Aug 18, 2018, at 08:07 am
New York, Aug 18 (IBNS): The city of Ghazni in Afghanistan is still too dangerous for aid workers to reach, after a week of “intense” fighting and reports that traumatized children are turning up at hospitals looking for their parents, UN humanitarian agency, OCHA, said on Friday.
‘Unconscionable’ to kill aid workers, civilians: UN Emergency Coordinator
Aug 18, 2018, at 08:00 am
New York, Aug 18 (IBNS): Remembering all the humanitarians killed in the line of duty just ahead of World Humanitarian Day, the United Nations relief chief on Friday, renewed the call for civilians and aid workers everywhere to be better protected.
Canada: Preparations underway in Fredericton for arrival of thousands of police officers to mourn
Aug 17, 2018, at 10:59 pm
Fredericton, Aug 17 (IBNS): Preparations are underway in Fredericton for the arrival of thousands of police officers, first responders and dignitaries, who will attend the regimental funeral services of officers killed in the shooting, which took place in the city last week, media reports said.
Natan Obed re-elected as Canada's national Inuit group leader; Trudeau congratulates
Aug 17, 2018, at 10:47 pm
Alberta, Aug 17 (IBNS): Natan Obed has been re-elected as Canada's national Inuit group leader.
ISIS claims responsibility for Kabul education centre attack
Aug 17, 2018, at 03:44 pm
Kabul, Aug 17 (IBNS): ISIS militant group has taken responsibility for the suicide attack in Afghanistan's Kabul city which targeted an education center in the city recently, media reports said on Friday.
Demanding release of pastor, US threatens to slap more sanctions against Turkey
Aug 17, 2018, at 01:44 pm
Washington/Ankara, Aug 17 (IBNS): Demanding the release of a pastor, who is in captivity in Turkey, the US government has threatened to slap more sanctions against the Eurasian country.
Pope Francis chides US priests named in child sex abuse investigations
Aug 17, 2018, at 12:06 pm
Vatican City, Aug 17 (IBNS): The supreme leader of the Catholic faith, Pope Francis has slammed the disgraced priests named in the child sex abuse investigations carried out in the United States of America by a grand jury.
Pope Francis chides US priests named in child sex abuse investigations
Aug 17, 2018, at 12:00 pm
Vatican City, Aug 17 (IBNS): The supreme leader of the Catholic faith, Pope Francis has slammed the disgraced priests named in the child sex abuse investigations carried out in the United States of America by a grand jury.
‘Unconscionable’ to kill aid workers, civilians: UN Emergency Coordinator
Aug 17, 2018, at 09:13 am
New York, Aug 17 (IBNS): Remembering all the humanitarians killed in the line of duty just ahead of World Humanitarian Day, the United Nations relief chief on Friday, renewed the call for civilians and aid workers everywhere to be better protected.
Aug 17, 2018, at 09:09 am
New York, Aug 17 (IBNS): The Republika Srpska National Assembly in Bosnia and Herzegovina drew concern from the top United Nations expert on the Prevention of Genocide on Thursday, over its decision this week to revoke its endorsement of the 2004 Srebrenica Commission Report acknowledging genocide during the Bosnian war of the 1990s.
In Tanzania visit, UNHCR official stresses freedom of choice is crucial for refugee returns
Aug 17, 2018, at 09:05 am
New York, Aug 17 (IBNS): Refugees should never be pressured to decide if they should return to their home countries, a senior UN official has said.
Terror attacks strike people ‘from all walks of life, the UN included’
Aug 17, 2018, at 09:01 am
New York, Aug 17 (IBNS): The terrorist attack on UN headquarters in Iraq in 2003 that claimed the lives of 22 people should serve as a reminder that the organization’s locally recruited staff often face the greatest dangers in the world’s most hostile places, amid increasing attacks on humanitarians, the head of the United Nations in Geneva said on Thursday.
Aug 17, 2018, at 08:57 am
New York, Aug 17 (IBNS): A group of United Nations rights experts are urging the Japanese government to urgently protect tens of thousands or workers hired to help decontaminate the Fukushima nuclear plant, who are reportedly being exploited and exposed to toxic nuclear radiation.
Aug 17, 2018, at 08:53 am
New York, Aug 17 (IBNS): A lack of funds means that the new school term for over half a million Palestinian students could be cut short after just one month, says UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refuge
UN condemns ‘heinous’ suicide attack on education centre in Afghanistan
Aug 17, 2018, at 08:49 am
New York, Aug 17 (IBNS): The perpetrators of Wednesday’s “heinous” suicide bombing that killed students at an education centre in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, must be brought to justice, the UN Secretary-General has said.
Aug 17, 2018, at 08:45 am
New York, Aug 17 (IBNS): Recent incidents where high-level politicians have used the word ‘leprosy’ in discriminatory remarks against rivals only contributes to harmful stereotypes surrounding the disease.
US and Mexico child deportations drive extreme violence and trauma: UNICEF
Aug 17, 2018, at 08:37 am
New York, Aug 17 (IBNS)The many life-threatening dangers faced by children from Central America who are being deported from the United States of America and Mexico, are highlighted in a new report from United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday, which also draws attention to the traumatic consequences of family separation by migration authorities.
Afghanistan: UN chief calls for 'urgent' ceasefire and opening of peace talks
Aug 17, 2018, at 08:25 am
New York, Aug 17 (IBNS): After days of intense fighting for the Afghan city of Ghazni, south-west of Kabul, the United Nations Secretary-General and the Head of the UN mission in the country (UNAMA) have denounced the toll that the almost 20-year conflict has taken on civilians, and called on warring parties to lay down their arms and seek a political solution to the conflict.
Canada prepares response to US' possible auto tariff imposition
Aug 16, 2018, at 08:20 pm
Ottawa, Aug 16 (IBNS): The federal government is planning to respond to the auto tariff, which the US has threatened to impose, media reports said.
Canada: BC government declares state emergency as 566 wildfires burn across province
Aug 16, 2018, at 07:29 pm
Victoria, Aug 16 (IBNS): The British Columbia government hasdeclared a state emergency as 566 wildfires are still burning across the province, media reports said.
#EnemyOfNone: Over 300 US news organisations to launch free press campaign on Thursday
Aug 16, 2018, at 12:03 pm
Washington, Aug 16 (IBNS): Condemning US President Donald Trump's attacks on American media houses, over 300 such organisations will launch a free press campaign on Thursday.
Afghanistan: Kabul classroom suicide bombing kills at least 48
Aug 16, 2018, at 10:59 am
Kabul, Aug 16 (IBNS): At least 48 people have died in a suicide bombing in western Kabul region of Afghanistan, reports said.
US and Mexico child deportations drive extreme violence and trauma: UNICEF
Aug 16, 2018, at 09:18 am
New York,m Aug 16 (IBNS): The many life-threatening dangers faced by children from Central America who are being deported from the United States of America and Mexico, are highlighted in a new report from United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday, which also draws attention to the traumatic consequences of family separation by migration authorities.
UN chief welcomes re-opening of key Gaza border crossing
Aug 16, 2018, at 09:12 am
New York, Aug 16 (IBNS): The decision by Israel to reopen the only functional commercial crossing point into Gaza which has been closed to most deliveries for weeks, has been welcomed by the United Nations Secretary-General.
Aug 16, 2018, at 09:03 am
New York, Aug 16 (IBNS): A Ukrainian film-maker whose outspoken criticism of Russia’s continued annexation of Crimea has landed him in jail, prompted United Nations human rights experts to call on Russian authorities for his immediate and unconditional release on Wednesday.
Aug 16, 2018, at 08:56 am
New York, Aug 16 (IBNS): The court decision to award nearly $290 million to a terminally-ill man from the United States who claimed his cancer was caused by a herbicide in a commercial weed killer, has been welcomed by two United Nations human rights experts as a “significant recognition” of the responsibilities that chemical companies have to consumers.
Afghanistan: top UN official denounces ‘extreme’ suffering of civilians in Ghazni
Aug 16, 2018, at 08:52 am
New York, Aug 16 (IBNS): With the death toll rising after days of intense fighting for the Afghan city of Ghazni, south-west of Kabul, the Head of the United Nations mission in the country (UNAMA) said on Wednesday that the situation was “unacceptable” and called on warring parties to lay down their arms and seek a political solution to the conflict.
INTERVIEW: ‘Defend the people, not the States’, says outgoing UN human rights chief
Aug 16, 2018, at 08:46 am
New York, Aug 16 (IBNS): For four years, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, has been taking governments across the world to task, exposing human rights violations and robustly advocating for the rights of victims.
VR adventure game Museum of Symmetry can be enjoyed with HTC Vive VR headset
Aug 15, 2018, at 11:50 pm
Montreal, Aug 15 (IBNS): Get ready to explore the Museum of Symmetry (MOS), an absurdist mind-and-body romp through the highest clouds to the ocean deep, with your HTC Vive VR headset.
Canada: Federal government planning to announce new statutory holiday
Aug 15, 2018, at 11:23 pm
Ottawa, Aug 15 (IBNS): The federal government of Canada is planning to announce a new statutory holiday in the country, media reports said.