Rights experts denounce death sentence against Nigerian singer who posted on WhatsApp
Sep 29, 2020, at 03:30 pm
New York: Independent UN human rights experts have called on the Government of Nigeria to immediately release a singer sentenced to death over an allegedly blasphemous song he performed and shared on social media.
Australian PM announces digital business plan to drive economic recovery from COVID-19 pandemic
Sep 29, 2020, at 03:06 pm
Canberra/Xinhua: The Australian Government announced on Tuesday a digital business plan to enable businesses to take advantage of digital technologies to grow their businesses and create jobs in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.
Fresh Armenia-Azerbaijan clashes over Nagorno-Karabakh, as UN chief urges an end to fighting
Sep 29, 2020, at 02:55 pm
New York: The UN chief is “extremely concerned” over renewed hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone that erupted on Sunday.
Yemen’s warring parties agree to free more than 1,000 prisoners
Sep 29, 2020, at 02:22 pm
New York/IBNS: At the end of a week-long meeting in Switzerland, the parties to the conflict in Yemen reached what the UN envoy there called “a very important milestone”, in agreeing to release a first group of detainees.
Erdogan says time came to end Armenia's 'occupation' of part of Azerbaijan
Sep 29, 2020, at 12:15 am
Ankara/Sputnik: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday the time had come to "end Armenia's occupation" of Azerbaijani land.
Death toll from Boko Haram ambush on Nigerian gov't convoy rises to 18
Sep 28, 2020, at 01:35 am
Abuja/Xinhua: Nigerian military confirmed on Sunday the death toll from the extremist group Boko Haram's ambush on a government officials' convoy in Borno state on Friday has risen to 18.
Sep 28, 2020, at 01:32 am
New York: Political and economic threats against Belarus “must end” the Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei told the high-level segment of the UN General Assembly on Saturday, accusing Western nations of trying to sow “chaos and anarchy” in the country.
Sep 28, 2020, at 01:07 am
New York: As some States continue to pursue their own narrow agendas above all else, the world is straying further from the principles that underpin international norms and the work of the United Nations, the Foreign Minister of Syria told the high-level General Assembly plenary on Saturday.
Yemeni gov't, Houthi rebels agree to swap 1,081 prisoners
Sep 28, 2020, at 01:05 am
Sanaa/Xinhua: The Yemeni government and the Houthi rebels reached a deal on Sunday to exchange 1,081 prisoners during UN-sponsored talks in Switzerland, the UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths said on Twitter.
Sudan ready to return to international role but first needs support, Prime Minister says
Sep 28, 2020, at 01:02 am
New York: Sudan is eager to again contribute to the international community but will need assistance as it works to revitalize its tattered economy, Prime Minister Abdalla Adam Hamdok told the UN General Assembly on Saturday.
Sep 28, 2020, at 12:19 am
New York: As the world continues to confront the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftershocks, we cannot ‘turn our back’ to other pressing global concerns, Belgian Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès told the UN General Assembly on Saturday.
Sep 28, 2020, at 12:07 am
New York: COVID-19 has “united humanity as never before”, the United Kingdom Prime Minister told the UN General Assembly’s annual high-level session on Saturday.
Two Lebanese soldiers, IS militant killed in armed clashes in northern Lebanon
Sep 27, 2020, at 11:42 pm
Beirut/Xinhua: A total of two Lebanese soldiers and one militant were killed early Sunday in armed clashes in northern Lebanon, the National News Agency reported.
Japan: Actress Yuko Takeuchi found dead
Sep 27, 2020, at 10:07 pm
Tokyo/UNI: Award-winning Japanese actress Yuko Takeuchi was found dead at her Tokyo home on Sunday.
‘Reverse course’ towards full nuclear disarmament – UN chief
Sep 27, 2020, at 06:25 am
New York: UN Chief: On the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons marked on Saturday, the UN chief has underscored the need to “reverse course and return to a common path to nuclear disarmament”.
Paris attack suspect reportedly enraged by Charlie Hebdo's controversial cartoon publication
Sep 27, 2020, at 03:58 am
Paris/UNI: The main suspect in Friday's knife attack that took place near the former headquarters of the controversial French magazine Charlie Hebdo was enraged due to the republication of controversial cartoons depicting Islam's holy prophet, reported French media on Saturday citing sources.
Belarusian Police arrest at least 10 people during opposition 'Women's March' in Minsk
Sep 27, 2020, at 03:35 am
Minsk/Sputnik: At least 10 people were arrested during a protest rally in Minsk's northeast near the Kamarouski Rynak marketplace, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Saturday.
Chinese diplomat rejects British accusations on Hong Kong, Xinjiang related issues
Sep 26, 2020, at 10:33 pm
Geneva/Xinhua: A Chinese diplomat on Friday deplored and rejected the accusations of a British official made earlier at the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council session, saying that the Hong Kong and Xinjiang related issues are not human rights issues in any definition.
Thailand: 7 killed, 40 injured as tour bus crashes
Sep 26, 2020, at 09:58 pm
Bangkok/Xinhua: Seven people were killed and 40 others injured in a collision between a tour bus and a trailer truck in northeastern Thailand on early Saturday.
Japan determined to host Olympics in 2021: Yoshihide Suga
Sep 26, 2020, at 09:08 pm
Tokyo/UNI: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has expressed Japan's determination to host the Olympics and Paralympics in the summer of 2021.
Human rights, multilateralism and battling COVID-19, top focus of European Union
Sep 26, 2020, at 03:54 pm
New York: The European Union has been at the forefront of international cooperation to defeat “the same common enemy”, COVID-19, the President of the European Council, told the UN General Assembly on Friday.
Italy calls for reinvigorated multilateral system to combat ‘invisible enemy’, COVID-19
Sep 26, 2020, at 03:46 pm
New York: Today the world is faced with “an invisible enemy” that has upended lives, suffocated the world economy and limited freedoms, the Prime Minster of Italy told the United Nations on Friday.
Pandemic is ‘a time to separate what is necessary from what is not’: Pope Francis
Sep 26, 2020, at 03:37 pm
New York: The COVID-19 pandemic is a trial, but also “a time to choose what matters and what passes away, a time to separate what is necessary from what is not”, Pope Francis told world leaders on Friday, in his virtual address to the UN General Assembly.
Gunmen kill at least 5 in central Nigeria attack
Sep 26, 2020, at 03:29 pm
Lagos/Xinhua: Nigerian police on Friday confirmed an attack in which at least five people were killed by gunmen in the Vwang district of Plateau state.
Progress on Sudan political transition, but challenges remain, Security Council hears
Sep 26, 2020, at 03:25 pm
New York: Political developments in Sudan continue to move along a positive trajectory, while planning for a UN mission to assist the transitional government is progressing, the UN Security Council heard on Friday.
Inclusion and more public participation, will help forge better government policies: Guterres
Sep 26, 2020, at 03:13 pm
New York: Not only COVID-19, but climate protests, struggles for more inclusive politics, human rights and waning public trust, have put a magnifying glass to the social and economic injustices plaguing societies, the UN Secretary-General said on Friday.
How long must we wait for a just solution, Palestinian President Abbas asks world leaders
Sep 26, 2020, at 02:54 pm
New York: The President of the State of Palestine addressed, via a pre-recorded video, the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, highlighting the suffering of his people and the misery they experience every day “while the world stands by watching.”
Belarus must release opposition leader Maria Kalesnikava, stress independent rights experts
Sep 26, 2020, at 02:34 pm
New York: A group of UN independent human rights experts have called on Belarus to release prominent opposition leader Maria Kalesnikava, voicing serious concern over targeting and persecution of opposition politicians by the State.
PPE row: Members of the European Parliament ask to reshape EU-China relations
Sep 26, 2020, at 01:36 am
Brussels: The Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have asked the European Union to reshape the EU-China relations framework especially after the nation charged for the personal protective equipment (PPE) given to European countries amid the rising COVID-19 crisis earlier this year.
France: Knife attack close to former Charlie Hebdo office in Paris leaves four injured
Sep 25, 2020, at 10:33 pm
Paris: A knife attack incident close to the former office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in the French capital Paris city on Friday left at least four people hurt, media reports said.