at 10:22 pm
Athens/UNI: Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos on Thursday announced a three-week nationawide lockdown because of the novel Coronavirus.
Belarus targets women human rights defenders after disputed August elections
Nov 04, 2020, at 03:57 pm
New York: Independent UN experts criticized Belarus on Tuesday for persecuting women human rights defenders, who have been involved in the mass protests underway in the country since August’s controversial presidential election.
‘Take urgent steps’ to calm intercommunal violence in Ethiopia: Guterres
Nov 04, 2020, at 03:51 pm
New York: Inclusive dialogue is crucial to diffuse tensions across Ethiopia, said the UN Secretary-General on Tuesday, following reports of dozens killed and injured during brutal attacks in the west of the country over the weekend.
South Sudan rape convictions reaffirm commitment to zero tolerance
Nov 04, 2020, at 03:46 pm
New York: The top UN official working to end rape during wartime said she was encouraged by recent “positive steps” taken by the South Sudanese army to bring perpetrators to justice, thereby underscoring the Government’s commitment to zero tolerance.
Nigerians need justice, UN rights experts say, in call for inquiry into protestor killings
Nov 04, 2020, at 03:41 pm
New York: The Nigerian Government must establish a credible, independent inquiry into the recent killing of at least 12 peaceful protestors by soldiers, a group of independent UN human rights experts said on Tuesday, as demonstrations against a discredited police unit continue across the country.
Côte d'Ivoire: UN reports 3,000 flee abroad amid electoral violence
Nov 04, 2020, at 03:38 pm
New York: Several thousand people have fled from election-related violence in Côte d'Ivoire to seek sanctuary in neighbouring Liberia, Ghana and Togo, fearing a repeat of the major conflict that followed the election in 2011, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Tuesday.
Terrorist threat in Switzerland high, no data about possible attacks: Intelligence Service
Nov 04, 2020, at 03:05 pm
Geneva/Sputnik: The terrorist threat in Switzerland remains high, but there is no information about impending attacks, Isabelle Graber, spokeswoman for the country's Federal Intelligence Service (FIS), told Sputnik.
UK increases terror threat level to 'severe' after attacks in France, Vienna
Nov 04, 2020, at 02:48 pm
London: The British government has upgraded the terrorism threat level of the country from "substantial" to "severe".
Two persons arrested in Switzerland in connection with terrorist attack in Vienna: Police
Nov 04, 2020, at 01:50 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Two persons were arrested in the Swiss canton of Zurich in connection with the terrorist attack in Vienna, the police of the city of Winterthur said.
Austrian Interior Minister confirms that 4 civilians died in Vienna attack
Nov 03, 2020, at 10:42 pm
Vienna/Sputnik: Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammer on Tuesday confirmed that four people died as a result of a terrorist attack in Vienna on Monday night.
Austria: 'Terror attack' in Vienna leaves three dead, 15 injured
Nov 03, 2020, at 05:47 pm
Vienna/IBNS: Shootings at multiple locations in the capital city of Austria, Vienna, left three people dead and 15 "severely injured" on Monday night.
Protect children and relief workers caught up in conflict, urges UN rights envoy
Nov 03, 2020, at 03:55 pm
New York: Indiscriminate attacks on education and health facilities during armed conflict is having a “dramatic impact” on children and humanitarian personnel, the UN envoy for Children and Armed Conflict said on Monday.
Member States urged to step up funding for UN peacebuilding initiatives
Nov 03, 2020, at 03:50 pm
New York: As the COVID-19 pandemic continues its relentless global assault, the UN Secretary-General has urged countries not to let up on their support for peace efforts in conflict-affected countries.
Death toll in Vienna shooting rises to two: Mayor
Nov 03, 2020, at 03:44 pm
Vienna/Sputnik: The death toll in the Vienna shooting has risen to two as a woman injured in the attack in the Austrian capital has died, city mayor Michael Ludwig said.
‘If we invest in health systems, we can bring this virus under control’: WHO chief
Nov 03, 2020, at 03:18 pm
New York: Health systems and global preparedness are not only an investment in the future but “the foundation of our response” to today’s COVID-19 health crisis, the head of the UN’s health agency said on Monday.
UN rights chief warns of possible war crimes in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Nov 03, 2020, at 03:08 pm
New York: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has warned of possible war crimes in the ongoing fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone.
Vast majority of crimes against journalists yet to be resolved: UNESCO
Nov 03, 2020, at 03:01 pm
New York: Even though 2020 saw a “slight decrease” in the rate of impunity for crimes against journalists, 87 per cent of such cases worldwide were still not resolved, UNESCO, the UN agency tasked with defending press freedom, has reported.
Philippines: Humanitarians respond as millions caught in wake of devastating ‘super typhoon’
Nov 03, 2020, at 02:46 pm
New York: UN agencies and humanitarian actors in the Philippines are mobilizing to support communities hit by super Typhoon Goni, which has barrelled across the country, leaving massive devastation in its wake.