UN independent expert welcomes UK court decision to allow Shamima Begum to fight for citizenship
Jul 17, 2020, at 10:12 pm
New York: Radicalized on British soil as a London schoolgirl, an independent UN expert welcomed a Court of Appeal ruling in the United Kingdom on Thursday, to allow 20-year-old Shamima Begum to return home from Syria to challenge the Government’s removal of her citizenship.
US House Speaker slams Trump for ignoring scientists as COVID-19 cases surge
Jul 17, 2020, at 10:02 pm
Washington/Sputnik: US President Donald Trump refuses to ask for directions from scientists to address the COVID-19 crisis which is a dereliction of duty, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters on Thursday.
US lawmakers demand briefings from Twitter CEO Dorsey on massive hack
Jul 17, 2020, at 09:59 pm
Washington/Sputnik: US lawmakers on Thursday called on Twitter Chief Executive Jack Dorsey to provide briefings on an extraordinary intrusion into personal accounts of some of the most prominent Americans.
Ex- Dhaka University VC Emajuddin Ahmed passes away
Jul 17, 2020, at 09:06 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Eminent educationist, former vice-chancellor of Dhaka University and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia’s adviser professor Emajuddin Ahmed breathed his last at a city hospital on Friday morning, he was 86-year-old.
Huawei issue: US now imposes visa restrictions on Chinese tech companies' employees
Jul 17, 2020, at 04:53 pm
Washington: Further escalating the tension in the relationship between Beijing and Washington, the US has decided to impose visa restrictions on certain employees of Chinese technology companies, including Huawei, for providing 'material support to regimes engaging in human rights abuses globally'.
Mike Pompeo calls for free and fair Hong Kong Legislative Council polls
Jul 17, 2020, at 03:56 pm
Washington: After China declared primaries held by Hong Kong’s pro-democratic parties on the weekend ‘illegal’, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the Legislative Council election in the city in September should be equally free and fair.
Iraq: ISIL’s acts of terror ‘divorced from the values of all faiths’
Jul 17, 2020, at 03:31 pm
New York: Religious leaders from communities across Iraq called for greater “healing and reconciliation” during a UN-organized event on Thursday, reaffirming their commitment to support survivors of crimes perpetrated by ISIL terrorist fighters.
Rise in women prisoners and COVID measures, ‘making sentences worse’
Jul 17, 2020, at 03:22 pm
More than 700,000 women are in prison around the world, and that number is growing much faster than men, the Human Rights Council has heard.
Nuclear testing legacy is ‘cruellest’ environmental injustice, warns rights expert
Jul 17, 2020, at 03:14 pm
New York: The dangerous legacy of nuclear weapons testing continues to affect many communities, a leading rights expert said on Thursday, on the 75th anniversary of testing in the United States, that heralded the nuclear age.
Trudeau announces $14bln in federal funding for provincial COVID-19 economic restart
Jul 17, 2020, at 03:07 pm
Ottawa/Sputnik: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday that the federal government will provide $14 billion in funding for Canadian provinces and territories as part of its “safe restart” program.
Shamima Begum can return to United Kingdom to fight for citizenship, Court of Appeal rules
Jul 17, 2020, at 02:33 pm
London/UNI: The British Court of Appeal on Friday ruled that Shamima Begum, one of three schoolgirls who left London to join the Islamic State group in Syria in 2015 should be allowed to return to the UK to fight the decision to remove her British citizenship.
Jul 17, 2020, at 02:17 pm
Washington: In a bold move that may further escalate tension between Beijing and Washington, the US government on Wednesday announced it will impose sanctions on some Huawei employees.
Jul 17, 2020, at 05:34 am
Brampton (Ontario)/IBNS:The annual event of Arts & Culture Initiative of South Asia (ACISA) would present performances of various artists from India and Pakistan at the prestigious Vibrant Brampton heritage festival, in a unique digital format in Canada's Brampton from July 21 to Sept 3.
Firearms trafficking, ‘enabler and multiplier of violence’ worldwide
Jul 17, 2020, at 12:29 am
New York: Firearms trafficking poses a “grave threat” to human life and international security, the UN crime fighting chief said on Wednesday, launching a new report from her agency that sheds light on the dangers of illicit firearms flows.
Independent rights expert says emerging technologies entrenching racism, discrimination
Jul 17, 2020, at 12:06 am
An independent UN human rights expert is calling for greater scrutiny of emerging digital technologies which she said are being used to uphold racial inequality, discrimination and intolerance.
Concerns and hopes of Yemenis at heart of UN plans for better future
Jul 17, 2020, at 12:01 am
New York: In a wide-ranging interview for UN News on Wednesday, Martin Griffiths, the UN’s Special Envoy in Yemen, addresses the protracted peace process in the country, and the enormous challenges that still need to be overcome.
Venezuela: amputation, extortion and death amidst booming gold mining racket
Jul 16, 2020, at 11:22 pm
The Human Rights Council on Wednesday heard damning reports of serious exploitation and abuse of children and indigenous communities in Venezuela, where mining for gold and other minerals is booming.
Japan defence white paper claims Beijing is pushing territorial claims amid COVID-19
Jul 16, 2020, at 10:40 pm
Tokyo: Japan has said China is pushing its territorial claims under the cover of the coronavirus pandemic.
Bangladesh: Covid-19 death toll touches nearly 2,500-mark
Jul 16, 2020, at 10:31 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh has recorded 39 fresh fatalities from novel coronavirus on Thursday, taking the country's death toll around 2,500.
Ride-hailing app Gokada's CEO Fahim Saleh found dismembered in New York flat
Jul 16, 2020, at 05:21 pm
New York/IBNS: Fahim Saleh, the 33-year old CEO of ride-hailing app Gokada, was found dismembered at his flat in New York.
Canada: Ontario Provincial Police charge Florida couple for not self-isolating after entering Canada
Jul 16, 2020, at 04:43 am
North Bay,Ontario/IBNS: A senior couple from Florida, United States (U.S.) has been charged for failing to self-isolate after entering Canada, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) told media.
Colombia: Killing of rights defenders, social leaders, ex-fighters, most serious threat to peace
Jul 15, 2020, at 10:57 pm
New York: The killing of former combatants, human rights defenders and social leaders of communities devastated by decades of conflict, remains the most serious threat to peace in Colombia since the signing of a landmark peace agreement in 2016, the top UN official in the country told the Security Council on Tuesday, meeting in-person at UN Headquarters in New York, for the first time in four months.
‘Country-driven’ approach needed to limit COVID-19 damage to food security
Jul 15, 2020, at 10:52 pm
New York: A ‘business as usual' approach is no longer an option, the head of the UN agriculture agency said on Tuesday, launching a new plan to move past the coronavirus pandemic.
UN-African Union mission working to restore calm after recent Darfur violence
Jul 15, 2020, at 10:51 pm
New York: The joint UN-African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) is working with Sudanese and local authorities to de-escalate tensions following recent violent incidents in two nearby towns, including a deadly attack on a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs).
UN top court rules in favour of Qatar in international airspace dispute
Jul 15, 2020, at 10:48 pm
New York: The UN's top court has ruled in favour of Qatar over an airspace dispute involving four other Middle Eastern countries.
‘Turn the tide’ across a turbulent world, UN chief urges key development forum
Jul 15, 2020, at 10:47 pm
“Concrete, bold and implementable solutions” are needed to turn the tide on the many challenges the world is facing, including the COVID-19 pandemic, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday, on the biggest day so far for the UN’s key international forum on sustainable development.
‘Women Rise for All’ to shape leadership in pandemic response and recovery
Jul 15, 2020, at 10:46 pm
New York: Although the COVID-19 pandemic has generated an unprecedented global health, humanitarian and development crisis, it has also revealed the power of women’s leadership, according to the UN Deputy Secretary-General.
Bangladesh records 33 new COVID-19 deaths
Jul 15, 2020, at 10:44 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh recorded 33 new deaths related to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
At least 15 Taliban militants killed in airstrike in Afghan kandahar province - Police
Jul 15, 2020, at 10:43 pm
Kabul/Sputnik: At least 15 Taliban militants were killed and 10 others were injured in an airstrike by the Afghan air forces in Kandahar province, local police said on Wednesday.
In Yemen, thousands of Ethiopian migrants stranded, COVID-19 likely widespread
Jul 15, 2020, at 10:41 pm
New York: Tens of thousands of Ethiopian migrants have been stranded in war-ravaged Yemen where they continue to be subjected to arbitrary detention and exposure to COVID-19 infection, forcible relocation and abuse, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.