Jun 28, 2018, at 08:26 am
New York, June 28 (IBNS): The United Nations Secretary-General has welcomed an agreement signed on Wednesday by the President of South Sudan and his former Vice President, which it is hoped will lead to an “inclusive and implementable” peace deal to end years of civil conflict in the world’s youngest nation.
Jun 28, 2018, at 07:44 am
New York, June 28 (IBNS): The United Nations rights expert on Myanmar is “strongly” recommending that the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigate and prosecute those allegedly responsible for “decades of crimes” in the form a grave violations of international human rights and humanitarian law inside the country.
Saudi Arabia: UN experts push for prompt release of women human rights defenders
Jun 28, 2018, at 07:42 am
New York, June 28 (IBNS): A ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia may have officially ended at the weekend, but on Wednesday, nine United Nations experts called for the immediate release of a number of women’s rights defenders who were imprisoned following a government crackdown which began in mid-May.
North Korea still building at its nuclear site: 38 North
Jun 27, 2018, at 08:32 pm
Washington, June 27 (IBNS): Despite declaring a denuclearisation of the Peninsula during the recently held summit in Singapore, North Korea is still carrying out rapid improvements to its nuclear research facility, claimed a monitor on Wednesday.
UK: Taliban bomb maker found guilty of plotting to kill police, MPs
Jun 27, 2018, at 02:20 pm
Kabul, Jun 27 (IBNS): A former Taliban bomb maker, who has been taken into custody for scheming to kill the police and MPs in the United Kingdom, has been found guilty by a jury at the Old Bailey, according to The Guardian report.
Mali: UN chief calls for calm as clashes leave over 20 dead in Mopti
Jun 27, 2018, at 09:42 am
New York, June 27 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appealed for calm and restraint in the Mopti region of central Mali, where over 20 people are reported to have been killed in intercommunal clashes over the weekend.
Jun 27, 2018, at 09:39 am
New York, June 27 (IBNS): Defence and security forces along with the Kamuina Nsapu and Bana Mura militias have committed “crimes against humanity and war crimes” in the of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Kasai region, United Nations experts said on Tuesday following an investigation.
Jun 27, 2018, at 09:30 am
New York, June 27 (IBNS): The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) is set to hold its 30th Ministerial Session in Beirut, Lebanon on 27 and 28 June with a focus on technology for sustainable development.
Jun 27, 2018, at 09:27 am
New York, June 27 (IBNS): While there is no “one-size-fits-all” solution to address the challenges posed by terrorism worldwide, international cooperation is key to counter the scourge, the President of the United Nations General Assembly said on Tuesday, as the body adopted a review of the UN’s global counter-terrorism strategy.
Torture is unacceptable and unjustified ‘at all times’ underscore top UN officials
Jun 27, 2018, at 09:04 am
New York, June 27 (IBNS): Torture in any form, is absolutely unacceptable and can never be justified, top United Nations officials said on Tuesday, urging great support for victims worldwide.
Jun 27, 2018, at 08:51 am
New York, June 27 (IBNS): The scourge of opium-based drugs and cocaine are a bigger global threat to public health and law enforcement than ever before, according to the latest World Drug Report, released on Tuesday by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Aid teams respond to escalating southwest Syria conflict: 750,000 civilians are at risk
Jun 27, 2018, at 08:47 am
New York, June 27 (IBNS): Vital humanitarian relief continues to reach Dera’a in south-west Syria, where 750,000 people are at risk and at least 45,000 people have been displaced amid a government-led offensive to regain opposition-held areas, UN aid teams said on Tuesday.
Police dog 'revives' trainer by performing CPR, emerges as hero on internet
Jun 26, 2018, at 10:55 pm
Madrid, June 26 (IBNS): The internet is presently busy talking about a new superhero and mind you he is not a human being but a police dog.
North, South Korea to discuss economic projects
Jun 26, 2018, at 03:26 pm
Seoul, Jun 26 (IBNS): Bolstering its ties with North Korea, South Korea said it will discuss major economic projects with its neighbour.
Poland: Peaceful protesters defy escalating assault on freedom of assembly, says Amnesty report
Jun 26, 2018, at 02:53 pm
Warsaw, Jun 26 (IBNS): Despite an escalating crackdown on peaceful protest, people in Poland continue to take to the streets and courageously demonstrate against abuse of their rights and threats to the rule of law, Amnesty International said in a new report.
South Korea: Two airplanes collide at Gimpo airport, no casualty
Jun 26, 2018, at 11:28 am
Seoul, June 26 (IBNS): Two airplanes collided in a South Korean airport which caused damage to part of the jets, media reports said on Tuesday.
UN spotlights wellbeing of seafarers on International Day
Jun 26, 2018, at 11:07 am
New York, June 26 (IBNS): Highlighting the challenges – both physical and mental – faced by seafarers on their voyages, the United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO) has called for greater attention to ensuring their wellbeing.
Jun 26, 2018, at 11:04 am
New York, June 26 (iIBNS): A pledging conference on Monday for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) aimed to address the body’s chronic funding shortfall and also examine long-term priorities.
‘All atrocity crimes are preventable’ and can never be justified – UN chief
Jun 26, 2018, at 11:01 am
New York,June 26 (IBNS): Atrocity crimes – genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and ethnic cleansing – are not “inevitable”, the United Nations Secretary-General said on Monday, stressing that the international community must do more to end violence against innocent people.
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Jun 26, 2018, at 10:58 am
New York, June 26 (IBNS): Ambassadors in the Security Council have been urged by the United Nations Secretary-General to find ‘much-needed consensus’ to resolve the myriad challenges in the Middle East and North Africa.
New UN-supported farming app is cream of crop in tackling Sahel pest
Jun 26, 2018, at 10:42 am
New York, June 26 (IBNS): Farmers in sub-Saharan Africa have a new digital weapon in their agricultural armoury to take on the Fall Armyworm – a crop pest that’s threatening the food security of 300 million people – the United Nations said on Monday.
Resettlement needs set to rise to 1.4 million people in 2019, UN refugee agency reports
Jun 26, 2018, at 10:39 am
New York, June 26 (IBNS): Close to 1.4 million people will need resettlement in countries free from war and persecution in 2019, the UN refugee agency, said on Monday, citing growing forced displacement across the globe.
Jun 25, 2018, at 04:03 pm
New York, June 25 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the lifting on Sunday of the driving ban for women in Saudi Arabia and expressed his hope that ending the prohibition will generate more new opportunities for women in the Kingdom.
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Jun 25, 2018, at 04:00 pm
New York, June 25 (IBNS): The UN Secretary-General has condemned an explosion which took place at an election rally in Zimbabwe on Saturday, not long after President Emmerson Mnangagwa left the stage after addressing the crowd, according to news reports.
Football team feared trapped inside cave in Thailand, search ops underway
Jun 25, 2018, at 03:38 pm
Bangkok, Jun 25 (IBNS): A rescue operation is underway in northern Thailand's Chiang Rai province, where a boys football team is feared to be trapped inside a cave, reports said on Monday.
Turkey: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wins new five year term
Jun 25, 2018, at 01:11 pm
Ankara: Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won another five year term after been re-elected in the recently concluded elections, reports said on Monday.
Saudi Arabia's driving ban lifted, women drive on streets
Jun 24, 2018, at 09:18 pm
Jeddah, June 24 (IBNS): Saudi Arabia witnessed a history on Sunday when women in the nation were allowed to drive, ending an age-old driving ban on the eves.
Explosion rocks German building, 25 injured
Jun 24, 2018, at 06:12 pm
Berlin, June 24 (IBNS): At least 25 people were injured as an explosion destroyed a building in Germany's Wuppertal city, media reports said on Sunday.
Jun 24, 2018, at 05:50 pm
New York, June 24 (IBNS): One person has reportedly died, and dozens were injured after an explosion ripped through a large crowd at a rally for the new Prime Minister of Ethiopia on Saturday, which the UN chief described as a matter of “grave concern”.
Zimbabwe: President Mnangagwa survives Bulawayo explosion
Jun 23, 2018, at 09:10 pm
Bulawayo, June 23 (IBNS): Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa survived an apparent bomb attack and remained unhurt in Zimbabwe's Bulawayo city on Saturday, media reports said.