UN rights agency condemns PLO's executions in Gaza, urges moratorium on death penalty
Apr 08, 2017, at 05:14 am
New York, Apr 7(Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights office on Friday strongly condemned the execution of three men in Gaza for “collaboration with the occupier†and urged authorities to halt all further executions and comply with Palestine's obligations under international law.
Sweden truck attack: Police asks residents to avoid centre of Stockholm
Apr 08, 2017, at 03:02 am
Stolkholm, Apr 7 (IBNS): Following the truck attack in Stockholm, which left at least three people dead, police asked residents to avoid the centre of the city, media reports on Friday.
Sweden: Truck drives into crowd in Stockholm, 3 killed
Apr 08, 2017, at 01:26 am
Stockholm, Apr 7 (IBNS): Joining the lists of recent attacks in various parts of the world, a truck with high speed drove into the crowd in the streets of central Stockholm leading to the death of at least 3 people and injuring several others, on Friday, media reports.
Canada: Snowy conditions and high winds cause power outages in Ontario
Apr 08, 2017, at 01:23 am
Toronto, Apr 7 (IBNS): A series of power outages across southern and eastern Ontario, due to heavy snow and high winds, were caused this morning, media reports said.
US strikes Syrian military base, Trump defends move as 'national security interest'
Apr 07, 2017, at 03:07 pm
Washington, Apr 7 (IBNS): The US government on Thursday launched at least 59 Tomahawk Missiles at the Syrian military airbase, reports said.
Apr 07, 2017, at 02:00 pm
New York, Apr 7(Just Earth News): United Nations peacekeepers face a raft of challenges – terrorism, hostile host governments, floods of illicit weapons, and sometimes being deployed to places where peace itself is at stake – Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday, underscoring that all parts of the UN have a role to play in making sure 'blue helmets' can deliver on the mandates assigned to them.
Cost of renewables fell in 2017, lowering global investment in clean energy – UN
Apr 07, 2017, at 01:59 pm
New York, Apr 7(Just Earth News): The world added record levels of renewable energy capacity in 2017, even as investment in clean energy fell, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on Thursday reported.
Zika could end up costing Latin America and the Caribbean up to $18 billion, UN reports finds
Apr 07, 2017, at 01:58 pm
New York, Apr 7(Just Earth News): In addition to the impact on public health, the tangible impact of the Zika outbreak, such as on gross domestic product (GDP), could cost the Latin American and the Caribbean region as much as $18 billion between 2015 and 2017, a new United Nations report has revealed.
At Security Council, new UN peacekeeping chief urges faster implementation of Mali peace deal
Apr 07, 2017, at 01:57 pm
New York, Apr 7(Just Earth News): The new United Nations peacekeeping chief on Thursday stressed the need for the parties to the conflict in Mali to redouble their efforts to accelerate the implementation of their 2015 peace agreement while expressing a concern about the volatile security situation in the landlocked West African country.
Sport is force of social empowerment and an engine for equality – UNESCO
Apr 07, 2017, at 01:56 pm
New York, Apr 7(Just Earth News): There is no more powerful platform for promoting shared values than sport, Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Irina Bokova, said in a message marking the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace.
UN General Assembly creates International Day for small, medium-sized enterprises
Apr 07, 2017, at 01:55 pm
New York, Apr 7(Just Earth News): Recognizing the importance of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises in achieving the new global development goals, the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday designated 27 June as International Day for those actors.
Strengthening the UN Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
Apr 07, 2017, at 01:54 pm
New York, Apr 7(Just Earth News): Following his analysis of the report of the High-Level External Independent Review Panel on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by International Peacekeeping Forces in the Central African Republic, former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Jane Holl Lute of the United States as Special Coordinator on improving the Organization’s response to sexual exploitation and abuse, in February 2017.
Post latest missile test, Security Council condemns DPRK's 'highly destabilizing behaviour'
Apr 07, 2017, at 01:53 pm
New York, Apr 7(Just Earth News): The United Nations Security Council on Thursday strongly condemned the latest ballistic missile launch by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), calling it “in grave violation†of the country's international obligations under six of the body's resolutions passed between 2007 and 2017.
Global food prices fall in March as sugar and vegetable oils slide – UN
Apr 07, 2017, at 01:52 pm
New York, Apr 7(Just Earth News): The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Thursday reported that global food prices fell in March amid large available supplies and expectations of strong harvests, and also projected “robust cereal harvests†in 2017.
Spike in E. coli cases results in Canada-wide recall of Robin Hood flour
Apr 07, 2017, at 05:07 am
Toronto, Apr 6 (IBNS): Recent increase in cases diagnosed with E. coli O121 in Canada resulted in extending the original recall of 10-kilogram bags Robin Hood brand flour by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to (CFIA) to the entire Canada, media reports said.
Indian Coast Guard ship in Sri Lanka to strengthen ties
Apr 06, 2017, at 10:01 pm
Colombo, Apr 6 (IBNS) : Indian Coast Guard Ship CGS Shoor has arrived the island nation on April 4 for a five-day visit to strengthen corporation between Sri Lankan and Indian coast guard operations.
Chemical attack, if confirmed, would be largest in Syria, UN Security Council told
Apr 06, 2017, at 01:12 pm
New York, Apr 6(Just Earth News): Briefing an emergency meeting of the Security Council following the reports of alleged chemical weapons use in Khan Shaykhun, southern rural Idleb, Syria, a senior United Nations official for disarmament affairs said that while many details are not yet fully known, new information continues to come in on the incident.
Bridging global infrastructure gap tops agenda at annual UN Partnership Forum
Apr 06, 2017, at 01:11 pm
New York, Apr 6(Just Earth News): Addressing the Partnership Forum convened by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), senior UN officials on Wednesday discussed how to promote infrastructure growth in the least developed countries, particularly in Africa, to reach the world's development goals by 2030.
UN envoy for Iraq condemns suicide bombings in Tikrit
Apr 06, 2017, at 01:10 pm
New York, Apr 6(Just Earth News): The top United Nations official in Iraq has strongly condemned the multiple suicide attacks that took place yesterday in Tikrit, which resulted in many casualties. New York, Apr 6(Just Earth News): The top United Nations official in Iraq has strongly condemned the multiple suicide attacks that took place yesterday in Tikrit, which resulted in many casualties.
Protecting refugees, ensuring security of countries 'complimentary goals, special UN forum told
Apr 06, 2017, at 01:06 pm
New York, Apr 6 (Just Earth News): Protecting refugees and assuring the safety of countries that receive them are complementary goals, a senior United Nations official on Wednesday said in a special security forum that discussed denying safe havens to people who finance or commit terrorist acts, or to terrorists who try to abuse the asylum system.
Canada: Pearson Airport welcomes suggestion of Transit Hub
Apr 06, 2017, at 05:14 am
Toronto, Apr 5 (IBNS): Toronto Mayor John Tory on Tuesday morning held a discussion with Ontario Transportation Minister Steven Del Duca, Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie, Brampton Mayor Linda Jeffrey and Kitchener Mayor Berry Vrbanovic about a regional transit hub at the Pearson International Airport in the Canadian city, media reports said.
Canada has maximum number of crying babies among countries
Apr 06, 2017, at 05:00 am
Toronto, Apr 5 (IBNS): A report of a meta-analysis of studies, conducted on about 8,700 infants in Canada, Germany, Denmark, Japan, Italy and the U.K by researchers at the University of Warwick, found that babies in Canada, Britain, Italy and the Netherlands cry more than babies in other countries.
Top UN official in DR Congo concerned about rising number of civilian deaths in Kasai
Apr 06, 2017, at 04:10 am
New York, Apr 5(Just Earth News): The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Tuesday expressed concern about a reported rise in the number of civilian casualties in the central Kasai region as a result of clashes between the Kamuina Nsapu militia and the Congolese security forces.
Humanitarian needs have never been greater in Syria, UN chief tells Brussels conference
Apr 06, 2017, at 04:07 am
New York, Apr 5(Just Earth News): Speaking at a major international conference on Syria, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called on the international community to increase support for the victims of the conflict in the war-ravaged country as well as for the neighbouring ones that are sheltering millions of refugees.
Somalia: Explosion rocks Mogadishu
Apr 05, 2017, at 11:58 pm
Mogadishu, Apr 5 (IBNS): An explosion hit Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, officials said.
At least six killed in suicide attack on Pakistan's census team in Lahore
Apr 05, 2017, at 07:40 pm
Lahore, Apr 5 (IBNS) : At least six people, including four soldiers, were killed 18 wounded in a suspected suicide blast targeting census workers in the Lahore on Wedensday.
Pandit Prodyut Mukherjee's percussion wizardry regales Toronto audience
Apr 05, 2017, at 06:56 pm
Toronto, April 5 (IBNS): Pandit Prodyut Mukherjee regaled the audience with his mastery over Tabla, an Indian musical instrument, at the third Tookhar Tamasha Art's music festival held in Mississauga, Ontario.
Pakistan: Cylinder blast kills 1 in Lahore
Apr 05, 2017, at 03:35 pm
Lahore, Apr 5 (IBNS): A cylinder blast in a van in Pakistan's Lahore city has killed at least one person, media reports said.
North Korea fires projectile into East Sea, claims Seoul
Apr 05, 2017, at 02:19 pm
Seoul, Apr 5 (IBNS): North Korea has fired projectile suspected to be a ballistic missile toward the East Sea, claimed South Korea on Wednesday.
Recent attacks show pirates off Somalia’s coast still a potent threat – UN agency
Apr 05, 2017, at 12:55 pm
New York, Apr 5(Just Earth News): Noting that recent attacks on commercial ships off the coast of Somalia highlight the continued threat of piracy, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has urged ships to follow advice of navies and that of the International Maritime Organization while planning passage through the region.