NATO Secretary General condemns North Korea's ballistic missile test
Aug 03, 2016, at 11:59 pm
New York, Aug 3 (IBNS): NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday condemned North Korea's ballistic missile test.
UK: Pedophile Pakistani woman gets 5 yrs jail for incest, distribution of porn videos
Aug 03, 2016, at 09:21 pm
Cardiff, Aug 3 (IBNS): A Pakistani woman, mother of four, was tried and sentenced to jail at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court in Wales on Monday for engaging in incest with her 14-year-old son and allegedly filming and distributing the tape to her cousin in Pakistan, reports said.
North Korea launches ballistic missile
Aug 03, 2016, at 03:51 pm
Seoul, Aug 3 (IBNS): South Korea on Wednesday claimed North Korea fired a off a ballistic missile into waters off its east coast, media reports said.
Colombia peace accord offers chance to ‘close chapter of war once and for all’ – UN envoy
Aug 03, 2016, at 12:44 pm
New York, Aug 3 (Just Earth News): The head of the new United Nations political mission in Colombia on Tuesday pledged the world body’s steadfast support for the full implementation of the accord reached by the Colombian Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People’s Army (FARC-EP), which seeks to bring an end the longest-running conflict in the Western Hemisphere.
Aug 03, 2016, at 12:43 pm
New York, Aug 3 (Just Earth News): Deeply disturbed by reports that five hospitals and a blood bank have been hit by airstrikes in Syria, the United Nations on Tuesday reiterated its call on all parties to the conflict to end the destruction of medical facilities and other civilian infrastructure.
In South Sudan, UN humanitarian chief calls on all parties to work together for peace
Aug 03, 2016, at 12:41 pm
New York, Aug 3 (Just Earth News): United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien on Tuesday called on all actors in South Sudan, including the international community supporting the country, to work together for a peace that will enable the nation and its people to realize their hopes for a better future.
Undernutrition in Ghana takes huge human and economic toll – new UN study
Aug 03, 2016, at 12:39 pm
New York, Aug 3 (Just Earth News): The economy of Ghana has been losing some $2.6 billion annually – or 6.4 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP) – due to child undernutrition, according to a new United Nations study launched on Tuesday in the country’s capital, Accra.
‘If you want to protect your image, protect children,’ Ban tells debate on war-affected children
Aug 03, 2016, at 12:38 pm
New York, Aug 3 (Just Earth News): With children continuing to be tortured, maimed, imprisoned, starved, sexually abused and killed in armed conflict, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday called on all countries to back their words with concrete actions to end such violations.
In war-torn Iraq, UNICEF Ambassador Ewan McGregor warns children face ‘unimaginable horrors’
Aug 03, 2016, at 03:36 am
New York, Aug 2 (Just Earth News): Just back from crisis-riven northern Iraq, were he visited refugee camps for Iraqi and Syrian families and children, actor Ewan McGregor, an Ambassador for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for more action to save children suffering the devastating effects of brutal conflicts and crises.
Some 60,000 flee recent South Sudan violence, bringing exodus to 900,000 since 2013 – UN
Aug 03, 2016, at 03:35 am
New York, Aug 2 (Just Earth News): Some 60,000 people have fled South Sudan's recent violence in the capital city of Juba, bringing the overall number of South Sudanese refugees in neighbouring countries since December 2013 to nearly 900,000, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday.
Rebels shelling kills 30 in Syria
Aug 02, 2016, at 10:45 pm
Aleppo, Aug 2 (IBNS): At least 30 people were killed in shelling by rebels who targeted regime controlled areas of Aleppo city in Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Tuesday.
South Sudan: UN Mission condemns ‘unspeakable acts’ of abuse, sexual violence
Aug 02, 2016, at 01:18 pm
New York, Aug 2 (Just Earth News): The United Nations in South Sudan on Monday condemned unequivocally reports of widespread sexual violence, including rape and gang rape, of women and young girls, by soldiers and unidentified armed men, stressing that such acts constitute grave violations of international human rights law and may be regarded as war crimes and crimes against humanity.
In wake of renowned lawyer’s murder, UN experts urge Kenya to put an end to police impunity
Aug 02, 2016, at 01:16 pm
New York, Aug 2 (Just Earth News): Voicing deep concern over the continuing pattern of extrajudicial executions in Kenya, United Nations human rights experts have called on the Government to halt police violence and ensure accountability for the perpetrators.
Some 25,000 people displaced by military attacks in western Aleppo – UNICEF
Aug 02, 2016, at 01:15 pm
New York, Aug 2 (Just Earth News): About 25,000 people, including more than 12,000 children, have been displaced last night from a neighbourhood in western Aleppo City by intense military attacks initiated by armed opposition groups, a United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) official in Syria said on Monday, calling on the warring parties to do their utmost to protect all civilians.
Yemen: Focusing on local suppliers, UN agency reaches thousands more in need of food aid
Aug 02, 2016, at 01:06 pm
New York, Aug 2 (Just Earth News): The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has recorded a nearly five-fold increase in the number to whom it has provided assistance in hard-to-reach areas across war-torn Yemen, through an innovative, locally driven voucher initiative.
UNICEF working at ‘full strength’ in north-east Nigeria, despite attack on aid convoy
Aug 02, 2016, at 03:56 am
New York, Aug 1 (Just Earth News): Despite an attack on a humanitarian convoy in which one of its staff members was injured, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is scaling up its response to provide assistance to thousands of conflict-affected children in Nigeria’s Borno state, which has borne the brunt of violence by Boko Haram insurgents.
UN rights chief expresses concern about Iraq's fast-tracking of executions
Aug 02, 2016, at 03:54 am
New York, Aug 1 (Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights chief on Monday expressed serious concern that Iraq has created a committee to accelerate implementation of death sentences.
Syria: Russian chopper shot down
Aug 01, 2016, at 10:23 pm
Moscow/Idlib ,Aug 1 (IBNS): A Russian helicopter was shot down in Syria's Idlib province on Monday, media reports said.
Aug 01, 2016, at 08:21 pm
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IBNS) : Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Sayeed has asked the Pakistani government not to allow Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh to visit Pakistan, media reports said.
Yemeni peace talks extended for another week – UN envoy
Jul 31, 2016, at 12:32 pm
New York, July 30 (Just Earth News): With all eyes on Yemeni peace negotiations, the United Nations envoy for the country announced on Saturday that the UN-supported talks under way in Kuwait have been extended for an additional week.
Jul 31, 2016, at 04:02 am
Brussels, July 30 (IBNS): At least two people were arrested by the Belgium police in connection with an anti-terrorism case, media reports said.
Pilot immigration programme to boost economic development in Atlantic Canada
Jul 31, 2016, at 03:53 am
Prince Edward Island (Canada), July 30 (IBNS): Canada’s federal government recently allied with four premiers of Atlantic Canada to introduce a ‘New Atlantic Growth Strategy’ to boost the region’s economy by allowing immigration of new skilled workers, according to media reports in Canada.
On Friendship Day, Ban says lives can be enriched, future enhanced through unity and camaraderie
Jul 31, 2016, at 03:38 am
New York, July 30 (Just Earth News): Marking the International Day of Friendship, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday urged everyone to unite in a shared spirit of human solidarity to overcome the crises confronting the global society.
Afghanistan: Explosion heard in Herat city, casualties feared
Jul 30, 2016, at 06:07 pm
Kabul, July 30 (IBNS): At least one person was reportedly killed in a heavy explosion in Afghanistan's Herat city on Saturday morning.
Security Council approves 228-strong UN police contingent for Burundi
Jul 30, 2016, at 03:42 pm
New York, July 30 (Just Earth News):The Security Council this evening requested Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to establish a United Nations police officers component in Burundi for an initial period of one year to monitor the security situation and to support the Office of the UN High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) in monitoring rights violations and abuses in the crisis-gripped country.
South Sudan: Security Council approves two-week extension of UN Mission
Jul 30, 2016, at 03:38 pm
New York, July 30 (Just Earth News):The Security Council on Fridayextended for two weeks the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), allowing time for its membership to consider options on adapting the operation’s mandate amid renewed violence in the world’s youngest country.
DR Congo: Six years on, UN envoy calls for action in Walikale mass rape
Jul 30, 2016, at 03:34 pm
New York, July 30 (Just Earth News):Ahead of the six-year remembrance of a mass rape of more than 300 civilians residents of the Walikale region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by armed groups, the United Nations envoy on sexual violence in conflict has called on the international community to be relentless in seeking accountability for the crimes.
UN envoy cites urgent need to establish 48 hour pause for humanitarian access to Aleppo
Jul 30, 2016, at 03:30 pm
New York, July 30 (Just Earth News):As the humanitarian crisis reaches distressing levels in Syria, particularly in and around battle-torn Aleppo, the United Nations envoy for the country welcomed on Fridayinitiatives aimed at assisting the civilian population trapped amid the fighting and, “under the right circumstances,†the implementation of humanitarian corridors.
After attack on convoy, UN suspends aid delivery in areas of restive north-eastern Nigeria
Jul 30, 2016, at 03:23 pm
New York, July 30 (Just Earth News):The United Nations has temporarily halted humanitarian assistance missions in north-eastern Nigeria’s restive Borno state after on Thursday’s attack on a multi-agency aid convoy which had been delivering desperately needed relief aid in a remote area of the region, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
UNICEF deplores ‘shocking’ attacks in northern Syria towns that leave scores of civilians dead
Jul 30, 2016, at 03:19 pm
New York, July 30 (Just Earth News):The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has deplored recent shocking attacks in northern Syrian cities of Qamishli and Idlib, which killed more than 60 people including many children; reiterating that all parties to the conflict should respect international humanitarian law and protect children and civilians.