Eiffel Tower evacuated after bomb threat
Aug 13, 2023, at 01:20 am
Paris: The iconic Eiffel Tower in France’s capital Paris had to be evacuated on Saturday following a bomb threat, media reports said.
Ukraine: Military strengthening second line of defence on northern border
Aug 12, 2023, at 09:35 pm
Kyiv: The Ukrainian military is strengthening a second line of defence in the Rivne Region near the border with Belarus, filling it with traps against infantry and vehicles as well as planting mines near the Rivne nuclear power plant, Ukrainian media reported on Saturday.
Sudan: ‘Grim prediction’ now ‘harsh reality’ as hunger engulfs over 20 million
Aug 12, 2023, at 09:28 pm
New York: Dire predictions about escalating hunger in Sudan have tragically come true, as conflict-induced food scarcity has plunged 20.3 million people into severe acute hunger, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.
UN welcomes release of five staff abducted last year in Yemen
Aug 12, 2023, at 09:24 pm
The United Nations on Friday welcomed the release of five of its security personnel in Yemen who had been held in captivity for more than a year.
International Youth Day: Battling the stigmatization of teen pregnancy in Thailand
Aug 12, 2023, at 09:19 pm
Young mothers in Thailand are receiving support to overcome the challenges they face in a country where teenage pregnancy is still taboo.
Death toll in Hawaii wildfire touches 67
Aug 12, 2023, at 03:36 pm
The death toll due to the Hawaii wildfires has touched 67, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in the history of the region.
UN condemns killing of presidential candidate in Ecuador
Aug 11, 2023, at 11:06 pm
New York: The United Nations has strongly condemned the assassination of a presidential candidate in Ecuador, urging authorities to investigate the crime.
Ethiopia: De-escalate tensions in Amhara, international rights experts urge
Aug 11, 2023, at 11:02 pm
An international human rights body focused on Ethiopia has voiced deep concerns over the worsening security situation in the northwest of the country, particularly in the Amhara region.
Niger: Guterres concerned about health and safety of detained President
Aug 11, 2023, at 10:23 pm
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has voiced concern about the reported “deplorable living conditions” of the President of Niger in arbitrary detention, his spokesperson said in a note to journalists published on Wednesday evening.
Manipur: Mass protests against rape of woman at Churachandpur
Aug 11, 2023, at 10:20 pm
Imphal: Women of Manipur staged sit-in protests on Friday against the alleged gangrape of a woman at Churachandpur during "Tribal Solidarity March" on May 3 last.
Aug 11, 2023, at 10:17 pm
Eucodorean authorities have said six people arrested in connection to the assassination of the country's presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio are Colombian nationals and gang members.
Save lives, UN agencies appeal, after yet another tragedy in the Mediterranean
Aug 11, 2023, at 10:03 pm
Three UN agencies on Thursday appealed for greater access to safe and regular pathways for migration and asylum in the European Union after another deadly shipwreck claimed dozens of lives in the Mediterranean.
Lebanon: Vital UN refugee health centre reopens
Aug 11, 2023, at 08:58 pm
A UN health centre providing medical care to Palestine refugees at a camp in Lebanon reopened on Wednesday, as a ceasefire between opposing armed groups holds.
Guterres warns against nuclear catastrophe risk in message to Nagasaki memorial
Aug 11, 2023, at 08:41 pm
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for countries to recommit to eliminating nuclear weapons in his message to mark the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Nagasaki, observed on Wednesday.
UN: Deal reached with Syria to reopen main border crossing from Türkiye
Aug 11, 2023, at 08:17 pm
New York: A deal has been reached with the Government of Syria to reopen the main border crossing from Türkiye to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid.
UN refugee agency concerned about situation at Mexico-US border
Aug 11, 2023, at 06:39 pm
New York: The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, voiced concern on Tuesday over the situation in Mexico, where refugees and migrants aspiring to get to the United States find themselves in cramped shelters, exposed to multiple risks.
Russia launches its first lunar station in nearly 50 years
Aug 11, 2023, at 06:18 pm
Vladivostok/UNI/IBNS: Russia successfully launched the Luna-25 lunar station early on Friday, embarking on a historic mission to explore the south pole of the Moon.
Hawaii: Wildfire death toll rises to 53
Aug 11, 2023, at 02:50 pm
Los Angeles: At least 53 people have been confirmed dead in the devastating hurricane-driven wildfires in Hawaii's Maui Island, authorities said on Thursday.
North Korea: Kim Jong Un convenes big meeting on war preparations
Aug 10, 2023, at 10:01 pm
Seoul: North Korea on Wednesday convened an enlarged central military commission meeting, discussing ways to intensify war preparations in response to the grave political and military situation on the Korean Peninsula, state media reported.
Ecuador presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio shot dead at campaign rally
Aug 10, 2023, at 06:05 pm
Ecuador's upcoming presidential election was bloodied by the assassination of a presidential candidate at a campaign rally in the capital city on Wednesday amid an escalation in drug cartel fuelled violence in the South American nation.
Russia shoots down two Ukrainian drones, says Moscow Mayor
Aug 10, 2023, at 12:20 am
Russia on Wednesday said they shot down two Ukrainian drones which were moving towards Moscow, the latest in a surge of drone attacks on the Russian capital.
France: 11 people missing after fire breaks out at holiday cottage in Wintzenheim
Aug 09, 2023, at 08:32 pm
At least 11 people went missing after a fire broke out at a holiday cottage in which they were staying in France, media reports said on Wednesday.
Forty-one migrants die in shipwreck off Italian island
Aug 09, 2023, at 08:15 pm
A shipwreck off the Italian island of Lampedusa has left 41 migrants dead, media reports said on Wednesday.
France: 11 people missing as fire breaks out in holiday cottage
Aug 09, 2023, at 07:58 pm
At least 11 people went missing after a fire broke out at a holiday cottage in which they were staying in France, media reports said on Wednesday.
Ukraine: Seven die as Russian missiles hit Pokrovsk town
Aug 08, 2023, at 11:44 pm
At least seven people died as two Russian missiles hit residential buildings in the Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk on Monday, officials said on Tuesday.
Russian attacks continue to affect world’s most vulnerable, UN spokesperson says
Aug 08, 2023, at 09:55 pm
Attacks against Ukrainian port infrastructure are not isolated and with Russia’s termination of the Black Sea Initiative, are impacting global food prices and affecting the most vulnerable people, a UN spokesperson said on Monday.
Haiti: ‘Unimaginable violence’ against women, children, reports UNICEF
Aug 08, 2023, at 09:45 pm
Persistent violence in Haiti remains a significant concern for the safety and welfare of its most vulnerable citizens, especially women and children, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday, citing reports of an “alarming spike” in kidnapping and other crimes.
Tehran explosion kills 1, injures 19
Aug 08, 2023, at 04:30 pm
Tehran/UNI: At least one person was killed and 19 others injured on Monday after an explosion shook and dismantled a three-storey residential building in Iran's capital Tehran, the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA) reported.
Australia: 20-year-old woman critically hurt after miraculously surviving seven-storey fall
Aug 08, 2023, at 03:57 pm
A critically wounded 20-year-old woman is currently fighting for her life in a hospital after she miraculously survived a fall from a seven-storey building in Melbourne.
600 people evacuated Italy's Sardinia following the fire surge in the island
Aug 08, 2023, at 07:33 am
Rome/UNI: Around 600 people were evacuated Italy's Sardinia as a precaution to the huge fires blazing in the northern and southern parts of the island that were worsening because of the strong winds, reports the local media.