Uyghur: Activist Rushan Abbas highlights atrocity faced by her sister in hands of China
Nov 12, 2020, at 01:09 am
Director of Campaign for Uyghurs Rushan Abbas has said her sister Gulshan Abbas and aunt 'disappeared' just days after she spoke publicly for the first time about the disappearance of her husband’s entire family in China.
Uyghur: East Turkistan leaders host press conference to highlight Chinese genocide issue
Nov 12, 2020, at 01:01 am
Washington: Prime Minister Salih Hudayar of the East Turkistan government-in-exile recently held a press conference to highlight the atrocities faced by Uyghurs in China and draw global awareness on it.
China gets four Hong Kong lawmakers disqualified, others resign en masse
Nov 11, 2020, at 11:36 pm
Hong Kong/UNI: The Hong Kong government's decision to disqualify four opposition lawmakers on Wednesday led to a cascading effect, as 15 others from Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp in the legislature also tendered their resignation.
UK University students will have 'travel window' to spend Christmas with family: Govt
Nov 11, 2020, at 11:15 pm
London/Sputnik: UK university students will be able to spend Christmas with their families, but only if they use a six-day “travel window” that will be open from December 3 to December 9 immediately after the COVID-19 lockdown is lifted in England, the government announced on Wednesday.
US embassy in Islamabad apologizes for retweeting post insulting PM Imran Khan
Nov 11, 2020, at 10:34 pm
Islamabad/UNI: The US embassy in Islamabad on Wednesday apologised for retweeting a post critical of Prime Minister Imran Khan by PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal after it sparked an outrage on social media.
Pakistan: Christian mother, son allegedly murdered over blasphemy charges
Nov 11, 2020, at 10:22 pm
Islamabad: A Christian mother and her son were allegedly murdered in broad daylight in Pakistan's Punjab province over charges of blasphemy, media reports said.
'Have some plans': New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern on her wedding
Nov 11, 2020, at 07:01 pm
Welington/IBNS: After registering a thumping victory in the elections, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has revealed she might get wedded to her partner Clarke Gayford soon.
COVID-19: Slow road to jobs recovery for Latin America and the Caribbean
Nov 11, 2020, at 04:08 pm
New York: The labour market in Latin America and the Caribbean faces a slow recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the need for “active macro policies” and other measures to promote sustainable development alongside getting people back into the workforce.
Nov 11, 2020, at 03:57 pm
New York: The Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) is urging Libya’s warring parties to implement their recent historic ceasefire agreement, calling it a “welcome concrete development” for a population that has been yearning for peace.
UN agency for Palestine refugees runs out of money as COVID-19 spreads
Nov 11, 2020, at 03:52 pm
New York: The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNWRA) has run out of cash on hand to keep vital services going amid the worsening health emergency, UNRWA spokesperson Tamara Alrifai told a regular UN press briefing in Geneva on Tuesday.
UN rights chief Bachelet condemns Tanzania election violence
Nov 11, 2020, at 03:48 pm
New York: The people of Tanzania should be allowed to express grievances “without fear of reprisals” after nationwide elections, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Tuesday.
Oppose hatred in all its forms, UN chief urges
Nov 11, 2020, at 03:42 pm
New York: The United Nations Secretary-General has called on the global community to stand against hatred in all its forms, and to reject the “lies and loathing” which led to the rise of Nazism and which fractures societies today.
COVID-19 worsening food insecurity, driving displacement, warn UN agencies
Nov 11, 2020, at 03:37 pm
New York: Global hunger and population displacement, which were already at record levels when COVID-19 struck, could “surge” as migrants and those reliant on a dwindling flow of remittances desperately seek work to support their families, a new UN report has warned.
US Secretary of State Pompeo to visit Georgia November 17-18 - Georgian Foreign Ministry
Nov 11, 2020, at 02:25 pm
Tblisi/Sputnik: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Georgia on November 17-18, the Georgian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Nusra terrorists shell Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone 33 times: Russian Military
Nov 11, 2020, at 02:17 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham terrorist group (formerly known as the Nusra Front, banned in Russia) committed 33 shelling attacks in Syria's norther Idlib region over the past 24 hours, the deputy head of the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Syrian Reconciliation said at a daily briefing on Tuesday.
Joe Biden calls Trump’s refusal to concede election ‘embarrassment’
Nov 11, 2020, at 02:00 pm
Washington/Sputnik: Projected US-President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday called President Donald Trump's refusal to concede the election an embarrassment that would hurt the incumbent's legacy.
Nearly one-third of Biden voters say they were voting against Donald Trump: Poll
Nov 11, 2020, at 01:54 pm
Washington/Sputnik: Some 29 percent of Americans who voted for Joe Biden claim their decisions were driven not by enthusiasm for the former vice president but by a desire to remove President Donald Trump from office, a poll by Rasmussen Reports said on Tuesday.
Afghan forces prevent two separate car bomb attacks by Taliban militants
Nov 10, 2020, at 10:20 pm
Kabul/Sputnik: The Afghan forces thwarted two car bomb attacks planned by the Taliban, the Maiwand 215th Corps said in a Tuesday statement.
Taiwan denied observer status at WHO Assembly
Nov 10, 2020, at 09:41 pm
Geneva/UNI: Taiwan was again denied observer status in the virtual World Health Organisation's (WHO) annual Assembly due to China's firm opposition.
Vladimir Putin says comprehensive plan on fighting COVID-19 to be adopted at SCO Summit
Nov 10, 2020, at 09:35 pm
Sochi/Sputnik: Participants of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, which is taking place on Tuesday, will approve a comprehensive plan on fighting the coronavirus pandemic, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the opening of the SCO summit via video conferencing.
Cote d’Ivoire: ‘Tone down the hateful rhetoric’, find peaceful solutions: UN rights chief
Nov 10, 2020, at 09:29 pm
New York: Continuing violence in the wake of elections in Cote d’Ivoire’s presidential elections held on 31 October, prompted the UN human rights chief on Monday to call for a peaceful solution, saying it was in “nobody’s interests to fuel the threat of increasing political instability”.
UN deputy chief conducts solidarity visit to West Africa and the Sahel
Nov 10, 2020, at 09:26 pm
New York: The UN Deputy Secretary-General is on a two-week solidarity visit to West Africa and the Sahel to underscore the Organization’s support to countries during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Guterres congratulates Biden and Harris, hails UN-US partnership as ‘essential pillar’
Nov 10, 2020, at 09:23 pm
New York: Senior UN officials have offered their congratulations to the president-elect of the United States Joe Biden, and vice president-elect Kamala Harris, on their election victory called on Saturday.
Following peace deal, talks on Libya's political future begin
Nov 10, 2020, at 09:00 pm
New York: Talks to draw up a blueprint for a new political era in Libya began in Tunisia on Monday, following a peace deal struck by Libya’s warring sides last month.
Pakistan Minister earns criticisms for his sexist 'taxpayers' money' remark against Maryam Nawaz
Nov 10, 2020, at 04:11 pm
Islamabad; A Pakistani Federal Minister triggered a controversy by targeting Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice-President Maryam Nawaz when he said that that her 'beauty' was due to several 'surgeries she got using taxpayers' money'.
Independent UN experts decry COVID vaccine hoarding: ‘No one is secure until all of us are’
Nov 10, 2020, at 03:54 pm
New York: The only way to fight the COVID-19 crisis is to make affordable vaccines available to everyone, independent UN human rights experts said on Monday, underscoring that in an interconnected and interdependent world, “no one is secure until all of us are secure”.
WHO’s Tedros says it is time for the world to heal, pushing back on ‘misguided nationalism’
Nov 10, 2020, at 03:38 pm
New York: World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told Member States on Monday that efforts to tackle climate change and poverty had been set back by a lack of global unity since major agreements were struck five years ago, and welcomed the chance to work with the presumptive new US administration of president-elect Joe Biden.
‘Super typhoon’ Goni: UN, partners seek $45 million in immediate relief
Nov 10, 2020, at 03:11 pm
New York: The United Nations and humanitarian partners in the Philippines launched, on Monday, a response plan for $45.5 million to bring life-saving assistance and protection to hundreds of thousands of people affected by Typhoon Goni.
US-China trade war likely to hit pause under Biden: Investor
Nov 10, 2020, at 02:57 pm
Washington/Sputnik: The trade war between Washington and Beijing would likely be halted under a Joe Biden administration, although the United States would continue to confront China on other fronts, Kyle Shostak, director of Navigator Principal Investors, told Sputnik.
Russian peacekeepers to be deployed in Nagorno-Karabakh: Putin
Nov 10, 2020, at 02:46 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Russian peacekeepers will be deployed in the unrecognized republic of Nagorno-Karabakh along the corridor connecting the region with Armenia and along the contact line, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.