Death toll in Indonesia quake rises to 30, about 25,000 flee home
Sep 29, 2019, at 10:40 am
Jakarta, Sep 29 (Xinhua) The number of casualties climbed to 30 with 156 others injured, while around 25,000 people took shelters, a senior disaster agency official said on Sunday after a 6.5-magnitude quake hit Indonesia's eastern Maluku province three days ago.
6.2 magnitude earthquake hits Philippines: EMSC
Sep 29, 2019, at 10:09 am
Moscow, Sep 29 (Sputnik): A magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit the Philippine island of Mindanao, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said Sunday.
Seven migrants drown off Moroccan coast
Sep 28, 2019, at 06:44 pm
Rabat, Sept 28 (Xinhua/UNI) Some seven Moroccan migrants have drowned after their boat sank off Morocco's coast on Saturday, local media reported.
Hong Kong Legislative Council orders staff evacuation amid protest rally near building
Sep 28, 2019, at 06:22 pm
Hong Kong, Sep 28 (Sputnik/UNI) The Hong Kong Legislative Council issued a red alert on Saturday to order immediate evacuation of its personnel from its compounds as protesters gathered near the building and attempted to storm the metal fence surrounding it.
Never invaded a single square of foreign territory or triggered a single war or conflict: China
Sep 28, 2019, at 02:24 pm
Beijing: China on Friday claimed that it has never provoked a "single war or conflict" or "invaded a single square" of foreign territory in a white paper issued in the run-up to the 70th anniversary of the formation of the People's Republic of China on Oct 1.
Sep 28, 2019, at 08:25 am
New York: The Vice-President of Venezuela on Friday criticized administrations which have recognized National Assembly president Juan Guaidó as leader of the South American country.
At UN Assembly, China says ‘it will not ever be cowered by threats’
Sep 28, 2019, at 07:59 am
New York: In his address to the UN General Assembly on Friday, the State Councilor and Foreign Minister of China declared that his country will not ever be cowered by threats or subdued by pressure, when facing the headwinds of protectionism.
Sep 28, 2019, at 07:50 am
New York: While crediting the United Nations for preventing ‘World War III’, the Foreign Minister of Russia lamented to the General Assembly on Friday that the number of conflicts on the planet has not declined, nor has enmity weakened.
Central African Republic: Three UN peacekeepers killed, fourth injured following helicopter crash
Sep 28, 2019, at 07:42 am
New York: Three peacekeepers were killed and a fourth was severely injured after a helicopter crashed on Friday morning local time, in the west of the Central African Republic, the UN mission to the country (MINUSCA) has confirmed.
Treat climate crisis with ‘greatest urgency’, Bahamas leader tells UN Assembly
Sep 28, 2019, at 07:34 am
New York: Hurricane Dorian, one of the most destructive Atlantic storms ever recorded, “is a generational tragedy” for The Bahamas, Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said on Friday.
Sudan at the start of ‘long road to recovery’, UN chief tells high-level meeting
Sep 28, 2019, at 07:08 am
New York: Sudan is now on the long road to socio-economic recovery, following the establishment of a civilian-led government, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told a high-level meeting on Friday, at UN Headquarters in New York.
‘We may be small islands, but no man is an island’, Papua New Guinea youth tells world leaders
Sep 28, 2019, at 06:57 am
New York: “All of us from small islands can relate to the word’s perception of us, as small islands”, but rather than treating them as distant vessels, imagine instead “an undivided Pacific, connected by an ocean highway.” That was the plea to world leaders from Vinzealhar Ainjo Kwangin Nen, on Friday, speaking on behalf of her generation, on the front line of climate change.
US airstrike kills 17 IS militants in southwestern Libya
Sep 28, 2019, at 06:22 am
Tripoli (Xinhua/UNI) The United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) on Friday said it carried out an airstrike that killed Islamic State (IS) militants in southwestern Libya, in coordination with the UN-backed government.
Russian court arrests 9 people for sponsoring IS terrorists in Syria, Iraq - Investigators
Sep 27, 2019, at 05:31 pm
Moscow, Sep 27 (Sputnik/UNI) A court in Moscow has arrested nine supporters of the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, banned in Russia) for sponsoring terrorists in Syria and Iraq, an aide to the head of the Russian Investigative Committee's Moscow department, Yulia Ivanova, said on Friday.
Sep 27, 2019, at 04:20 pm
New York: Somalia is “the perfect example of the success of the multilateral system,” President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed told the UN General Assembly on Thursday, while acknowledging that the Horn of Africa country still needed international and regional support and cooperation, particularly to deal with threats from Al-Shabab.
‘Terrorist Iranian regime’ must be checked; Saudi Foreign Minister urges financial pressure
Sep 27, 2019, at 04:18 pm
New York: The United Nations, and the world, have a moral responsibility “to apply utmost pressure with every tool available ... to end the terrorist and aggressive conduct of the Iranian regime,” Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister told the General Assembly on Thursday evening.
Iran cannot be allowed to develop nuclear weapons: Israeli Foreign Minister
Sep 27, 2019, at 04:16 pm
New York: The international community must join together to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, the Foreign Minister of Israel told the UN General Assembly on Thursday evening.
Sep 27, 2019, at 04:14 pm
New York: As a United Nations Member State more than two deacades, Thursday was the first time the Republic of North Macedonia addressed the General Assembly under its settled-upon name after “a 27-year-old difference with Greece”.
South Sudan ‘heading towards lasting peace and stability’, UN General Assembly told
Sep 27, 2019, at 04:10 pm
New York: Through the cooperation of the leaders of South Sudan, First Vice-President Taban Deng Gai on Thursday told the United Nations General Assembly that his country could become “a beacon of hope and peace”.
Nauru President warns of possible climate change ‘economic Armageddon’
Sep 27, 2019, at 04:08 pm
New York: Climate change is putting Pacific tuna fish stocks at risk, potentially creating an “economic Armageddon” for Nauru, President Lionel Aingimea warned the UN General Assembly on Thursday.
Mirrored classroom display highlights scale of massive education crisis
Sep 27, 2019, at 04:01 pm
New York: A non-profit dedicated to exposing the severity of the global education crisis has been inviting delegates to the UN General Assembly inside a tiny mirrored installation this week, to drive home the reality that around 260 million children are missing from classrooms around the world.
African cooperation on peace ‘increasingly strong’, Security Council told
Sep 27, 2019, at 03:57 pm
New York: African countries are building increasingly strong partnerships for advancing peace and security, as well as inclusive sustainable development across the continent, the Security Council heard on Thursday, during a briefing by the UN Secretary-General’s Chef de Cabinet, Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti.
Patriotism must have global dimension, says EU’s Donald Tusk
Sep 27, 2019, at 10:29 am
New York: The suggestion by some earlier this week at the UN that there is an immanent conflict between patriotism and globalism “is false and dangerous, even if it has many followers and powerful propagators,” European Council President said on Thursday.
DR Congo President outlines vision for a ‘more representative’ UN Security Council
Sep 27, 2019, at 10:23 am
New York: With Africa at the centre of many global challenges, it is time for the continent to have a seat in the UN Security Council, the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) told world leaders on Thursday.
Sep 27, 2019, at 10:18 am
New York: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday denounced what he called “arrogance and aggression” by the Israeli Government and called on the United Nations to push harder for the two-state solution to resolve the conflict.
Sep 27, 2019, at 10:11 am
New York: Progress made in reducing the danger posed by nuclear arsenals has not only come to a halt, “it is going in reverse”, and any use of a nuclear weapon in the future would ignite “a humanitarian catastrophe.”
UN chief sets out roadmap to ‘raise ambition’, fund sustainable development
Sep 27, 2019, at 10:06 am
New York: In his opening remarks to the High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development, held at UN headquarters in New York on Thursday, UN chief António Guterres outlined his roadmap for financing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the UN’s blueprint for the transition to a healthier planet and a fairer world.
Sep 27, 2019, at 09:59 am
New York: The past 45 years of “unacceptable status quo” has prevented lasting peace and stability in Cyprus, President Nicos Anastasiades told the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday.
UN shipping agency urges more women to climb aboard, fuel sustainable growth
Sep 27, 2019, at 09:52 am
New York: The historically male-dominated shipping industry should clear the decks for a new generation of women, whose empowerment would help fuel economic growth, and speed up the drive towards “safe, secure, clean and sustainable shipping”.
UN chief urges scaled up response for peace, across troubled Sahel’s region
Sep 26, 2019, at 04:08 pm
New York: Humanitarian and development responses for Mali and Africa’s wider Sahel region “are falling short”, and support must be scaled up to ensure a hopeful future for its people, the Secretary-General told world leaders at a special high level meeting inside UN Headquarters on Wednesday.