Ban names advocates to propel achievement of Sustainable Development Goals
Jan 20, 2016, at 02:49 pm
New York, Jan 20 (Just Earth News/IBNS): A queen, a crown princess, a president, a prime minister, a Chinese e-commerce pioneer, and a player often ranked as the world’s best footballer are among eminent Advocates appointed by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday to help achieve the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which seeks to eliminate poverty, hunger and a raft of social ills, all within 15 years.
UN refugee agency warns over perilous Horn of Africa sea crossings
Jan 20, 2016, at 02:47 pm
New York, Jan 20 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Despite the ongoing conflict in Yemen, thousands of Ethiopians and Somalis are continuing to make a perilous sea crossing, which has already claimed at least three dozen lives this year, the UN refugee agency warned on Tuesday.
Global unemployment projected to rise over next two years, UN agency warns
Jan 20, 2016, at 02:45 pm
New York, Jan 20 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Despite falling unemployment in some developed economies, the global jobs crisis is likely to continue for at least the next two years, especially in emerging economies, topping 200 million by 2017, the United Nations labour agency warned on Tuesday, calling for urgent steps to boost jobs.
ISIS confirms Jihadi John's death
Jan 20, 2016, at 02:23 pm
New York, Jan 20 (IBNS): Militant groups ISIS has confirmed that its British militant known as Jihadi John died last year in November.
Japan: World's oldest man Yasutaro Koide dies
Jan 19, 2016, at 10:04 pm
Tokyo, Jan 19 (IBNS) The oldest living man on earth Yasutaro Koide died on Tuesday.
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Jan 19, 2016, at 09:56 pm
Peshawar, Jan 19 (IBNS) A bomb explosion near a security checkpost situated close to the Karkhano Market area in Pakistan killed at least 10 people on Tuesday, media reports said.
UN efforts to counter El Niño-exacerbated drought in southern Africa
Jan 19, 2016, at 02:52 pm
New York, Jan 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS): With 14 million people facing hunger in southern Africa as the El Niño weather pattern, the worst in over three decades, exacerbates drought, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Monday that it faces critical funding challenges in scaling up food and cash-based aid.
International tourism hits record 1.2 billion in 2015, UN reports
Jan 19, 2016, at 02:51 pm
New York, Jan 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS): International tourism grew by 4.4 per cent last year to a record 1.184 billion as calculated by overnight visitors to international destinations, 50 million more than in 2014, and the sixth consecutive year of above-average growth, UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) reported on Monday.
Libyan parties delay naming unity government, UN urges steps to end divisions
Jan 19, 2016, at 02:49 pm
New York, Jan 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations in Libya has expressed regret over the decision of the country’s Presidency Council to postpone the formation of a national unity government for 48 hours beyond the deadline set by a UN-facilitated political agreement, emphasizing that all efforts to combat and eliminate these terrorist groups must be led by the Libyan State.
UN envoy condemns stabbing attacks in Israeli settlements in West Bank
Jan 19, 2016, at 02:47 pm
New York, Jan 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Strongly condemning the two stabbing attacks on two women, one of them fatal, in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, a senior United Nations envoy on the Middle East on Monday called upon Israeli and Palestinian authorities to ensure that the perpetrators are swiftly brought to justice.
Counter-terrorism measures threaten remittances sent to Somali diaspora: UN experts
Jan 19, 2016, at 02:45 pm
New York, Jan 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Expressing concern over the impact on vital remittances from diaspora countries into Somalia caused by "necessary but less considered counter-terrorism regulations," United Nations rights experts on Monday warned the measures may "severely affect the human rights" of Somali people, while urging regulation-setting governments to guarantee the flow of such funds.
'Sharply deteriorating conditions' in besieged areas of Syria, UN agencies report
Jan 19, 2016, at 02:43 pm
New York, Jan 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS): United Nations humanitarian agencies expressed concern on Monday that an estimated 200,000 people are facing “sharply deteriorating conditions†in the besieged western side of Deir-Ez-Zor city in Syria, while the top UN relief official stressed that the world body continues to act "impartially, neutrally and independently" to reach people in need throughout the country.
Peru will compensate woman in historic human rights abortion case: UN
Jan 19, 2016, at 02:41 pm
New York, Jan 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Nearly a decade after the UN Human Rights Committee agreed that a Peruvian woman’s rights were violated for having been denied an abortion – and recommended that the Government compensate her – the UN human rights office announced on Monday that Peru has said it will pay compensation for having refused her access to a legal medical procedure.
Yemen: Ban urges all sides to commit to ceasefire
Jan 19, 2016, at 02:40 pm
New York, Jan 19 (Just earth News/IBNS): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called on the Government and all parties in Yemen as well as States in the region to commit to a comprehensive and permanent ceasefire to enable the rapid resumption of already delayed peace talks which the United Nations is facilitating.
Akbar Bugti murder case: Pakistani court acquits Pervez Musharraf
Jan 19, 2016, at 01:04 am
Quetta, Jan 18 (IBNS): A Pakistani court on Monday acquitted country's former President General Pervez Musharraf in a case connected to the alleged murder of former Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti.
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IED blast in Pakistan kills five security personnel
Jan 18, 2016, at 10:16 pm
Quetta, Jan 18 (IBNS) An improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Quetta's Margut area of Pakistan left at least five security personnel killed on Monday, media reports said.
American contractors missing in Iraq
Jan 18, 2016, at 02:44 pm
Baghdad, Jan 18 (IBNS): Three American contractors went missing in Iraq, media reports said on Monday.
UN chief says humanitarian finance gap is a 'solvable problem'
Jan 18, 2016, at 02:05 pm
New York, Jan 18 ( Just Earth News/IBNS): Highlighting that people around the world are living at an age of "mega-crises," United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday welcomed the launch of a new report on finding solutions to the growing gap between the increasing numbers of people in need of assistance and sufficient resources to provide relief.
'Renewable energy is limitless and will last forever,' says Ban at global debate
Jan 18, 2016, at 02:00 pm
New York, Jan 18 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Everyone involved in energy—governments, the private sector, investors and financial institutions, cities, and people everywhere–has understood that we can no longer burn our way to global prosperity, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declared on Sunday at a debate hosted by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Financial Times.
UN Security Council removes Iranian bank from sanctions list
Jan 18, 2016, at 01:58 pm
New York, Jan 18 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations Security Council announced on Sunday that it has removed Iranian Bank Sepah and its international subsidiary from a sanctions list, following Saturday's announcement of a UN report confirming that Iran has completed necessary preparatory steps to start the implementation of a plan of action aiming to resolve the nuclear issue.
Islamic State kidnap 400 people from Deir Ezzor city
Jan 18, 2016, at 05:14 am
Beirut, Jan 17 (IBNS) Militant group ISIS has abducted at least 400 civilian people and from the families of the gunmen loyal to the regime were kidnapped from Syria's Deir Ezzor city, a monitor said on Sunday.
Iran now doesn't have enough of this material for even one bomb: Obama
Jan 18, 2016, at 03:37 am
Washington, Jan 17 (IBNS) US President Barack Obama on Sunday said Iran does not have enough material to make a bomb.
Afghanistan: Suicide attack kills 13
Jan 17, 2016, at 11:18 pm
Jalalabad, Jan 17 (IBNS): A suicide attacker blew himself up in Afghanistan's Jalalabad area on Sunday which killed 13 people, media reports said.
Raj Kapoor's birthplace partially demolished: Reports
Jan 17, 2016, at 09:10 pm
Peshawar, Jan 17 (IBNS) Bollywood legend Raj Kapoor birthplace has been demolished by its owner in Pakistan's Peshawar city on Saturday, media reports said.
Jalalabad: At least 11 killed, 13 injured in suicide blast
Jan 17, 2016, at 06:46 pm
Jalalabad, Jan 17 (IBNS) A heavy explosion rocked the Afghan city of Jalalabad killing at least 11 people and injuring another 13, according to media reports.
Burkina Faso: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemns militant attack in hotel
Jan 17, 2016, at 03:35 pm
Ottawa, Jan 17 (IBNS) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has condemned militant attack at a luxury hotel in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou which has killed more than 20 people.
UN welcomes report on Iran completing required nuclear measures, calling it 'significant milestone'
Jan 17, 2016, at 02:52 pm
New York, Jan 17 (IBNS) Following the release of a report confirming that Iran has completed necessary preparatory steps to start the implementation of a plan of action aiming to resolve the nuclear issue, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday welcomed the achievement of having reached “Implementation Day,†highlighting that he is heartened by the lifting of sanctions on Iran.
UN chief condemns 'heinous terrorist attacks' in Burkina Faso's capital
Jan 17, 2016, at 02:48 pm
New York, Jan 17 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday condemned the "heinous terrorist attacks" carried out yesterday in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital, which resulted in more than 20 deaths and many other people wounded.
Jan 17, 2016, at 02:42 pm
New York, Jan 17 (IBNS) Welcoming positive political developments in West Africa, in particular the holding of peaceful elections in Nigeria, Togo, Burkina Faso, Guinea and Cote-d'Ivoire, members of the UN Security Council stressed the importance of the upcoming elections in Niger, Benin, Cabo Verde, Ghana and The Gambia to be "free, fair, peaceful, inclusive and credible."
Iran deal: International sanctions lifted
Jan 17, 2016, at 02:36 pm
Washington, Jan 17 (IBNS): In a significant move, international sanction on Iran was lifted on Saturday after the International Atomic Energy Agency verified that the country has completed the necessary steps under the Iran deal which will ensure its nuclear program is and remains exclusively peaceful.