Ukraine: Military strengthening second line of defence on northern border
Aug 12, 2023, at 09:35 pm
Kyiv: The Ukrainian military is strengthening a second line of defence in the Rivne Region near the border with Belarus, filling it with traps against infantry and vehicles as well as planting mines near the Rivne nuclear power plant, Ukrainian media reported on Saturday.
Sudan: ‘Grim prediction’ now ‘harsh reality’ as hunger engulfs over 20 million
Aug 12, 2023, at 09:28 pm
New York: Dire predictions about escalating hunger in Sudan have tragically come true, as conflict-induced food scarcity has plunged 20.3 million people into severe acute hunger, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.
UN welcomes release of five staff abducted last year in Yemen
Aug 12, 2023, at 09:24 pm
The United Nations on Friday welcomed the release of five of its security personnel in Yemen who had been held in captivity for more than a year.
International Youth Day: Battling the stigmatization of teen pregnancy in Thailand
Aug 12, 2023, at 09:19 pm
Young mothers in Thailand are receiving support to overcome the challenges they face in a country where teenage pregnancy is still taboo.
Aug 12, 2023, at 09:15 pm
Police in Bangladesh have recovered two bodies of newborns from a garbage pile close to Dhaka University’s Amar Ekushey Hall in the capital city, media reports said on Saturday.
Human Rights Watch slams Taliban for denying rights to women, girls for past two years
Aug 12, 2023, at 03:51 pm
Taliban authorities have tightened their extreme restrictions on the rights of women and girls and on the media since taking took control of Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.
Death toll in Hawaii wildfire touches 67
Aug 12, 2023, at 03:36 pm
The death toll due to the Hawaii wildfires has touched 67, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in the history of the region.
China: Two die, 16 missing after mudslide hits Xi'an
Aug 12, 2023, at 02:36 pm
Beijing: Two people are confirmed dead and 16 others are missing after torrential rains caused a rock and mudslide in the suburbs of Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Friday evening, local authorities said.
China not interested in space race: Foreign Minister
Aug 11, 2023, at 11:44 pm
Beijing: China is not interested in a space race and urges the US to stop baseless speculation around this topic, the Chinese Foreign Ministry told Sputnik on Friday.
UN condemns killing of presidential candidate in Ecuador
Aug 11, 2023, at 11:06 pm
New York: The United Nations has strongly condemned the assassination of a presidential candidate in Ecuador, urging authorities to investigate the crime.
Ethiopia: De-escalate tensions in Amhara, international rights experts urge
Aug 11, 2023, at 11:02 pm
An international human rights body focused on Ethiopia has voiced deep concerns over the worsening security situation in the northwest of the country, particularly in the Amhara region.
Niger: Guterres concerned about health and safety of detained President
Aug 11, 2023, at 10:23 pm
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has voiced concern about the reported “deplorable living conditions” of the President of Niger in arbitrary detention, his spokesperson said in a note to journalists published on Wednesday evening.
Manipur: Mass protests against rape of woman at Churachandpur
Aug 11, 2023, at 10:20 pm
Imphal: Women of Manipur staged sit-in protests on Friday against the alleged gangrape of a woman at Churachandpur during "Tribal Solidarity March" on May 3 last.
Aug 11, 2023, at 10:17 pm
Eucodorean authorities have said six people arrested in connection to the assassination of the country's presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio are Colombian nationals and gang members.
China: UN experts demand information on nine imprisoned human rights defenders
Aug 11, 2023, at 10:12 pm
UN-appointed independent rights experts have called on the Chinese Government to provide information about nine Tibetan human rights defenders serving prisoner sentences of up to 11 years.
Save lives, UN agencies appeal, after yet another tragedy in the Mediterranean
Aug 11, 2023, at 10:03 pm
Three UN agencies on Thursday appealed for greater access to safe and regular pathways for migration and asylum in the European Union after another deadly shipwreck claimed dozens of lives in the Mediterranean.
Lebanon: Vital UN refugee health centre reopens
Aug 11, 2023, at 08:58 pm
A UN health centre providing medical care to Palestine refugees at a camp in Lebanon reopened on Wednesday, as a ceasefire between opposing armed groups holds.
Guterres warns against nuclear catastrophe risk in message to Nagasaki memorial
Aug 11, 2023, at 08:41 pm
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for countries to recommit to eliminating nuclear weapons in his message to mark the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Nagasaki, observed on Wednesday.
Myanmar: Boat sinks in Bay of Bengal, 23 Rohingyas die
Aug 11, 2023, at 08:22 pm
Rescuers have found the bodies of 23 Rohingyas who were fleeing Myanmar’s Rakhine State, media reports said on Friday.
UN: Deal reached with Syria to reopen main border crossing from Türkiye
Aug 11, 2023, at 08:17 pm
New York: A deal has been reached with the Government of Syria to reopen the main border crossing from Türkiye to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid.
UN refugee agency concerned about situation at Mexico-US border
Aug 11, 2023, at 06:39 pm
New York: The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, voiced concern on Tuesday over the situation in Mexico, where refugees and migrants aspiring to get to the United States find themselves in cramped shelters, exposed to multiple risks.
Russia launches its first lunar station in nearly 50 years
Aug 11, 2023, at 06:18 pm
Vladivostok/UNI/IBNS: Russia successfully launched the Luna-25 lunar station early on Friday, embarking on a historic mission to explore the south pole of the Moon.
Hawaii: Wildfire death toll rises to 53
Aug 11, 2023, at 02:50 pm
Los Angeles: At least 53 people have been confirmed dead in the devastating hurricane-driven wildfires in Hawaii's Maui Island, authorities said on Thursday.
US fines Twitter $350,000 for delay in providing Trump’s records to Justice Dept
Aug 10, 2023, at 10:20 pm
Washington: The United States is imposing a fine of $350,000 on X, formerly known as Twitter, for delaying the provision of records pertaining to former US President Donald Trump to the Justice Department, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said in an opinion released Wednesday.
North Korea: Kim Jong Un convenes big meeting on war preparations
Aug 10, 2023, at 10:01 pm
Seoul: North Korea on Wednesday convened an enlarged central military commission meeting, discussing ways to intensify war preparations in response to the grave political and military situation on the Korean Peninsula, state media reported.
Pakistan dissolves National Assembly amid political and financial crisis
Aug 10, 2023, at 09:51 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan dissolved has dissolved its parliament on the recommendations of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, paving the way for general elections, media reports said.
Joe Biden bans US high tech investments in China, cites national security
Aug 10, 2023, at 08:43 pm
Washington: US President Joe Biden has banned US high tech investments in China citing national security, media reports said.
Philippines summons Chinese envoy after China Coast Guard fires water cannons at their ship
Aug 10, 2023, at 07:21 pm
The Philippines' foreign ministry recently summoned Beijing's envoy to complain about the China Coast Guard firing water cannon at a Philippine Coast Guard ship while it was escorting a civilian convoy on the South China Sea.
Aug 10, 2023, at 07:13 pm
The Chinese government has granted over USD 130,000 to Solomon Islands news companies to 'promote the truth about China's generosity and its true intention to help develop' the Pacific island country, media reports said.
Ecuador presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio shot dead at campaign rally
Aug 10, 2023, at 06:05 pm
Ecuador's upcoming presidential election was bloodied by the assassination of a presidential candidate at a campaign rally in the capital city on Wednesday amid an escalation in drug cartel fuelled violence in the South American nation.