Somalia: UN official underlines need to advance women’s participation in public life
Feb 24, 2023, at 07:23 pm
New York: Despite many challenges, Somalia has made significant progress in advancing key national priorities, but enhancing women’s political participation remains critical, UN Deputy Special Representative in the country, Anita Kiki Gbeho, told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Israel’s new legal proposals pose 'serious risks', UN rights chief warns
Feb 24, 2023, at 07:12 pm
New York: The UN human rights chief on Tuesday called for taking a measured approach to a package of new laws the Government of Israel is currently considering.
Ukraine: Deliberate destruction of culture must stop, say rights experts
Feb 24, 2023, at 07:07 pm
Almost a year into the war in Ukraine – and amid new missile strikes targeting the eastern city of Kharkiv on Wednesday - top rights experts issued a strong appeal for the deliberate destruction of the country’s cultural treasures by Russian forces to stop.
Shamima Begum: British woman, who once flew to Syria to join ISIS, loses UK citizenship appeal
Feb 22, 2023, at 11:42 pm
London: Shamima Begum, who had once left the UK to join the terror group ISIS, has lost her appeal against the decision to revoke her British citizenship, media reports said.
Monkeys at Cambodia's famed Angkor site pose risk to tourists, temples
Feb 22, 2023, at 10:49 pm
Phnom Penh: Throngs of monkeys living in Cambodia's famed Angkor Archeological Park are posing a risk to tourists and temples, a Cambodian government agency said on Wednesday.
Student stabs French school teacher to death in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, arrested
Feb 22, 2023, at 10:29 pm
Paris: A student allegedly stabbed to death a school teacher in the French town of Saint-Jean-de-Luz.
UN Security Council debates Nord Stream pipeline incidents
Feb 22, 2023, at 08:41 pm
New York: The Security Council on Tuesday heatedly debated Russia’s request for a UN-led inquiry into the September explosions along the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea.
Local elections chance to advance peace in Central African Republic: UN envoy
Feb 22, 2023, at 08:37 pm
New York: Upcoming local elections represent a “significant opportunity” to advance the peace and political process in the Central African Republic (CAR), the head of the UN mission in the country, MINUSCA, told the Security Council on Tuesday.
Independent UN experts laud Spain for enacting new feminist laws
Feb 22, 2023, at 07:35 pm
New York: Independent UN experts on Tuesday welcomed Spain’s adoption of new comprehensive anti-discrimination and feminist legislation.
Mali: Three UN peacekeepers killed in explosive attack
Feb 22, 2023, at 07:29 pm
New York: Three Senegalese peacekeepers serving in Mali were killed, and five others seriously injured, when their vehicle hit an explosive device, the UN Mission in the country, MINUSMA, reported on Tuesday.
UN rights chief deplores Ukraine death toll one year after Russian invasion
Feb 22, 2023, at 07:22 pm
New York: As the international community prepared to mark one year since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, UN rights investigators on Tuesday relayed disturbing testimonies about the high number of civilians killed to date.
1.5 million now homeless in Turkey after quake disaster, warn UN development experts
Feb 22, 2023, at 02:40 pm
New York: As the death toll from the 6 February earthquake disaster topped 41,000 in Turkey, UN development experts said on Tuesday that 1.5 million people have been made homeless in the south of the country, where at least 500,000 new homes will need to be built.
Dreams in crisis: Children send world leaders postcards from the edge
Feb 21, 2023, at 07:30 pm
New York: Dreams thrive, even in crisis, with a new UN-led campaign spotlighting the next generation and their ambitions, urgently scrawled to the world on postcards from some of the most crisis-ravaged parts of the world.
Korean Peninsula ‘must be an area for cooperation’, Security Council hears
Feb 21, 2023, at 07:20 pm
A senior UN official has underlined the need for unity in the Security Council in the wake of the latest missile launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Feb 21, 2023, at 07:15 pm
New York: Social progress must move into the spotlight, flanked by policies that can drive meaningful change for millions of currently struggling people, the UN deputy chief said, marking the World Day of Social Justice on Monday.
Top UN officials call on parties to swiftly reduce ‘ominous’ surge in Israeli-Palestinian violence
Feb 21, 2023, at 07:09 pm
New York: Israeli-Palestinian parties must urgently rein in escalating violence and work towards realizing the two-State solution, top UN officials in the region warned the Security Council on Monday.
Rising humanitarian needs require political will, increased funding: UN relief chief
Feb 21, 2023, at 07:04 pm
New York: As humanitarian needs spiral across the world, political will and funding are required to address war, climate change and other drivers, the UN relief chief said on Monday.
UN chief strongly condemns DPRK missile launch
Feb 21, 2023, at 06:52 pm
New York: The UN chief on Sunday strongly condemned the launch of yet another ballistic missile of intercontinental range by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), as news reports said two more missiles had been launched on Monday.
6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near Turkey-Syria border region
Feb 21, 2023, at 05:56 am
Antakya/IBNS: Another earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria on Monday, just two weeks after both countries were devastated by three quakes leaving more than 47,000 people dead.
North Korea launches two short-range ballistic missiles towards East Sea: South Korean official
Feb 20, 2023, at 02:06 pm
Seoul: North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) toward the East Sea on Monday, media reports said on Monday.
Feb 20, 2023, at 03:32 am
Rome: The Italian Senate recently unveiled a book titled “La Trappola Cinese”, composed by World Uyghur Congress President Dolkun Isa.
Caribbean carnival performers take stage to fight COVID disinformation
Feb 20, 2023, at 02:19 am
New York: In Trinidad and Tobago, some performers have been tapping into traditional art forms ahead of the carnival on February 20-21 to encourage their communities to continue following COVID-19 health protocols as the country lifts restrictions on public gatherings.
N. Korea test-fires intercontinental ballistic missile
Feb 19, 2023, at 06:49 pm
Seoul: North Korea has fired an intercontinental ballistic missile, the official Korean Central News Agency claimed on Sunday.
Turkey earthquakes leave over 40,000 people dead
Feb 19, 2023, at 03:49 pm
Ankara/UNI: The toll from two major earthquakes that struck southeastern Turkey on Feb 6 has risen to 40,642, the country's disaster agency said Saturday.
Hungarian PM calls for peace in Russia-Ukraine conflict, warns of escalation
Feb 19, 2023, at 02:36 pm
Budapest/UNI: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban called for peace in the Russia-Ukraine conflict and warned of the escalation of the conflict here on Saturday.
Amsterdam to cut down Russian diplomatic mission: Dutch foreign minister
Feb 19, 2023, at 07:42 am
Moscow: The Netherlands has said it has decided to reduce the size of the Russian diplomatic mission in Amsterdam alleging that Moscow sends spies instead of diplomatic workers, Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra said on Saturday.
North Korea fires suspected long-range missile toward East Sea: Reports
Feb 18, 2023, at 10:40 pm
Seoul: North Korea on Saturday fired a suspected long-range ballistic missile toward the East Sea on Saturday, media reports said.
Ukraine needs ‘implementable’ peace, Security Council hears, meeting on anniversary of Minsk accord
Feb 18, 2023, at 10:37 pm
New York: While a peaceful resolution is desperately needed to the war in Ukraine, any agreement reached must be tangible, implementable and address the conflict’s root causes, officials told the Security Council on Friday, citing lessons learned from the fate of the so-called Minsk accords.
Rights experts say peaceful transition in South Sudan crucial, amid ‘immense suffering’
Feb 18, 2023, at 06:35 pm
South Sudan’s leaders must prioritize a peaceful transition as rampant sexual violence and attacks on civilians continue across the world’s youngest nation, the UN Commission investigating human rights abuses there said on Friday.
Guterres in Africa: End political stalemate in Libya now, UN chief urges leaders
Feb 18, 2023, at 06:28 pm
New York: Overcoming the current political impasse in Libya can unleash much-needed progress in tackling myriad crises there, the UN chief said on Friday at a high-level meeting of the African Union in the Ethiopian capital.