Treat climate crisis with ‘greatest urgency’, Bahamas leader tells UN Assembly
Sep 28, 2019, at 07:34 am
New York: Hurricane Dorian, one of the most destructive Atlantic storms ever recorded, “is a generational tragedy” for The Bahamas, Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said on Friday.
Sudan at the start of ‘long road to recovery’, UN chief tells high-level meeting
Sep 28, 2019, at 07:08 am
New York: Sudan is now on the long road to socio-economic recovery, following the establishment of a civilian-led government, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told a high-level meeting on Friday, at UN Headquarters in New York.
‘We may be small islands, but no man is an island’, Papua New Guinea youth tells world leaders
Sep 28, 2019, at 06:57 am
New York: “All of us from small islands can relate to the word’s perception of us, as small islands”, but rather than treating them as distant vessels, imagine instead “an undivided Pacific, connected by an ocean highway.” That was the plea to world leaders from Vinzealhar Ainjo Kwangin Nen, on Friday, speaking on behalf of her generation, on the front line of climate change.
Wall Street slides on report that US may curb investments in China
Sep 28, 2019, at 06:46 am
New York, Sep 27 (Sputnik/UNI) Stocks on Wall Street fell in volatile trading Friday after media reports surfaced that the Trump administration was studying ways to curb US investments into China.
‘No place for violence, intimidation or fraud’ in Afghan elections: UN chief
Sep 28, 2019, at 06:42 am
New York: All key actors in Afghanistan must “uphold their responsibility to support a peaceful, credible, transparent and inclusive electoral process”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a statement on Friday, the day before presidential elections are due to be held in the country, adding that “there is no place for violence, intimidation or fraud”.
US House votes for 2nd time to overturn Trump's national emergency declaration to fund border wall
Sep 28, 2019, at 06:37 am
Washington, Sep 27 (Xinhua/UNI) The US House voted Friday to overturn President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration to fund the construction of a wall on the US-Mexico border, the second time it did so.
US airstrike kills 17 IS militants in southwestern Libya
Sep 28, 2019, at 06:22 am
Tripoli (Xinhua/UNI) The United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) on Friday said it carried out an airstrike that killed Islamic State (IS) militants in southwestern Libya, in coordination with the UN-backed government.
Modi meets Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on UNGA sidelines
Sep 28, 2019, at 01:48 am
New York: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina here on the margins of the High Level Segment of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly on Friday and expressed their zero tolerance to terrorism and violent extremism.
There will be bloodbath in Kashmir after curfew is lifted: Imran Khan at UNGA
Sep 28, 2019, at 12:31 am
New York, Sep 27 (UNI/IBNS) Attacking India and the Modi government on expected lines, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday slammed the removal of special status of Jammu and Kashmir (read abrogation of Article 370) by New Delhi and continued lockdown in the region while warning of a bloodbath once the curfew is lifted in the troubled spot. The beleagured Pakistan Prime Minister fired on all cylinders to internationalise the Kashmir issue and even painted the spectre of a nuclear war.
US forces kill 17 IS terrorists in Southwest Libya-Africa Command
Sep 27, 2019, at 09:53 pm
Washington, Sept 27 (Sputnik) US military forces killed 17 Islamic State (banned in Russia) terrorists during an airstrike in southwest Libya, the Africa Command (AFRICOM) said in a statement on Friday.
Sep 27, 2019, at 06:18 pm
New York: At a time when PM Imran Khan is expected to deliver his speech at the UN General Assembly in New York, several activists at the receiving end of atrocities by Pakistani Army and its spy agency ISI, including those seeking freedom of Sindh and Balochistan regions, have raised their voices against the South Asian nation and its government.
Russian court arrests 9 people for sponsoring IS terrorists in Syria, Iraq - Investigators
Sep 27, 2019, at 05:31 pm
Moscow, Sep 27 (Sputnik/UNI) A court in Moscow has arrested nine supporters of the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, banned in Russia) for sponsoring terrorists in Syria and Iraq, an aide to the head of the Russian Investigative Committee's Moscow department, Yulia Ivanova, said on Friday.
Bangladesh: Minor raped, one person arrested
Sep 27, 2019, at 05:04 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh police have arrested a man for allegedly raping a nine-year-old girl in country's Tangail area, media reports said.
Sep 27, 2019, at 04:20 pm
New York: Somalia is “the perfect example of the success of the multilateral system,” President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed told the UN General Assembly on Thursday, while acknowledging that the Horn of Africa country still needed international and regional support and cooperation, particularly to deal with threats from Al-Shabab.
‘Terrorist Iranian regime’ must be checked; Saudi Foreign Minister urges financial pressure
Sep 27, 2019, at 04:18 pm
New York: The United Nations, and the world, have a moral responsibility “to apply utmost pressure with every tool available ... to end the terrorist and aggressive conduct of the Iranian regime,” Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister told the General Assembly on Thursday evening.
Iran cannot be allowed to develop nuclear weapons: Israeli Foreign Minister
Sep 27, 2019, at 04:16 pm
New York: The international community must join together to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, the Foreign Minister of Israel told the UN General Assembly on Thursday evening.
Sep 27, 2019, at 04:14 pm
New York: As a United Nations Member State more than two deacades, Thursday was the first time the Republic of North Macedonia addressed the General Assembly under its settled-upon name after “a 27-year-old difference with Greece”.
South Sudan ‘heading towards lasting peace and stability’, UN General Assembly told
Sep 27, 2019, at 04:10 pm
New York: Through the cooperation of the leaders of South Sudan, First Vice-President Taban Deng Gai on Thursday told the United Nations General Assembly that his country could become “a beacon of hope and peace”.
Nauru President warns of possible climate change ‘economic Armageddon’
Sep 27, 2019, at 04:08 pm
New York: Climate change is putting Pacific tuna fish stocks at risk, potentially creating an “economic Armageddon” for Nauru, President Lionel Aingimea warned the UN General Assembly on Thursday.
Mirrored classroom display highlights scale of massive education crisis
Sep 27, 2019, at 04:01 pm
New York: A non-profit dedicated to exposing the severity of the global education crisis has been inviting delegates to the UN General Assembly inside a tiny mirrored installation this week, to drive home the reality that around 260 million children are missing from classrooms around the world.
African cooperation on peace ‘increasingly strong’, Security Council told
Sep 27, 2019, at 03:57 pm
New York: African countries are building increasingly strong partnerships for advancing peace and security, as well as inclusive sustainable development across the continent, the Security Council heard on Thursday, during a briefing by the UN Secretary-General’s Chef de Cabinet, Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti.
Saudi Arabia to issue tourists visa for the first time
Sep 27, 2019, at 02:45 pm
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia is all set to open up for tourists as the country has decided to issue visas for the holidaymakers in a bid to diversify its oil-based economy.
Patriotism must have global dimension, says EU’s Donald Tusk
Sep 27, 2019, at 10:29 am
New York: The suggestion by some earlier this week at the UN that there is an immanent conflict between patriotism and globalism “is false and dangerous, even if it has many followers and powerful propagators,” European Council President said on Thursday.
DR Congo President outlines vision for a ‘more representative’ UN Security Council
Sep 27, 2019, at 10:23 am
New York: With Africa at the centre of many global challenges, it is time for the continent to have a seat in the UN Security Council, the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) told world leaders on Thursday.
Sep 27, 2019, at 10:18 am
New York: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday denounced what he called “arrogance and aggression” by the Israeli Government and called on the United Nations to push harder for the two-state solution to resolve the conflict.
Sep 27, 2019, at 10:11 am
New York: Progress made in reducing the danger posed by nuclear arsenals has not only come to a halt, “it is going in reverse”, and any use of a nuclear weapon in the future would ignite “a humanitarian catastrophe.”
UN chief sets out roadmap to ‘raise ambition’, fund sustainable development
Sep 27, 2019, at 10:06 am
New York: In his opening remarks to the High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development, held at UN headquarters in New York on Thursday, UN chief António Guterres outlined his roadmap for financing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the UN’s blueprint for the transition to a healthier planet and a fairer world.
Sep 27, 2019, at 09:59 am
New York: The past 45 years of “unacceptable status quo” has prevented lasting peace and stability in Cyprus, President Nicos Anastasiades told the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday.
UN shipping agency urges more women to climb aboard, fuel sustainable growth
Sep 27, 2019, at 09:52 am
New York: The historically male-dominated shipping industry should clear the decks for a new generation of women, whose empowerment would help fuel economic growth, and speed up the drive towards “safe, secure, clean and sustainable shipping”.
Pakistan: 75 hurt due to aftershocks in quake-hit area
Sep 27, 2019, at 09:37 am
Islamabad: Days after Pakistan was hit by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake this week, several aftershocks rocked the cities of Mirpur and Jhelum on Thursday and left 75 people injured, media reports said.