Nowhere is safe to hide in war-torn Yemen, say UN-appointed rights experts
Sep 04, 2019, at 05:43 pm
New York: The people of Yemen have been subject to “numerous” possible war crimes in recent years including forced recruitment of children and sexual abuse in detention, UN-appointed senior rights experts said on Tuesday, in an appeal to the international community to do more to end the conflict.
Sep 04, 2019, at 05:41 pm
New York: Nigeria is a pressure cooker of internal conflicts and generalized violence that must be addressed urgently, an independent United Nations expert said on Tuesday, following a fact-finding visit to the country.
Scottish court rules Jonson's decision to suspend parliament not illegitimate: Reports
Sep 04, 2019, at 05:35 pm
Moscow, Sep 4 (Sputnik/UNI) A judge of the court in Edinburgh, which has been leading the case of UK opposition lawmakers challenging the decision of Prime Minister Boris Johnson to suspend the parliament almost immediately prior to when the United Kingdom is due to leave the European Union, decided that the prorogation does not contradict the law, media reported on Wednesday.
Hong Kong stocks soar amid reports of formal withdrawal of extradition bill
Sep 04, 2019, at 05:15 pm
Moscow, Sep 4 (Sputnik/UNI) The Hong Kong stock market jumped Wednesday following reports that the region’s chief executive is expected to announce the formal withdrawal of the controversial extradition bill that has triggered massive protests in recent months.
Explosion at Donetsk coalmine leaves one person killed: DPR Coal Ministry
Sep 04, 2019, at 05:13 pm
Moscow, Sep 4 (Sputnik/UNI) An unidentified object has exploded on the territory of a coalmine in Donetsk, killing one person, the Coal Ministry of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) said on Wednesday.
Hong Kong leader agrees to declare scrapping of extradition bill
Sep 04, 2019, at 03:27 pm
Hong Kong City, Sept 4 (IBNS): Amid weeks of protests, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam is all set to formally withdraw on Wednesday afternoon the much-despised extradition bill, media reports said.
Somalia: Worst harvest since 2011, with more than 2 million expected to go hungry
Sep 04, 2019, at 10:20 am
New York, Sept 4 (IBNS): Somalia’s 2019 cereal harvest is the poorest the country has seen since 2011, when famine strained already scarce resources, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), announced on Tuesday, blaming unreliable weather patterns and “climatic shocks”.
UN experts decry torture of Rakhine men and boys held incommunicado by Myanmar’s military
Sep 04, 2019, at 10:06 am
New York, Sept 4 (IBNS): Allegations of torture and ill-treatment leading to the death of ethnic Rakhine men and boys being held in incommunicado detention by Myanmar’s military, has prompted three independent UN rights experts to call for an end to the practice and for “credible, independent” investigations.
UN ‘prioritizing needs’, ramping up aid, as Hurricane Dorian continues to batter the Bahamas
Sep 04, 2019, at 10:02 am
New York, Sept 4 (IBNS): Renewed warnings of deadly destruction in the Bahamas caused by Hurricane Dorian have been issued by UN agencies and partners, who said on Tuesday that they’re worried “for every single” person on two of the worst-hit Caribbean islands.
One killed, 11 injured in motorcycle explosion in North of Syria's Aleppo – Local Source
Sep 03, 2019, at 05:31 pm
Antakya, September 3 (Sputnik) One person was killed and 11 were injured in a motorcycle explosion in the city of Azaz north of Syria's Allepo, a local source told Sputnik on Tuesday.
Hong Kong police use tear gas to disperse protesters in Mong Kok district - Reports
Sep 03, 2019, at 10:10 am
Moscow, Sep 2 (Sputnik/UNI) Hong Kong police on Monday used tear gas to disperse protesters in the district of Mong Kok, media reported.
Sep 03, 2019, at 10:06 am
New York, Sept 3 (IBNS): United Nations leaders on Monday expressed solidarity with the people and Government of the Bahamas and all those impacted by Hurricane Dorian, the massive storm pummeling the region with high winds and torrential rainfall.
Hospitals among seven health centres attacked in Syria’s north-east
Sep 03, 2019, at 10:00 am
New York, Sept 3 (IBNS): Seven health centres in Syria’s north-west have been reportedly attacked in recent days and two of them have been destroyed, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
DR Congo President and UN chief meet at a ‘historic moment’ for democracy in the country
Sep 03, 2019, at 09:53 am
New York, Sept 3 (IBNS): On the third and final day of his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), UN chief António Guterres declared that the country is experiencing a historic moment, which could herald the development of democratic institutions.
‘These are very dark times for Yemen’: senior UN official on air strike mass casualties
Sep 03, 2019, at 09:49 am
New York, Sept 3 (IBNS): Lise Grande, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen, described Sunday’s deadly airstrikes in Dhamar City as a “horrific incident”, and the scale of the casualties, as “staggering”. “These are very dark times for Yemen,” said Ms. Grande. "There have been days of fighting and strikes in the south and hundreds of casualties”.
Sep 02, 2019, at 09:01 pm
Tashkent/New Delhi, Sep 2 (IBNS): Uzbekistan has entered a new stage of development, moving from national reconstruction to national progress said President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev while addressing the nation during the 28th Independence Day celebration on Sunday.
One officer, three terrorists killed in exchange of fire in Tunisia
Sep 02, 2019, at 06:35 pm
Tunis, Sep 2 (Xinhua/UNI) One National Guard officer and three terrorists were killed on Monday in exchange of fire in central west Tunisia, a regional security source told Xinhua.
Somalia says kills 9 al-Shabab militants
Sep 02, 2019, at 06:28 pm
Mogadishu, Sep 2 (Xinhua/UNI) The Somali military on Monday confirmed the killing of nine al-Shabab militants in an offensive on Sunday in southern Somalia.
Iraq: Military intelligence forces arrest two ISIS terrorists
Sep 02, 2019, at 04:45 pm
Mosul, Sept 2 (IBNS): Iraqi military intelligence forces on Sunday arrested two terrorists belonging to the Islamic State terror group at a security checkpoint in Mosul city, media reports said on Monday.
Hong Kong agitation: Students boycott class on first day
Sep 02, 2019, at 04:32 pm
Hong Kong City, Sept 2 (IBNS): As Hong Kong city witnessed another weekend of anti-Chinese government protests, school students on Monday joined the agitation, media reports said.
Over 80 dead in Saudi-led coalition airstrike on prison in Yemen - Red Crescent
Sep 02, 2019, at 08:51 am
Cairo, Sept 1 (Sputnik/UNI) At least 86 have died in an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition that hit a prison in the Yemeni Province of Damar, Ilyas Mania Maidama, a coordinator of the Yemeni Red Crescent told Sputnik on Sunday.
UN chief pays tribute to the courage of DR Congo citizens, and the sacrifice of blue helmets
Sep 02, 2019, at 08:29 am
New York, Sept 2 (IBNS): On the second day of his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres saluted the courage of the country’s citizens, as well as the sacrifice of the peacekeepers who have died serving them.
Boris warns rebel to back Brexit or face "chaos" with opposition leader
Sep 01, 2019, at 09:51 pm
London, Sep 1 (Xinhua/UNI) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday delivered an ultimatum to rebel Tories demanding them to pick a side between his government or face "chaos" with opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
Netanyahu promises to extend 'Jewish Sovereignty' to all Jewish settlements in West Bank
Sep 01, 2019, at 09:49 pm
Tel Aviv, Sep 1 (Sputnik/UNI) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday promised to extend "Jewish sovereignty" to all Jewish settlements located on the occupied Palestinian territories of the West Bank.
Hong Kong witnesses another weekend of anti-China protests
Sep 01, 2019, at 07:33 pm
Hong Kong City, Sept 1 (IBNS): The Hong Kong Police cracked down on thousands of protesters who defied ban to continue their agitation in the city on Sunday.
UN chief and senior officials show solidarity with DR Congo during three-day visit
Sep 01, 2019, at 04:14 pm
New York, Sept 1 (IBNS): United Nations chief António Guterres and senior members of the UN, have embarked on a three-day visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where civilians are facing insecurity and ongoing health crises, including a year-long Ebola epidemic which has claimed more than 2,000 lives.
Nearly thirty injured as huge screen collapses at rap concert in Germany
Sep 01, 2019, at 11:18 am
Berlin, Sept 1 (UNI) At least 28 people were injured after a huge screen collapsed at a rap concert in Western Germany's Essen city.
Six al-Shabab militants killed, 9 injured in southern Somali town
Aug 31, 2019, at 10:12 pm
Mogadishu, Aug 31 (Xinhua/UNI) Six al-Shabab militants were killed and nine others injured on Friday in a joint offensive by Somali army and Jubbaland state forces, a military official said on Saturday.
Aug 31, 2019, at 07:24 pm
New York, Aug 31 (IBNS): A criminal complaint filed on Friday in federal court in Brooklyn charged Awais Chudhary, 19, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Pakistan, with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
Activist Greta Thunberg gets preview of UNHQ ahead of climate summit
Aug 31, 2019, at 06:36 pm
New York, Aug 31 (IBNS): Two days after disembarking from her carbon-free yacht in New York, teen climate activist Greta Thunberg paid a visit to UN Headquarters on Friday, after joining participants of her global climate strike movement, Fridays for Future, at the Organization’s gates.