Turkey: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wins election, extends rule into third decade
May 29, 2023, at 02:40 pm
Istanbul: Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan overcame his strongest challenge in 20 years and won the country's presidential election in Sunday's runoff to extend his rule for yet another term.
Turkey election: Erdogan declares victory in runoff voting
May 29, 2023, at 06:15 am
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared his triumph on Sunday in a significant runoff election that presented the most formidable test during his twenty-year tenure.
New Mexico: Shooting during motorcycle rally leaves three killed
May 28, 2023, at 08:56 pm
At least three people were killed in a shooting incident during a motorcycle rally in Red River, New Mexico, on Saturday, media reports said.
Somalia: Al-Shabaab terrorists attack African Union military base
May 27, 2023, at 11:22 pm
Al-Shabaab terrorists attacked an African Union military base in Somalia on Friday, media reports said.
Australia: Teenager Zefha Butcher is attacked by crocodile, he fights back
May 27, 2023, at 11:19 pm
Canberra: A teenager has fought off an attack by a large saltwater crocodile in Australia's Northern Territory (NT).
Despite ‘slightly’ improved food security in Yemen, hunger stalks millions
May 27, 2023, at 10:45 pm
New York: The food security situation in Yemen’s government-controlled districts “slightly improved” during the first five months of this year, but acute malnutrition is on the rise, UN agencies warned in a new report released on Friday.
Ukraine: UN delivers aid to millions, as civilian suffering continues
May 27, 2023, at 06:53 pm
New York: Humanitarians reached 5.4 million people in Ukraine with desperately needed aid by April this year, including cash assistance, food, health services, and medicines, the UN said on Friday.
‘Safe digital public square’ never more important, says Türk
May 27, 2023, at 06:49 pm
New York: Allowing space for everyone to speak up, is critical for a free and fully functioning society said the UN human rights chief on Friday, warning that a safe environment online has never been more essential.
Mexico: Truck with over 170 migrants found
May 27, 2023, at 03:18 pm
Mexico City: Mexico’s National Institute of Migration (INM) says it has found a truck with 175 migrants, mostly from Central America, in the state of Chiapas.
Brazilian actor Jefferson Machado, who went missing for several months, found dead in a trunk
May 27, 2023, at 02:56 pm
Brazilian actor Jefferson Machado, who had been missing for nearly five months, was found dead in a trunk in Rio de Janeiro city.
Security Council urged to step up on financing for AU peace operations
May 26, 2023, at 11:28 pm
New York: The UN political affairs chief on Thursday appealed for the Security Council to ensure reliable funding for African Union (AU) efforts towards greater peace and security on the continent.
UN representative alarmed by sexual violence against women and girls in DRC
May 26, 2023, at 11:22 pm
New York: UN Special Representative, Pramila Patten, expressed her ‘deep concern’ on Thursday over increasing allegations of sexual violence against women and girls being carried out in camps for the internally displaced (IDPs) around Goma, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Arrest of top Rwandan genocide fugitive shows ‘justice will be done’
May 26, 2023, at 11:20 pm
New York: One of the world’s most wanted genocide fugitives has been arrested after being on the run for more than two decades, the UN tribunal prosecuting war crimes committed in Rwanda announced on Thursday.
African free trade area could spur sustainable growth: UN chief
May 26, 2023, at 11:06 pm
New York: The robust growth that many African countries experienced before COVID-19 was lost to the pandemic, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday, highlighting the need to scale up efforts towards a single trade market on the continent.
Ukraine: One dies as missile hits medical clinic in Dnipro
May 26, 2023, at 10:17 pm
Dnipro: At least one person died and 15 others were hurt as a missile hit a medical clinic in Ukraine's Dnipro city, media reports said.
Unprecedented joint call to shield children on the move from violence
May 26, 2023, at 10:14 pm
New York: The UN’s top advocate on ending violence against children, joined UN agencies on Wednesday in highlighting the urgent need to protect the rights of young people on the move, amid spiralling crises worldwide.
‘No time to spare’: Israel-Palestine ceasefire holds, but hunger, tensions mount
May 26, 2023, at 10:09 pm
Swift action is needed to prevent flare ups of Israeli-Palestinian violence and avert a looming food crisis, the top UN official in the Middle East told the Security Council on Wednesday.
UN and partners seek $7 billion to prevent catastrophe in the Horn of Africa
May 26, 2023, at 06:48 pm
New York: With “crisis atop of crisis” threatening millions in the Horn of Africa, the international community cannot afford to stand idly by, Secretary-General António Guterres said at a pledging event to raise $7 billion for the region, held at UN Headquarters in New York on Wednesday.
Guterres: ‘We can turn the tide’ towards ending colonialism
May 26, 2023, at 06:45 pm
New York: New ideas must open fresh pathways towards finally ending the era of colonialism and to help advance sustainable development in the world’s 17 remaining colonies, the UN chief said in a video message to the Organization’s decolonization seminar in Bali, Indonesia.
Türk appeals to Sudan’s warring generals; calls out ‘dangerous anti-rights tendencies’ worldwide
May 26, 2023, at 06:17 pm
The “senseless” fighting in Sudan must stop now, and the warring generals have to insist on zero tolerance for sexual violence among their troops, the UN rights chief said on Wednesday.
UK: Car crashes into Downing Street gates, police arrest 1
May 26, 2023, at 04:43 am
London/IBNS: A man was arrested by the police after he crashed his car into the gates of the UK Prime Minister's Downing Street office and residence in central London on Thursday, reports said.
Kazakhstan to host Astana International Forum in June to address key global challenges
May 25, 2023, at 04:26 pm
Astana/New Delhi: While the international community moves towards an era of increased polarization and geopolitical division, Kazakhstan has launched a new international conference, the Astana International Forum, to join efforts on tackling key global challenges.
US: Two killed, 7 injured after house collapses in Texas storm
May 24, 2023, at 09:55 pm
Houston: Two people were killed and seven others injured after a house under construction collapsed during a storm in Conroe, south central US state Texas, on Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.
WFP plan aims to prevent further food aid diversion in Ethiopia
May 24, 2023, at 06:50 pm
Following widespread diversion of lifesaving food aid in Ethiopia last month, the World Food Programme (WFP) has strengthened safeguards and controls in a bid to prevent further misuse, the UN agency said on Tuesday.
Uphold promise to protect civilians caught in conflict: Guterres
May 24, 2023, at 06:47 pm
New York: The world is failing to live up to its commitment to protect civilians during wartime, Secretary-General António Guterres told the UN Security Council on Tuesday, urging greater respect for international humanitarian law.
UN ‘determined’ to end backsliding on development goals, Guterres tells ECOSOC
May 24, 2023, at 06:39 pm
Despite going into reverse on more than 30 per cent of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it’s not too late to “turn the tide” said the Secretary-General on Tuesday, who told Member States that the UN was “determined to do just that.”
Cyclone Mocha: urgent funding needed as hunger, diseases loom
May 24, 2023, at 06:32 pm
New York: As a clearer picture emerges of the trail of destruction left by Cyclone Mocha in Myanmar and Bangladesh, humanitarians are continuing to provide life-saving assistance, and the need for an urgent increase in funding.
Three Yazidi militiamen killed in Turkish airstrike in N Iraq
May 24, 2023, at 02:24 pm
Baghdad: Three Yazidi militiamen, affiliated with the Turkish Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), were killed on Tuesday in a Turkish airstrike in Iraq's northern province of Nineveh.
UN says 4 peacekeepers from Sri Lanka injured in Mali blast
May 23, 2023, at 10:52 pm
United Nations: Detonation of an improvised explosive device (IED) in Mali injured four UN peacekeepers from Sri Lanka, a UN spokesman said.
US: Van crashes into security barriers near White House, no casualty
May 23, 2023, at 10:38 pm
Washington: A van crashed into security barriers near the White House in Washington causing no injuries, US Secret Service Communications Chief Anthony Guglielmi said on Tuesday, adding that the cause of the crash is under investigation.