Recep Tayyip Erdogan to be sworn in as Turkish President on Saturday
Jun 03, 2023, at 08:51 pm
Ankara: Reelected Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be sworn in as head of state in the Turkish parliament on Saturday.
Jun 03, 2023, at 08:47 pm
New York: As the crisis in Sudan enters its second month, UN agencies and partners warned on Friday that the conflict between rival military groups since mid-April is fuelling an increasingly “desperate” situation for civilians, especially in the nation’s capital.
US state abortion bans ‘putting millions of women and girls at risk’
Jun 03, 2023, at 08:39 pm
New York: Millions of women and girls across the United States have suffered an alarming deterioration in access to sexual and reproductive healthcare, following the US Supreme Court decision overturning the constitutional right to abortion in June 2022, UN-appointed independent rights experts said on Friday.
Russian firm says staff's iPhones hacked by malware
Jun 03, 2023, at 08:25 pm
Moscow: Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab said that it detected a targeted cyber-attack on its staff's iPhones.
Jun 03, 2023, at 08:02 pm
The trafficking in illegal narcotics, precursor chemicals, timber and wildlife, people and illicit goods across Southeast Asia is being tackled thanks to the support of the specialized UN agency focusing on drugs and crime.
Survey finds about 9 percent of adults in 30 countries identify themselves as LGBTQ
Jun 03, 2023, at 03:01 pm
About 9 percent of adults in 30 countries identify themselves as LGBT+, as per a survey conducted by Ipsos.
UNAIDS celebrates Pride Month, demands decriminalization worldwide
Jun 03, 2023, at 12:44 am
New York: As the world comes together to celebrate the beginning of Pride Month on Thursday, the UN agency dedicated to ending the AIDS epidemic, UNAIDS, issued a declaration of solidarity with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) communities around the globe.
Senegal: Clashes kill 9 people after opposition politician sentenced
Jun 02, 2023, at 11:58 pm
Dakar: Nine people were killed in Senegal in clashes that broke out after Senegalese opposition politician Ousmane Sonko had been sentenced to two years in prison, Senegalese Interior Minister Antoine Diome said Friday.
Ukraine: Over 1,500 children killed or injured, concern rises over forced transfers
Jun 02, 2023, at 11:34 pm
New York: With Ukraine’s Children’s Day celebrations on Thursday marred by the death of a girl alongside other civilians in a Russian missile attack in the capital Kyiv, the UN’s top humanitarian official in the country, Denise Brown, said she was “shocked and saddened” by the incident.
Urgent support needed for Chad, as arrivals from Sudan top 100,000: UNHCR
Jun 02, 2023, at 11:30 pm
New York: The head of the UN refugee agency UNHCR, is calling on the international community to urgently increase support for new arrivals crossing the border from Sudan.
UN commends Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia, as final judgement is delivered
Jun 02, 2023, at 11:20 pm
New York: The UN chief on Wednesday commended the work of the judges and staff of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), as its final judgement was delivered, increasing the prison sentences on appeal of two former top Serbian security officials.
Oversight’s key to ensure sustainability in outer space: Guterres
Jun 02, 2023, at 11:11 pm
New York: Effective governance of outer space is necessary to propel innovation and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a new policy brief published on Wednesday.
Spain: Explosion in Badajoz leaves one person dead
Jun 02, 2023, at 10:36 pm
Madrid: A powerful explosion hit a residential building in the Spanish city of Badajoz which left at least one person dead and injured at least 16 more, media reported on Thursday.
Economic woes dash job prospects in low income countries: ILO
Jun 02, 2023, at 06:31 pm
New York: Soaring debt levels compounded by high inflation and rising interest rates have dashed job-seekers’ hopes in developing countries, the International Labour Organization (ILO) warned on Wednesday.
US: Senate passes debt ceiling bill, averts first-ever default
Jun 02, 2023, at 02:36 pm
Washington: The US Senate on Friday passed the debt limit bill.
Sudan extends airspace closure to June 15
Jun 01, 2023, at 04:59 pm
Khartoum/UNI: Sudan's Civil Aviation Authority on Wednesday extended the closure of the country's airspace to June 15 amid continued armed conflict between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
Russia temporarily bans export of cartridges
Jun 01, 2023, at 04:50 pm
Moscow/UNI: Russia has imposed a temporary ban on the export of firearms cartridges and cartridge cases, the cabinet said.
Gunmen kill 6 people in southern Nigeria
Jun 01, 2023, at 04:47 pm
Lagos/UNI: At least six people were killed by unidentified gunmen who attacked two communities in southern Nigeria, according to the police.
Russia: 2 wounded in shelling of Belgorod
Jun 01, 2023, at 04:43 pm
Moscow/UNI: Two people were injured in Ukrainian shelling of the Shebekino town in Russia's Belgorod region overnight, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.
Ex-Brazilian president Collor sentenced to over 8 yrs in prison
Jun 01, 2023, at 04:33 pm
Mexico City/UNI: The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil has sentenced Former President and Senator Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello to eight years and ten months in prison for passive corruption and money laundering in 2010-2014, local media reported on Wednesday.
Nigerians express anger on social media as they seek to stop Chinese miners in Osun, Lagos
Jun 01, 2023, at 05:29 am
Lagos: A large number of Nigerians have expressed their anger on social media platforms over Chinese “illegal mining” activities in Lagos and Osun communities, media reports said.
Belarus: ‘Unprecedented level of repression’ must end, say UN rights experts
May 31, 2023, at 11:51 pm
A large group of UN-appointed independent human rights experts on Tuesday called on the Belarusian authorities to immediately release all those being held on “spurious charges”, simply for exercising their fundamental rights to peaceful assembly, association and expression, to be released without delay.
Racism which scars societies, must be stamped out, forum for people of African descent hears
May 31, 2023, at 11:49 pm
New York: Racism is a global problem, and every country must take a stance against it, General Assembly President Csaba Kőrösi said on Monday, addressing the latest meeting of a UN platform to improve the safety and quality of life of people of African descent worldwide.
Fresh diplomatic gains must match action on the ground in Syria to end war
May 31, 2023, at 11:44 pm
New York: Action on the ground must match diplomacy’s steadily advancing gains towards ending the 12-year-old war in Syria, where violence is once again, killing a growing numbers of civilians, the top UN official in the country said on Tuesday.
IAEA chief outlines five principles to avert nuclear ‘catastrophe’ in Ukraine
May 31, 2023, at 11:41 pm
New York: The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday urged the UN Security Council to unambiguously support five principles aimed at preventing a nuclear accident amid the war in Ukraine, now in its 15th month.
May 31, 2023, at 10:32 pm
New York: For the first time since fighting broke out in Sudan on 15 April, humanitarians have been able to reach desperate families trapped in the conflict’s epicentre, Khartoum, with food assistance, the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.
North Korea says its spy space satellite crashed into sea
May 31, 2023, at 02:42 pm
North Korea has claimed an accident occurred when it planned to send up its first space satellite which crashed into the sea.
British PM announces crackdown on illicit vapes targeting children, closes loophole on free samples
May 31, 2023, at 07:41 am
London/IBNS: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced a crackdown on the illicit sale of vapes to children, expressing shock at reports of lead-containing vapes reaching schoolchildren.
Russia: Buildings damaged by drone attack in Moscow
May 30, 2023, at 09:22 pm
Moscow: Several buildings were slightly damaged by a drone attack in Moscow early Tuesday, Russia's RIA Novosti reported, citing Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.
Somalia says army kills 8 al-Shabab militants
May 30, 2023, at 03:50 pm
Mogadishu: The Somali National Army (SNA) killed eight al-Shabab militants and arrested two others in the central Galgadud region, an SNA officer confirmed.