Bomb blast rocks Afghanistan's Khost province, three die
Feb 08, 2019, at 03:26 pm
Kabul, Feb 8 (IBNS): At least three people were killed in a bomb blast in southeastern Khost province of Afghanistan, media reports said on Friday.
Feb 08, 2019, at 09:10 am
New York, Feb 8 (IBNS): Evidence collected in Turkey shows on initial examination, that former dissident and journalist Jamal Khashoggi was the victim of “a brutal and premeditated killing, planned and perpetrated by officials of the State of Saudi Arabia,” according to the United Nations expert conducting an independent human rights inquiry into his death.
Million across Yemen ‘just a step away from famine’, with food available but inaccessible
Feb 08, 2019, at 09:01 am
New York, Feb 8 (IBNS): While nearly 10 million people across Yemen remain “just a step away from famine”, the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator has spoken of his deep concern that a large food storage depot on the outskirts of the crucial port city of Hudaydah, has been out of bounds since last September.
Mosul’s ‘3D contamination’ adds to challenges of deadly mine clearance work
Feb 08, 2019, at 08:56 am
New York, Feb 8 (IBNS): Demining and other explosives clearance operations are ongoing in former ISIL-held areas of Iraq, but the work is painstaking and even more dangerous because of “3D contamination”, the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) said on Thursday.
UN rights chief ‘deeply concerned’ over Jehovah’s Witness sentencing in Russia
Feb 08, 2019, at 08:46 am
New York, Feb 8 (IBNS): The sentencing in Russia of a Danish Jehovah’s Witness on Thursday to six years in prison on charges of “organising the activity of a banned extremist organisation” has been described as a “dangerous precedent” by the UN human rights chief.
Feb 08, 2019, at 08:42 am
New York, Feb 8 (IBNS): A newly formed parliamentary committee to amend Myanmar’s problematic constitution was welcomed as a positive move on Thursday by Yanghee Lee, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the country.
Rising landmine blast toll in Afghanistan highlights long-term care needs of survivors
Feb 07, 2019, at 01:56 pm
New York, Feb 7 (IBNS): The number of casualties in Afghanistan from landmines and other explosives has more than tripled since 2012, the UN said on Wednesday, in support of a call to provide more long-term support for survivors.
Guterres underlines climate action urgency, as UN weather agency confirms record global warming
Feb 07, 2019, at 01:54 pm
New York, Feb 7 (IBNS): In the wake of data released by the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO), showing the past four years were officially the ‘four warmest on record,’ UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for urgent climate action and increased ambition, ahead of his climate summit in September.
Central African Republic: UN chief hails signing of new peace agreement
Feb 07, 2019, at 10:22 am
New York, Feb 7 (IBNS): Following the signing of a peace agreement between the Government of the Central African Republic (CAR) and 14 non-state armed groups active in the country on Wednesday, the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, congratulated all stakeholders and encouraged them to now “live up to their commitments”.
Largest joint UN humanitarian convoy of the war, reaches remote Syrian settlement
Feb 07, 2019, at 10:09 am
New York, Feb 7 (IBNS): The largest UN humanitarian convoy of the Syrian civil war reached the remote settlement of Rukban, on the border with Jordan on Wednesday, where it is delivering life-saving assistance to more than 40,000 displaced people, some of whom have been trapped there for years as the eight-year conflict grinds on.
With millions of girls ‘at risk’ today of genital mutilation, UN chief calls for zero tolerance
Feb 07, 2019, at 09:58 am
New York, Feb 7 (IBNS): Female genital mutilation, is “an abhorrent human rights violation” still affecting women and girls around the globe, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated in his message for the International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM, marked on Wednesday.
Feb 07, 2019, at 09:54 am
New York, Feb 7 (IBNS): More than six in 10 children globally lack access to social protection, leaving them particularly vulnerable to falling into chronic poverty, the UN said on Wednesday, warning also that some governments are cutting State cash entitlements, amid continuing economic uncertainty.
Afghanistan: Kidnap gang leader held from Kabul city
Feb 06, 2019, at 04:28 pm
Kabul, Feb 6 (IBNS): Afghanistan security forces have arrested a kidnapping gang leader Obaidullah aka Raees Obaid from Kabul city, media reports said.
Former ISIS sex slaves residing in Canada get threat calls, messages
Feb 06, 2019, at 03:34 pm
Ottawa, Feb 6 (IBNS): Former ISIS sex slaves, who have been sheltered by Canada, are getting calls and messages threatening of rape and murder, media reports said.
Paris: Fire at apartment block kills ten people, injures many
Feb 06, 2019, at 02:14 pm
Paris, Feb 6 (IBNS): Ten people, including a child, have died while many were injured in a fire at an eight-storey building in Paris, media reports said.
Priests, bishops sexually abused nuns, admits Pope
Feb 06, 2019, at 01:06 pm
Vatican City, Feb 6 (IBNS): Pope Francis has admitted that Catholic priests and bishops had sexually abused nuns in a latest scandal which has been alleged, media reports said.
Dramatic drop in South Sudan political violence since peace agreement signing
Feb 06, 2019, at 10:21 am
New York, Feb 6 (IBNS): Since the signing of a September 2018 deal between the South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and his political rival and former deputy Riek Machar to end conflict in the country, political violence has “dropped dramatically,” David Shearer, head of the UN Mission in South Sudan told reporters on Tuesday.
Feb 06, 2019, at 10:18 am
New York, Feb 6 (IBNS): Online violence, cyberbullying and digital harassment affect over 70 per cent of young people globally, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday, calling for concerted action to tackle and prevent this form of violence.
Piracy and high seas crime growing, becoming more sophisticated, UN Security Council told
Feb 06, 2019, at 10:13 am
New York, Feb 6 (IBNS): International maritime crime is becoming “increasingly sophisticated” as criminal groups exploit jurisdiction and enforcement challenges on the high seas and pose “immediate danger to people’s lives and safety”, the UN anti-drugs and crime chief warned the Security Council on Tuesday.
Feb 06, 2019, at 10:07 am
New York, Feb 6 (IBNS): The United Nations and its aid partners, together with the interim Government of Libya, launched on Tuesday a humanitarian response plan (HRP), appealing for $202 million to bring urgent life-saving assistance to some 550,000 women, children and men affected by the ongoing humanitarian crisis.
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Feb 06, 2019, at 09:58 am
New York, Feb 6 (IBNS): An upsurge in violent attacks in crisis-riven north-east Nigeria has displaced nearly 60,000 people in the last three months, the UN migration agency, IOM, said on Tuesday.
Donald Trump, Kim Jong Un to meet in Vietnam on Feb 27-28: White House
Feb 06, 2019, at 09:15 am
Washington, Feb 6 (IBNS): The White House on Wednesday confirmed that the meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will take place in Vietnam on Feb 27-28.
US teen Joshua who was bullied in school for last name 'Trump' invited to President's Speech
Feb 05, 2019, at 06:35 pm
Washington, Feb 5 (IBNS): Joshua Trump, who has faced bullies in schools due to his last name, has been invited for the State of the Union speech to Congress on Tuesday, confirmed the White House.
Afghanistan: Unidentified gunmen kill policeman
Feb 05, 2019, at 06:23 pm
Kabul, Feb 5 (IBNS): A policeman was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday, media reports said.
21 people found guilty in Kabul hotel attack: AGO
Feb 05, 2019, at 09:52 am
Kabul, Feb 5 (IBNS): The Attorney General Office (AGO) in Afghanistan on Monday handed jail terms ranging from five to 30 years as 21 people were found guilty of lotting the deadly attack on the Kabul Inter-Continental Hotel in 2018.
Confidence-building measures continue in new Yemen prisoner-swap talks
Feb 05, 2019, at 09:46 am
New York, Feb 5 (IBNS): Yemen’s warring sides are due to meet for fresh discussions on a prisoner exchange agreement, the UN’s Special Envoy for the war-torn country announced on Monday.
As inequality grows, the UN fights for a fairer world
Feb 05, 2019, at 09:40 am
New York, Feb 5 (IBNS): The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – the UN’s blueprint for a better and more sustainable future for all – calls for a reduction in inequality between and within countries. Nevertheless, global inequality is increasing. So what can be done?
Feb 05, 2019, at 09:36 am
New York, Feb 5 (IBNS): With mercenaries undermining global peace and security and weakening States’ capacities to protect their people, the UN Security Council on Monday shone its spotlight on their activities as a source of destabilization in Africa.
Neither side stands to benefit in US-China trade spat, UN says
Feb 05, 2019, at 09:31 am
New York, Feb 5 (IBNS): The tit-for-tat trade dispute between China and the United States may do little to protect domestic producers in either country and could have “massive” implications on the globaleconomy unless it is resolved, United Nations experts said on Monday.
Somalia: Car bomb blast in Mogadishu kills 10
Feb 04, 2019, at 06:24 pm
Mogadishu, Feb 4 (IBNS): At least 10 people were killed when a car bomb blast rocked a crowded shopping mall in Mogadishu city of Somalia on Monday.