UN and Red Cross call for restrictions on autonomous weapon systems to protect humanity

The UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) are calling on political leaders to urgently establish new international rules on autonomous weapon systems, to protect humanity.

UN and Red Cross chiefs appeal for end to use of explosive weapons in cities

New York: With some 50 million people in urban areas suffering from the impact of armed conflict, war in cities “cannot be back page news”, the UN Secretary-General and the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Wednesday.

Indonesia: Psychological impact on earthquake survivors turns villages into ‘ghost towns’

New York, Aug 8 (IBNS): Following the magnitude 7 earthquake which rocked the Indonesian island of Lombok at the weekend, more than 130 aftershocks have been felt with some villages being turned into “ghost towns”, journalists at the UN in Geneva heard on Tuesday.

UN chief condemns fatal shooting of International Red Cross staffer in Yemen

New York, Apr 23 (IBNS): The United Nations Secretary-General has condemned Sunday’s killing of a senior staff member working for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Yemen, who was attacked while travelling in a vehicle on the outskirts of Taiz.

Kenya: Road mishap kills 36 people

Nairobi, Dec 31 (IBNS): At least 36 people died after the bus they were travelling in collided head-on with a trailer in Kenya's  Nakuru-Eldoret highway on Sunday, media reports said.