Countering ‘dark age of intolerance’ starts by tackling hate speech
Jun 18, 2023, at 11:14 pm
From institutionalized racism to genocide, the roots are the same, according to people on the frontlines of change who shared their stories with UN News ahead of the International Day for Countering Hate Speech, observed on Sunday.
US: Tiktok star Carl Eiswerth dies in road crash
Jun 18, 2023, at 10:07 pm
Popular TikTok star Carl Eiswerth has died in a car crash in the US, media reports said on Sunday.
Afghanistan: Mine explosion leaves a person killed in Wardak
Jun 18, 2023, at 08:41 pm
A provincial police officer in Wardak said one person was killed in a mine explosion on Sunday, media reports said.
Poland: Thousands march for LGBT rights
Jun 18, 2023, at 08:00 pm
Warsaw: Tens of thousands of people marched in Warsaw's Pride parade to demand equality for LGBT people ahead of Polish elections, media reports said.
Death toll from floods in Brazil surpasses 10
Jun 18, 2023, at 02:52 pm
Mexico City/IBNS/UNI: At least 11 people have died and another 20 are missing amid heavy floods in Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul, the state’s civil defense authorities inform.
17 killed in airstrike in Sudan's capital
Jun 18, 2023, at 01:59 pm
Khartoum/IBNS/UNI: At least 17 civilians, including five children and women, were killed on Saturday in an airstrike south of Sudan's capital Khartoum, the country's health ministry said.
Chinese people now visit temples in hope of getting jobs
Jun 18, 2023, at 12:52 am
China, a nation that majorly officially remains an atheist state, recognizes four religions such as Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity, and Islam.
Report shows unemployment has spiked in Afghanistan in past 2 years
Jun 18, 2023, at 12:48 am
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) recently released a report and said the number of unemployed people in Afghanistan has increased significantly in the past two years, media reports said.
Germany: Archeologists find Bronze Age sword in Nordlingen
Jun 18, 2023, at 12:16 am
German archeologists have dug up a Bronze Age sword, which is believed to be 3000 years old, from a grave in the southern town of Nördlingen.
Uganda: Death toll from rebel attack rises to 37
Jun 18, 2023, at 12:05 am
Kampala: The death toll from an attack by rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in Uganda's western district of Kasese has climbed to 37, a military spokesperson said here Saturday.
Ukraine: 700,000 people affected by water shortages from dam disaster
Jun 17, 2023, at 08:37 pm
New York: UN humanitarians continue bringing life-saving aid to survivors of the flooding from the Kakhovka Dam, but they’ve warned that hundreds of thousands more people in the country’s south face severe water shortages.
Mediterranean migrant shipwreck: Swift action needed to prevent new tragedy
Jun 17, 2023, at 08:31 pm
The UN refugee and migration agencies are calling for urgent and decisive action to prevent further deaths at sea following Wednesday’s tragedy in the Mediterranean. With 78 bodies retrieved, 104 people rescued, and hundreds more missing and feared dead, the 14 June shipwreck off the coast of Greece is one of the worst and most deadly in years.
Haiti: ‘Take urgent action now’ urges ECOSOC President
Jun 17, 2023, at 08:22 pm
New York: Words are not enough to alleviate the multiple crises afflicting Haiti, said the President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on Friday, in an appeal for urgent international action.
Canada's population touches 40 million
Jun 17, 2023, at 02:47 pm
Toronto: Canada's population is currently growing at a record-setting pace and touched 40 million people on June 16, as per data released by Statistics Canada.
Sudan's devastating war in Khartoum enters third month with death toll surpassing 2,000
Jun 17, 2023, at 09:04 am
Khartoum/Sudan: Sudan's war in Khartoum continues to escalate, now entering its third month, as the reported death count reaches over 2,000.
France: Brehat Island implements visitor restrictions to combat overtourism
Jun 17, 2023, at 06:23 am
Brehat, a charming French island off the north coast, has taken a stand against "overtourism" by implementing restrictions on the number of visitors this summer. Concerns over waste management and environmental preservation prompted the island, along with several other destinations in France, to address the issue.
Jun 17, 2023, at 03:33 am
Toronto/IBNS: Created by the United Jewish Appeal (UJA) Federation of Greater Toronto, the 9,500-square-foot Toronto Holocaust Museum (THM) opened its doors last week on the federation’s Sherman Campus, a Jewish community center at 4588 Bathurst St.
15 killed in Trans-Canada Highway crash near Manitoba
Jun 17, 2023, at 03:15 am
Winnipeg/IBNS: At least 15 people were killed in a crash between a semi-trailer truck and a Handi-Transit vehicle near Carberry town in Canada's southwestern Manitoba on Wednesday.
Pope Francis returns to the Vatican from hospital
Jun 17, 2023, at 01:42 am
Vatican City/IBNS/UNI: Pope Francis, who underwent abdominal surgery last week, returned to the Vatican on Friday from the Gemelli Hospital in Rome.
Murder of South Korean influencer in Cambodia: Chinese couple charged
Jun 17, 2023, at 12:32 am
A court in Cambodia has charged a Chinese couple with murder after a popular South Korean influencer’s body was dumped in a pit on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, media reports said.
Pakistan: Mardan villagers threaten to besiege grid station over power failure
Jun 17, 2023, at 12:06 am
Mardan: Residents of Pakistan's Toru region recently warned they would besiege the local grid station to protest the unscheduled and prolonged power loadshedding in their area, media reports said on Friday.
Almost 3 million children ‘desperately need protection and support’ in Haiti
Jun 16, 2023, at 11:59 pm
New York: Nearly three million children, the highest number on record, need humanitarian support in Haiti, where they face staggering levels of violence that have exacerbated hunger and malnutrition in a country already mired in poverty and a resurgence of deadly cholera.
Landlords burn homes of peasants over demanding share in crop, rights body takes suo-moto notice
Jun 16, 2023, at 11:57 pm
Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) of Pakistan has taken suo-moto notice of landlords' brutality to set peasants houses on fire in Sanghar district and has written a letter to the Shaheed Benazriabad DIG police to ensure action on the case against the culprits and provide justice to the poor farmers, media reports said.
Afghan police smash drug lab in western Nimroz
Jun 16, 2023, at 11:56 pm
Zaranj: Afghan police have discovered and destroyed a drug lab in Dilaram district of Afghanistan's western Nimroz province, Mawlawi Abdul Wasi Omar, the district's head of counter-narcotics police, said Friday.
Chinese investors visit Afghanistan over possible business expansion: Reports
Jun 16, 2023, at 11:52 pm
Kabul: Several Chinese investors have travelled to Afghanistan's Maidan Wardak to assess the possibility of expanding business opportunities in the region, media reports said.
UN report says Pakistan is currently facing imminent nutrition crisis
Jun 16, 2023, at 11:47 pm
A new report published by the United Nations and its humanitarian partners has shown that the country is experiencing an imminent nutrition crisis.
UK’s anti-terror police arrest ex-Pak army man
Jun 16, 2023, at 11:46 pm
Social media activist and YouTuber Major (retd) Adil Raja has been released on bail after he was arrested by the UK police on suspicion of encouraging acts of terrorism inside Pakistan, media reports said.
UN chief insists on solidarity with people of Syria, with ‘no time to spare’
Jun 16, 2023, at 11:38 pm
New York: As donors gathered in Brussels at an international pledging conference for Syria organized by the European Union on Thursday, UN chief António Guterres highlighted the immense suffering of the Syrian people, which he said “defies description”.
UN in Sudan condemns killing of West Darfur governor, raises alarm over ‘vortex of hate speech’
Jun 16, 2023, at 11:33 pm
New York: The UN Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) said on Thursday it was “appalled and deeply shocked” at the killing of the Governor of West Darfur, calling for a halt to the spiralling violence and for those responsible to be brought to justice.
DR Congo: Armed group attacks displace nearly 1 million since January
Jun 16, 2023, at 11:29 pm
New York: Escalating violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has displaced nearly one million people since January, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Thursday.