London Mayor Sadiq Khan arrives in Pakistan
Dec 06, 2017, at 09:49 pm
Lahore, Dec 6 (IBNS); London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Wednesday reached Pakistan.
New airstrikes leave at least 25 ISIS militants dead in East of Afghanistan
Dec 06, 2017, at 09:19 pm
Kabul, Dec 6 (IBNS) : At least 25 militants affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were killed in the latest airstrikes conducted in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
Donald Trump to recognise Jerusalem as Israel capital
Dec 06, 2017, at 08:13 pm
Washington DC, Dec 6 (IBNS) : The United States will officially recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, thus becoming the first country in the world to do so since the foundation of the state in 1948, media reports said.
Pakistan: Teenager killed during robbery in Karachi
Dec 06, 2017, at 03:32 pm
Karachi, Dec 6 (IBNS): Unidentified attackers murdered a girl with a sharp-edged object during an incident of robbery in Karachi’s Saudabad area on Tuesday, media reports said on Wednesday.
Somalia Partnership Forum stresses job creation and poverty reduction to promote stability
Dec 06, 2017, at 03:17 pm
New York, Dec 6(Just Earth News): A gathering of senior representatives of the Somali Government, the United Nations and the international community concluded in Mogadishu on Tuesday with a call for greater investment in the country’s economic development to create more job opportunities, rehabilitate essential infrastructure, and improve the living conditions of the Somali people.
Donors make initial pledges of $857 million to fund UN refugee agency’s work in 2018
Dec 06, 2017, at 03:16 pm
New York, Dec 6(Just Earth News): Donor governments on Tuesday pledged an initial $857 million to fund the United Nations refugee agency’s work to help some 67 million displaced or stateless people worldwide in 2018.
Amid alarming spike in violence, looming famine, Yemen gripped by uncertainty – UN officials
Dec 06, 2017, at 03:15 pm
New York, Dec 6(Just Earth News): Yemen remains gripped by uncertainty after the assassination of the former president and a spike in brutal violence in and around its capital, Sana’a, the United Nations envoy for the war-torn country said on Tuesday.
Dec 06, 2017, at 03:14 pm
New York, Dec 6(Just Earth News): Growing antimicrobial resistance linked to the discharge of drugs and some chemicals into the environment is one of the most worrying health threats on Tuesday, according to new research from the United Nations that highlights emerging challenges and solutions in environment.
Caring for the planet starts with ‘the ground we walk on;’ UN says on World Soil Day
Dec 06, 2017, at 03:14 pm
New York, Dec 6(Just Earth News): Soil is a major carbon storage system, essential for sustainable agriculture and climate change mitigation, the United Nations agriculture agency said on Tuesday, launching on World Soil Day a comprehensive global map showing the amount of carbon stocks contained in soil.
Young students getting better at reading, finds international study
Dec 06, 2017, at 03:12 pm
New York, Dec 6(Just Earth News): Reading literacy levels are on the rise across the globe, giving young students a set of strong skills to serve them in their futures as well as contributing to the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular those related to inclusive and quality education.
Terror plot to assassinate British PM Theresa May foiled: Report
Dec 06, 2017, at 02:25 pm
London, Dec 6 (IBNS): British security forces have foiled terror plot to assassinate UK Prime Minister Theresa May, media reports said on Wednesday.
Dec 06, 2017, at 04:50 am
New York, Dec 5(Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights chief on Tuesday called for an international criminal probe into the perpetrators of the widespread and brutal attacks that have driven more than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar since August, noting that “elements of genocide” against the minority could not be ruled out.
West and Central Africa lagging far behind world in HIV response, warns UNICEF
Dec 06, 2017, at 04:43 am
New York, Dec 5 (Just Earth News): Four in five children living with HIV in West and Central Africa are still not receiving life-saving antiretroviral therapy and AIDS-related deaths among adolescents aged 15-19 are on the rise, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned.
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Canada: Federal government to launch ad campaign over drug-impaired driving
Dec 06, 2017, at 04:16 am
Ottawa, Dec 5 (IBNS): The federal government in Canada is set to launch an ad-campaign to create awareness over drug-impaired driving, with few months to go for the legalisation of recreational marijuana in the country, media reports said.
Pakistan: Six killed in suicide blast
Dec 06, 2017, at 12:51 am
Lahore, Dec 5 (IBNS): At least six people were killed in a bomb blast that rocked Mir Ali area of Pakistan on Tuesday, media reports said.
Syria: Eight killed in suicide blast
Dec 06, 2017, at 12:12 am
Homs, Dec 5 (IBNS): At least eight people were killed in a blast that hit Ekrema neighborhood in Homs city of Syria on Tuesday, media reports said.
Al-Qaeda’s top leader among at least 80 killed in Afghan-US operations
Dec 05, 2017, at 07:00 pm
Kabul, Dec 5 (IBNS) : A top leader of the Al-Qaeda terrorist network has been killed along with at least 80 other militants during the operations of the Afghan and US forces.
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani visits Uzbekistan to deepen ties between two nations
Dec 05, 2017, at 06:54 pm
Tashkent, Dec 5 (IBNS): Bilateral ties between Uzbekistan and Afghanistan are deepening with Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani arriving in capital Tashkent on an official visit between Dec 4 and Dec 6.
Central African Republic: UN chief condemns killing of ‘blue helmet’ in country’s east
Dec 05, 2017, at 05:53 pm
New York, Dec 5(Just Earth News): Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the killing on Monday of a Mauritanian peacekeeper and the wounding of three others of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) by anti-Balaka militia in Bria in the country’ s east.
Iraq: Ambiguity over legal age of marriage could devastate childhoods, warn UN officials
Dec 05, 2017, at 05:42 pm
New York, Dec 5(Just Earth News): Voicing concern over proposed amendments to laws governing marriage in Iraq – in particular the ambiguity over the legal age of marriage – senior United Nations officials called on the country to ensure adequate protection for children across Iraq.
UN chief proposes ‘sweeping’ management reform to budget committee
Dec 05, 2017, at 05:40 pm
New York, Dec 5(Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday proposed sweeping management reform to Member States in the General Assembly’s main administrative and budgetary body, including the adoption of an annual budget cycle, the granting of the power for him to redeploy resources within the approved budget, and the elimination of duplicate functions currently undertaken by different departments.
UN chief urges universal ratification of International Criminal Court’s founding treaty
Dec 05, 2017, at 05:38 pm
New York, Dec 5(Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday stressed the importance of all States ratifying the treaty that established the International Criminal Court as the central institution of the global criminal justice system, known as the Rome Statute.
Dec 05, 2017, at 05:35 pm
New York, Dec 5(Just Earth News): Noting that the movement of people across borders is a global reality, a senior United Nations official stressed that policy decisions governing migration must be based on fact and not on perception or myth.
UN voices support for Somali Government’s efforts at first-ever security conference in Mogadishu
Dec 05, 2017, at 05:30 pm
New York, Dec 5(Just Earth News): At Somalia's first-ever security conference, hosted by the country’s Federal President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed “Farmaajo” in the capital, Mogadishu, participants agreed to speed up security sector reform and develop a plan to transfer primary responsibility for the country’s security from the United Nations-backed African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) to its own security forces.
Urgent action needed to address rising global hunger, says UN agency head
Dec 05, 2017, at 05:28 pm
New York, Dec 5(Just Earth News): Immediate action is needed to address the rise in global hunger, the head of the United Nations food security agency has urged, highlighting the need to build resilience in poor and vulnerable communities.
Canada-Trump officials discuss curb on phoney goods
Dec 05, 2017, at 12:18 am
Ottawa, Dec 4 (IBNS): Canada and US President Donald Trump's officials have discussed over the curbing phoney goods like fake iPhones and phoney Prada fashions, media reports said.
CIA warns Pakistan that US will act if safe havens of terrorists not destroyed: Dawn
Dec 04, 2017, at 11:19 pm
Islamabad, Dec 4 (IBNS): At a time when US Defence Secretary James Mattis is visiting Pakistan, country's CIA Director Mike Pompeo has warned the south Asian nation to eliminate alleged safe havens present within its territory, according to a Pakistan media report.
UN chief calls for end to all armed clashes, airstrikes in Yemen
Dec 04, 2017, at 01:32 pm
New York, Dec 4(Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called on the parties to the conflict in Yemen to cease all air and ground assaults, expressing deep concern about the “sharp escalation” of armed clashes and airstrikes in the capital, Sana'a, and other parts of the war-torn country over the past several days.
Dec 04, 2017, at 01:31 pm
New York, Dec 4(Just Earth News): Persons with disabilities, as both beneficiaries and agents of change, can fast track the process towards inclusive and sustainable development, and for the 4030 Agenda to truly live up to its promise to 'leave no one behind,' all physical and cultural barriers must be removed to create societies that provide real opportunities for everyone everywhere, the United Nations has said.
Dec 03, 2017, at 01:43 pm
New York, Dec 3 (Just Earth News): Top officials from across the United Nations system called on Saturday for the Saudi-led coalition to fully lift its blockade of Yemen's Red Sea ports, warning that unless commercial imports are resumed, “the threat of widespread famine in a matter of months is very real.”