UN recorded 64 new allegations of sexual exploitation or abuse in the past three months
Nov 06, 2018, at 08:30 am
New York, Nov 6 (IBNS): Across its various offices, agencies, and partner organisations implementing its programmes, the United Nations received 64 new allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), involving 77 victims, between July and September, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Monday.
Nov 06, 2018, at 08:28 am
New York, Nov 6 (IBNS): The planned prosecution of Supreme Court judges who acquitted 11 peasant farmers jailed over the death of police officers during a violent land eviction in 2012, known as the Curuguaty Massacre”, could undermine the rule of law, a UN expert said on Monday.
Ending use of chemical weapons in Syria: ‘still work to be done’, says UN disarmament chief
Nov 06, 2018, at 08:25 am
New York, Nov 6 (IBNS): As inspections and investigations continue into several reported instances of chemical weapons use against civilians in Syria, the United Nations High Representative on Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, told the Security Council on Monday that much remains to be done to end their use, and called for international unity.
Saudi Arabia expresses ‘regret and pain’ over Khashoggi killing, during UN rights review
Nov 06, 2018, at 08:22 am
New York, Nov 6 (IBNS): Saudi Arabia expressed “regret and pain” for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, during a scheduled review session at the UN in Geneva on Monday, while asserting its commitment to achieving the “highest possible standards” in human rights in the country, including for women and migrants
Nov 06, 2018, at 08:17 am
New York, Nov 6 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called for greater preparedness to offset the disastrous impact of tsunamis, which are causing increasing human, economic and development losses, illustrated most recently by the destruction across the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.
Saudi Arabia, China, among 14 nations under UN human rights spotlight: what you need to know
Nov 06, 2018, at 08:11 am
New York, Nov 6 (IBNS): The United Nation’s highest human rights body, the Human Rights Council (HRC), will start reviewing on Monday the track records of 14 countries, including Saudi Arabia and China. Here’s our UN News guide to how it works and why it matters.
Canada Post workers go on strike in Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador
Nov 05, 2018, at 09:21 pm
Toronto, Nov 5 (IBNS): The union which represents Canadian Post workers went on to a strike in Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador, media reports said.
Canada: Planes collide in mid-air over Ottawa; one dies
Nov 05, 2018, at 09:17 pm
Ottawa, Nov 5 (IBNS): A plane collision in the mid-air over Ottawa led to the death of one person on Sunday morning, media reports said.
12 newborn babies die in Afghanistan hospital
Nov 05, 2018, at 06:01 pm
Kabul, Nov 5 (IBNS): At least 12 newborn babies died under mysterious circumstances at a hospital in Afghanistan's Panjsher province, media reports said on Monday.
Afghanistan :Taliban’s military commission chief for 3 districts of Faryab has died
Nov 05, 2018, at 03:09 pm
Kabul, Nov 5 (IBNS) :The military commission chief of Taliban for three districts of Faryab province Qari Yousuf has died, Local Khaama Press said quoting Afghanistan's Ministry of Interior (MoI).
Afghanistan : Six militants wounded or killed in drone attack
Nov 05, 2018, at 02:33 pm
Kabul, Nov 5 (IBNS) :At least six militants, including a local commander of the group, were killed or wounded in U.S. drone strike in eastern Laghman province of Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: 46 terrorists killed in different parts of country in past 24 hours
Nov 04, 2018, at 08:12 pm
Kabul, Nov 4 (IBNS): At least 46 terrorists have been killed by security forces in Afghanistan in the past 24 hours, officials said.
Apple iPhones to get 5G in 2020: Reports
Nov 04, 2018, at 07:56 pm
New York, Nov 4 (IBNS): Tech giant Apple might launch 5G iPhone in the market in 2020, media reports said.
UN agency assists Central American caravan migrants, voices concern for receiving countries
Nov 04, 2018, at 05:47 pm
New York, Nov 4 (IBNS): The United Nations Migration Agency, IOM, is providing support and assistance to migrants on caravans crossing Central America while expressing concern over “the stress and demands” they are placing on host countries.
Nov 04, 2018, at 05:21 pm
New York, Nov 4 (IBNS): The United Nations and Syrian Arabic Red Crescent (SARC) kicked off a joint aid operation on Saturday, delivering vital humanitarian assistance to 50,000 people in south-east Syria’s Rukban camp, near the Jordanian border.
Apparent insider attack kills U.S. service member
Nov 03, 2018, at 05:42 pm
Kabul, Nov 3 (IBNS): One U.S. service member was killed and another was wounded in an apparent insider attack in Kabul, Nov. 3, said NATO Resolute Support said.
Canada: Ontario PC MPP Wilson, who is seeking treatment for addiction, resigns
Nov 03, 2018, at 02:19 pm
Toronto, Nov 3 (IBNS): Seeking treatment for addition issues, Ontario Progressive Conservative (PC) MPP Jim Wilson has resigned from the cabinet and Tory caucus, media reports said.
International court rejects Saif Gaddafi call to drop arrest warrant
Nov 03, 2018, at 08:29 am
New York, Nov 3 (IBNS): A call by Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi – son of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and de facto Prime Minister of the country during the time of his father’s rule – for an international arrest warrant against him to be ruled inadmissible, was rejected by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), on Friday.
Yemen: UN chief hails ‘signs of hope’ in world’s worst man-made humanitarian disaster
Nov 03, 2018, at 08:26 am
New York, Nov 3 (IBNS): Welcoming recent indications that peace talks could resume soon to end Yemen’s brutal civil conflict, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday there is “no room for complacency,” and called on the warring parties and the international community to “halt the senseless cycle of violence” and “reach a political settlement”.
More countries partner to target ‘zero hunger’ in global south
Nov 03, 2018, at 08:24 am
New York, Nov 3 (IBNS): More than 20 countries committed to a new declaration on agricultural and rural development on Friday, in a bid to stamp out poverty and hunger. The commitment came at the end of a forum on international development cooperation in Changsha, China.
Nov 03, 2018, at 08:21 am
New York, Nov 3 (IBNS): The United Nations human rights chief has warned that an official campaign in and around the capital of Tanzania to identify and detain anyone suspected of being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) “could turn into a witch-hunt.”
‘Colossal human loss’ threatens Asia, Pacific as hunger fight stalls – UN agencies
Nov 03, 2018, at 08:18 am
New York, Nov 3 (IBNS): Well over half the world’s undernourished people live in the Asia-Pacific region, making it a critical part of the global push to end extreme hunger and malnutrition in line with the Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs), cautioned a new United Nations report on Friday.
UN urges more protection for Nigeria’s most vulnerable after deadly attack on camp
Nov 03, 2018, at 08:15 am
New York, Nov 3 (IBNS): Hundreds of people already forced to flee their homes by violence in Nigeria’s troubled north-east have been uprooted once again after deadly attacks in and around a camp where they were sheltering, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA, said on Friday.
Pakistan: Influential religious scholar Maulana Samiul Haq assassinated at Rawalpindi residence
Nov 03, 2018, at 06:46 am
Islamabad, Nov 3 (IBNS): Pakistan's influential religious scholar Maulana Samiul Haq was assassinated at his residence in Rawalpindi city on Friday, media reports said.
Sony Music stabbing: Two injured
Nov 02, 2018, at 07:39 pm
London, Nov 2 (IBNS): Two people were stabbed at Sony Music's headquarters in London city on Friday, officials said.
Kabul: Market fire still on, firefighters continue battle to bring blaze under control
Nov 02, 2018, at 03:34 pm
Kabul, Nov 2 (IBNS): A fire broke out at a marketplace in Afghanistan's capital city Kabul on Thursday, media reports said.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev says export a priority area of country's foreign economic policy
Nov 02, 2018, at 11:59 am
Tashkent, Nov 2 (IBNS): Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has said that export will be a priority area in his country's economic policy.
Death penalty concerns highlighted in Sudan, Belarus, by UN Human Rights Committee
Nov 02, 2018, at 09:05 am
New York, Nov 2 (IBNS): Countries should heed the “clear pro-abolitionist spirit” towards the death penalty of one of the world’s most important treaties, a key UN independent human rights panel said on Thursday, while highlighting concerns about right-to-life violations in Belarus and Sudan.
As South Sudan celebrates, UN envoy cites trust as future ‘key ingredient’
Nov 02, 2018, at 09:02 am
New York, Nov 2 (IBNS): Thousands of elated citizens gathered in South Sudan’s capital of Juba on Wednesday to celebrate an agreement signed in September between the President and his former deputy, which it is hoped will finally end years of brutal conflict across the world’s youngest country.
Killing of journalists ‘outrageous’ and should not be ‘new normal’
Nov 02, 2018, at 09:00 am
New York, Nov 2 (IBNS): The killing of journalists around the world for doing their job is “outrageous” and should not become the “new normal” according to UN Secretary-General António Guterres.