Vladimir Putin lays out options for Wagner soldiers in national address
Jun 27, 2023, at 02:52 pm
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin in a national address urged the members of the Wagner private military group to sign contract with the country's defense ministry, return home or go to Belarus.
Eleven die in Honduras mass shooting
Jun 26, 2023, at 10:54 pm
Tegucigalpa: At least 11 people, including a woman, were killed and three others injured in a mass shooting at a billiard hall in northern Honduras, police confirmed on Sunday.
US Coast Guard starts investigation into Titan implosion
Jun 26, 2023, at 03:59 pm
Washington: The US Coast Guard has started an investigation into the tragic accident involving the Titan submersible, US Coast Guard Rear Adm. John Mauger said.
Botswana: 49 cars catch fire at racing event
Jun 26, 2023, at 02:02 am
Gaborone: About 49 vehicles caught fire at Jwaneng mining town around 1:30 p.m. local time on Sunday in southern Botswana, where the owners were attending the 2023 Toyota Desert Race.
Russia to drop case against Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin after peace deal brokered by Belarus
Jun 25, 2023, at 07:26 pm
Moscow: Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner private military group, who led an armed mutiny against the military leadership in Moscow, would depart for Belarus, and the criminal case against him would be dismissed.
US Secretary of State Blinken discusses events in Russia with Polish FM
Jun 25, 2023, at 03:53 pm
Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has discussed the situation involving the Wagner Group private military company (PMC) and its head Yevgeny Prigozhin with Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau over the phone, US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller said.
PMC Wagner members leaving Russia’s Rostov, headed for field camps, governor says
Jun 25, 2023, at 03:29 pm
Moscow: Members of the Wagner Group private military company (PMC) have left Russia’s Rostov and are headed for field camps, Rostov regional Governor Vasily Golubev says.
Jun 25, 2023, at 02:56 pm
Minsk (Belarus): The head of the Wagner Group private military company (PMC), Yevgeny Prigozhin has accepted the proposal of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to stop the movement of Wagner troops in Russia and take further steps to de-escalate the situation, the Belarusian presidential office said on Saturday.
European Council chief says in touch with EU, G7 leaders over situation in Russia
Jun 25, 2023, at 12:30 am
Moscow: European Council President Charles Michel said on Saturday he was closely following the situation in Russia and was in contact with European Union leaders and G7 partners.
South Africa: 31 suspected illegal miners die in mine
Jun 24, 2023, at 11:00 pm
Cape Town: At least 31 suspected illegal miners were believed to have died at an old mine in the Free State province of South Africa, authorities said.
Russia: Vladimir Putin orders neutralization of Wagner rebellion organizers
Jun 24, 2023, at 10:01 pm
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday ordered the Russian Armed Forces to neutralize those who organized the armed rebellion of the Wagner private military group.
Ukraine: Air raid warnings issued in Kiev, multiple regions
Jun 24, 2023, at 03:26 pm
Moscow: Air raid sirens went off in several regions of Ukraine, including Kiev, late on Friday night, according to air raid data from the country’s Ministry of Digital Transformation.
Jun 24, 2023, at 03:11 am
After Titanic director James Cameron accused OceanGate Expeditions of ignoring safety warnings, former business partner of the Titan submersible pilot Stockton Rush, Guillermo Soehnlein, Friday said that they put safety first when they co-founded their deep-sea exploration company.
Health data, women’s and LGBT rights in spotlight at Human Rights Council
Jun 23, 2023, at 11:27 pm
New York: The right to keep personal health data private is increasingly under threat in our digital world, with potentially devastating consequences for already vulnerable people, a UN-appointed independent rights expert told the Human Rights Council on Thursday.
Agencies join forces with deminers to reclaim agricultural land in Ukraine
Jun 23, 2023, at 11:21 pm
New York: Ukraine’s severely damaged agricultural sector will receive a boost from two UN agencies they announced on Thursday, partnering with a Swiss mine action foundation to help make land safe and productive again amidst the ongoing Russian invasion.
Financial system must evolve in ‘giant leap towards global justice’: Guterres
Jun 23, 2023, at 11:11 pm
Developing countries are buckling under high debt and exorbitant borrowing costs, that prevent them from reviving their economies, UN chief António Guterres said on Thursday.
UN Counter-Terrorism Week: Preventing violent extremism
Jun 23, 2023, at 11:05 pm
New York: Zeinabou Maata, a Muslim from Mauritania, is one of 50 women serving on the frontlines of preventing the spread of violent extremism in her country, with UN support.
Top UN official for Africa calls for added action to stop piracy’s spread
Jun 23, 2023, at 10:59 pm
New York: International cooperation is making waves in combatting piracy in West Africa, but addressing its root causes and ensuring sustainable funding must fully eliminate threat, which is spreading to other regions, a top UN official told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Record executions, large-scale arrests and detentions: New Iran human rights report
Jun 23, 2023, at 10:55 pm
New York: The latest UN report on the human rights situation in Iran paints a grim picture of a record number of executions in 2022, arrests of thousands of children and numerous allegations of torture and ill-treatment by security forces.
UN remains focused on ‘critical needs’ of Ukraine’s people
Jun 23, 2023, at 10:51 pm
The UN has worked to extend critical humanitarian assistance for the people of Ukraine since day one of the invasion, the Organization’s development chief told the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London on Wednesday.
With needs at a record high, underfunding is chronic Guterres tells humanitarians
Jun 23, 2023, at 10:39 pm
New York: Conflicts, climate change and financial turmoil are increasing the need for humanitarian aid, but a lack of funding is resulting in painful rollbacks, the UN chief told a meeting in Geneva on Wednesday looking at how to respond to the crisis.
In a dangerous and divided world, yoga yields ‘precious’ benefits
Jun 23, 2023, at 10:31 pm
New York: Celebrating the union of body, mind and soul, hundreds of yoga enthusiasts - including UN officials and staffers - filled the green expanse of the North Lawn at UN Headquarters in New York on Wednesday to mark the ninth celebration of the International Day of Yoga, observed each 21 June.
Titan submersible: All 5 passengers are dead
Jun 23, 2023, at 04:01 pm
The US Coast Guard has confirmed that all five passengers aboard the missing submersible owned by OceanGate have died due to a "catastrophic implosion".
France: Man accused of drugging and then filming at least 51 men raping wife for 10 years
Jun 23, 2023, at 02:58 pm
A French man has been accused of drugging his wife and then recording her being raped by at least 51 men for 10 years, media reports said.
Titanic submersible's crew 'sadly been lost' after debris from vessel confirmed, says OceanGate
Jun 23, 2023, at 06:50 am
The "debris field", discovered by an underwater robot, has been identified from the missing Titanic submersible, an official statement from the US Coast Guard confirmed Thursday adding that the crew members onboard "have sadly been lost," as per OceanGate.
Debris field found near Titanic wreck in search for missing submersible: US Coast Guard
Jun 23, 2023, at 04:05 am
A "debris field" has been discovered by an underwater robot that is conducting a search for a missing submersible with five people on board near the wreck of the Titanic, the US Coast Guard said Thursday.
Sudan crisis threatens to hobble South Sudan’s transition, UN mission chief says
Jun 21, 2023, at 10:32 pm
New York: The cross-border impact of the crisis in Sudan is unfurling along multiple fronts, and action is urgently needed to ease rising tensions that has already resulted in deadly clashes, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for South Sudan told the Security Council on Tuesday.
MINUSCA chief to Security Council: Decade-long cycle of conflict can be broken
Jun 21, 2023, at 10:26 pm
Despite deteriorating border security, humanitarian and human rights challenges, the Central African Republic (CAR) is committed to a constitutional referendum and local elections, the Security Council heard on Tuesday.
Ukraine war: Guterres calls for continuation of ‘vital’ food and fertilizer agreement
Jun 21, 2023, at 10:21 pm
The Secretary-General on Tuesday said he was disappointed by the “slowing pace of inspections” under the UN-brokered Black Sea Initiative – the grain and fertilizer deal which has allowed millions of tonnes of food exports to leave Ukraine.
Israel-Palestine: UN envoy ‘deeply alarmed by continuing cycle of violence’
Jun 21, 2023, at 10:17 pm
The UN’s Middle East envoy said on Tuesday he was “deeply alarmed” at the continuing cycle of violence in Israel and Palestine, and “appalled by the continued loss of civilian lives.”