Jul 14, 2019, at 03:43 pm
New York, July 14 (IBNS): Access to education in Somaliland is extremely limited, with more than 50 per cent of children in Somaliland out of school. In an effort to address the problem, the UN children’s fund, UNICEF, has partnered with the government, and the global fund Education Cannot Wait, to launch a programme designed to help children affected by ongoing crises in the country.
Somalia: UN chief condemns terror attack in Kismayo
Jul 14, 2019, at 03:40 pm
New York, July 14 (IBNS): UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the terrorist attack that took place on July 12 in southern Somalia.
Kuwaiti ports authority says signed agreement with Navy to protect ports amid gulf tension
Jul 14, 2019, at 11:07 am
Moscow, Jul 14 (Sputnik) The Kuwaiti Port Authority (KPA) and Defense Ministry singed a cooperation protocol on measures for ensuring nationwide protection of the country's ports by Navy amid growing escalation in the Persian Gulf, the KPA Director General Yusuf Abdullah Sabah said on Saturday.
At least 26 killed, 56 others injured in hotel bombing in Somalia
Jul 13, 2019, at 06:22 pm
Mogadishu, Jul 13 (Xinhua/UNI) At least 26 people were killed and 56 others injured in a deadly terrorist attack in the southern Somalia port town of Kismayo on Friday evening, officials said on Saturday.
Nine IS militants killed in US led airstrike in northern Iraq
Jul 13, 2019, at 06:20 pm
Baghdad, Jul 13 (Xinhua/UNI) A total of nine Islamic State (IS) militants were killed on Saturday in an airstrike by US-led coalition in Iraq's northern province of Nineveh, the Iraqi military said.
Kismayo attack: 26 killed as gunmen target hotel
Jul 13, 2019, at 04:52 pm
Kismayo, July 13 (IBNS): Gunmen entered a hotel in Kismayo city of Somalia and killed at least 26 people, media reports saidon Saturday.
Jul 13, 2019, at 08:59 am
New York, July 13 (IBNS): The 41st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council ended on Friday with measures taken to address worrying developments in Eritrea, Syria and the Philippines, along with other issues of global concern, such as violence and discrimination against the LGBTI community.
Jul 13, 2019, at 08:54 am
New York, July 13 (IBNS): Determined children learning in classes without roofs, resilient women farming without tools or much land, and grateful people who survived a cyclone that destroyed their livelihoods; on his final day in Mozambique, UN chief António Guterres witnessed first-hand the inner strength and resilience of the storm-ravaged country's people.
Jul 13, 2019, at 08:39 am
New York, July 13 (IBNS): Citing climate change as being caused by “emissions accumulated throughout history”, the head of China’s Xiamen Airlines told the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in New York on Friday that heavy carbon dioxide emitters should “take on greater responsibility” to ameliorate the problem.
As monsoon rains pound Rohingya refugee camps, UN food relief agency steps up aid
Jul 13, 2019, at 08:33 am
New York, July 13 (IBNS): Since 4 July, heavy monsoon rains and wind have pounded the refugee camps in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar, with deaths, displacement and major damage following in their wake, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.
Jul 13, 2019, at 08:27 am
New York, July 13 (IBNS): “As a priority, we ask that 5,600 refugees and migrants currently held in centres across Libya be freed in an orderly manner and their protection guaranteed” the UN refugee and migrants chiefs said in a joint statement, released on Friday.
UN’s Guterres condemns ongoing airstrikes on Syria’s hospitals, medical workers
Jul 13, 2019, at 08:20 am
New York, July 13 (IBNS): Reports that airstrikes have hit several health facilities in north-west Syria have been strongly condemned by the UN Secretary-Gener
Somalia: Terrorists attack hotel in Kismayo, 10 killed
Jul 13, 2019, at 08:00 am
Kismayo, July 13 (IBNS): At least 10 people were killed as terrorists attacked a hotel in Somalia's port city of Kismayo on Friday, media reports said.
UK's outgoing PM announces new government body to tackle social injustice
Jul 12, 2019, at 08:39 pm
Moscow, July 12 (Sputnik): Outgoing UK Prime Minister Theresa May announced in a statement on Friday the creation of a new independent government body, the Office for Tackling Injustices (OfTI), that would use evidence-based data analysis to detect and describe discrimination of all sorts in society.
Tech giant Huawei confident of UK choosing its tech for 5G infrastructure
Jul 12, 2019, at 07:41 pm
Moscow, July 12 (Sputnik): Head of government affairs at Chinese tech giant Huawei, Victor Zhang, said he was confident that the United Kingdom would allow the company's equipment for the future development of 5G infrastructure in the country.
Following discussions of possible US sanctions against Russia's state debt: Kremlin
Jul 12, 2019, at 04:47 pm
Moscow, July 12 (Sputnik): The Kremlin is closely following the discussion of possible US sanctions against Russia's state debt, but notes that the draft law still has to go through many stages, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday.
Battery fire sparks evacuation of Sydney Airport int'l terminal
Jul 10, 2019, at 06:14 pm
Sydney, Jul 10 (Xinhua/UNI) The international terminal at Australia's Sydney Airport was evacuated on Wednesday after smoke from a battery fire filled the departures area, with passengers being told to expect flight delays.
46 people hospitalized, 15 in critical condition, in carbon monoxide leak at Canada hotel
Jul 10, 2019, at 10:27 am
Ottawa, July 9 (Xinhua/UNI) Forty-six people have been rushed to hospital, including 15 in critical condition, following a suspected carbon monoxide leak at a hotel in the City of Winnipeg, Canada's Manitoba, local authorities said Tuesday.
Threat from petty criminals who turn to terrorism, a growing concern, Security Council hears
Jul 10, 2019, at 10:19 am
New York, July 10 (IBNS): The less predictable threats represented by small-time criminals who have opportunistically embraced terrorism, are a source of growing concern, the UN Security Council heard on Tuesday. That warning came from Tamara Makarenko, an International Consultant, who works with the UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), speaking at an open debate on threats to international peace and security.
Jul 10, 2019, at 10:08 am
New York, July 10 (IBNS): Nations across the world now have an “unprecedented opportunity to talk to each other and learn from each other”, Inga Rhonda King, President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ESOSOC), said on Tuesday, kicking off the annual High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in New York.
Global response to poverty and environmental goals 'not ambitious enough’
Jul 10, 2019, at 09:54 am
New York, July 10 (IBNS): The global response to realizing poverty and environmental goals agreed by world leaders in 2015 has not been “ambitious enough” according to the UN Secretary-General.
Saudi Prince Mohammad Bin Salman's sister faces verdict over beating workman in France
Jul 09, 2019, at 07:17 pm
Paris, July 9 (IBNS): Saudi Prince Mohammad Bin Salman's sister is facing a verdict in France on Tuesday for allegedly beating an Egyptian-born artisan, media reports said.
Clashes near Libya's Tripoli leave over 1,000 people killed over 3 months: WHO
Jul 09, 2019, at 05:26 pm
Moscow, Jul 9 (Sputnik) Clashes between the Libyan National Army (LNA) and Libya's UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) near the country's capital of Tripoli have left over 1,000 people killed and over 5,500 people injured over three months, the World Health Organization (WHO) in Libya said on Tuesday.
Leaked cables from UK Ambassador to US are story between London and Washington: Peskov
Jul 09, 2019, at 05:11 pm
Moscow, Jul 9 (Sputnik/UNI) The leaked secret cables from the UK ambassador to the United States, Kim Darroch, are a story between Washington and London, let them address it themselves, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday.
China urges US to withdraw arms sales to Taiwan
Jul 09, 2019, at 04:59 pm
Beijing, Jul 9 (Xinhua/UNI) China on Tuesday urged the United States to immediately withdraw arms sales to Taiwan and sever military ties with the island.
Syrian Army attacks terrorist positions in Idlib, Hama provinces - Reports
Jul 09, 2019, at 10:24 am
Beirut, July 8 (Sputnik/UNI) The Syrian army launched bombardment of several Nusra Front (terrorist group, banned in Russia) positions in Hama and Idlib provinces in retaliation for attacks on Hama villages, local media reported on Monday.
UN agencies welcome regional road map to help integrate ‘continuing exodus of Venezuelans’
Jul 09, 2019, at 09:16 am
New York, July 9 (IBNS): A new road map adopted by Latin American and Caribbean countries, to help better integrate refugees and migrants from crisis-hit Venezuela into new host societies, drew a warm welcome from two UN agencies on Monday.
Jul 09, 2019, at 09:07 am
New York, July 9 (IBNS): The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday, found former Congolese rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda guilty “beyond reasonable doubt”, of 18 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, in the volatile Ituri district of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), between 2002 and 2003.
Jul 09, 2019, at 09:02 am
New York, July 9 (IBNS): Conditions in which migrants and refugees are being held in the United States are appalling, said the UN human rights chief on Monday, underscoring that children should never be held in immigration detention, or separated from their families.
Homicide kills far more people than armed conflict, new UN study shows
Jul 09, 2019, at 08:53 am
New York, July 9 (IBNS): Some 464,000 people across the world were victims of homicidal violence in 2017, more than five times the number killed in armed conflict over the same period, UN researchers said on Monday.