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.
Afghan authorities distribute China-donated aid to 213 families in Farah province
Jun 23, 2023, at 10:36 pm
Farah: Afghan authorities distributed China-donated assistance to 213 needy families in the western Farah province on Thursday, financial and administrative head of the province Samihullah Tawakali said Friday.
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.
China: Furnace accident kills 4, injures 5 in factory
Jun 23, 2023, at 10:27 pm
Shenyang (China), June 23 (UNI) Four people were killed, and five others injured in a furnace accident at a steel factory in northeast China's Liaoning Province, authorities said on Friday.
Afghanistan mission chief to Taliban: Bans on women and girls cost you legitimacy at home and abroad
Jun 23, 2023, at 08:01 pm
New York: The multiple restrictions placed on women and girls by Afghanistan’s de facto rulers are costing the Taliban “both domestic and international legitimacy” and are highly unpopular across the country, said the top UN official based there on Wednesday.
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".
China: Gas explosion in Yinchuan restaurant leaves 31 dead
Jun 23, 2023, at 03:30 pm
Beijing: At least 31 people died and seven others were hurt as a gas exploded at a barbecue restaurant in China's Yinchuan city on Wednesday, media reports said.
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.
US: One killed in shooting in Oakland
Jun 23, 2023, at 02:24 pm
San Francisco: One person was killed in a shooting Wednesday evening in the Uptown district of Oakland, in the western U.S. state of California, police 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.
Canada Bread pleads guilty for scandalous role in bread price-fixing, fined $50M
Jun 23, 2023, at 03:36 am
Toronto/IBNS: A fine amounting to $50 million has been levied on Bakery giant Canada Bread Co. after it pleaded guilty to its role in a criminal price-fixing scheme that inflated the price of bread in the country for years.
Canadian aircraft detects sounds for missing submersible, first potential lead in search
Jun 22, 2023, at 04:24 am
Toronto/IBNS: A Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) plane has reportedly detected underwater noises while searching for a missing submersible headed for the Titanic, the first potential lead in search since the search started.
Canada: Toronto observes National Indigenous Peoples Day 2023 with annual Sunrise Ceremony
Jun 22, 2023, at 03:13 am
Toronto/IBNS: Observation of National Indigenous Peoples Day with the annual Sunrise Ceremony was hosted on Wednesday by the City of Toronto at Nathan Phillips Square.
US: Four die as fire breaks out at NYC e-bike store
Jun 22, 2023, at 12:00 am
New York: At least four people died when a fire broke out at an e-bike repair shop in lower Manhattan early Tuesday.
US tracked employees of China's Huawei, ZTE at suspected spy bases in Cuba
Jun 21, 2023, at 10:45 pm
Washington: US intelligence agencies tracked employees of the Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE at suspected Chinese spy facilities in Cuba, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the matter.
Pakistan: FIA arrests Elahi in money laundering case
Jun 21, 2023, at 10:33 pm
Lahore: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) President Chaudhry Parvez Elahi was arrested on Wednesday by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in a money laundering case, media reports said.
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.”
Joe Biden calls Xi Jinping a dictator a day after Beijing talks
Jun 21, 2023, at 10:03 pm
California: US President Joe Biden has called Chinese President Xi Jinping a dictator at a fundraising event in California, media reports said.
DRC: Lives shattered by violence, displacement and hunger in ‘forgotten crisis’: WFP
Jun 21, 2023, at 09:01 pm
New York: UN humanitarians issued an urgent appeal on Tuesday to help millions of people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where chronic violence and displacement continue to fuel a dramatic hunger crisis.
Two soldiers killed in IED blast in Pakistan
Jun 21, 2023, at 06:05 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Two Pakistani soldiers were killed when a bomb went off in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said in a statement.
Honduras: 41 die as riot breaks out at women's prison
Jun 21, 2023, at 03:20 pm
At least 41 people died as a deadly riot broke out at a women's prison in Honduras, media reports said on Wednesday.
China's pressure strategy: Linking Tourism and Educational Programs with GSI and GCI
Jun 21, 2023, at 03:10 pm
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leaders have increased political engagements with Nepal in recent times, triggering speculation that there might be a hidden strategic agenda behind the move.
Pakistan: IED blast rocks North Waziristan, 2 soldiers die
Jun 21, 2023, at 02:51 pm
At least two soldiers died in a blast that rocked Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district in Pakistan on Tuesday, media reports said.