Feb 22, 2018, at 02:44 pm
New York, Feb 22 (JEN): A future with zero net global deforestation is possible with the right mix of policies, social action and political will, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said as a major international conference on sustainable forest management kicked off this week in Rome.
Feb 22, 2018, at 02:39 pm
New York, Feb 22 (JEN): Every two weeks, one of the world’s languages disappears, along with the human history and cultural heritage that accompanies it, the chief of the United Nations cultural agency warned on Wednesday, calling for greater efforts to preserve and promote mother languages and indigenous languages, to bolster inclusion, diversity and ultimately, sustainable development.
UN chief ‘deeply alarmed’ by escalating hostilities in Syria’s east Ghouta
Feb 22, 2018, at 02:26 pm
New York, Feb 22 (JEN): Deeply alarmed by the escalating violence in Syria’s east Ghouta, the United Nations has reiterated a call for an end to hostilities so that the sick and wounded can be immediately evacuated and humanitarian aid deliveries can reach those in need.
12 military personnel injured in a bus explosion in Sri Lanka
Feb 22, 2018, at 12:00 am
Colombo Feb 21 (IBNS): Twelve military personnel and seven civilians have been injured in an explosion inside a private bus in Diyatalawa, in the hill country of Sri Lanka this morning.
Canada: Patrick Brown's fate in Ontario PC leadership will be decided today
Feb 21, 2018, at 08:20 pm
Toronto, Feb 21 (IBNS): Resigned Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown's bid to run for the party leadership in the next election will be decided on Wednesday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: At least eight killed in Herat road accident
Feb 21, 2018, at 08:13 pm
Kabul, Feb 21 (IBNS): At least eight people have been reported dead in an accident in Afghanistan's Herat province.
Terror financing: FATF allows Pakistan three-month period to clean up act
Feb 21, 2018, at 06:23 pm
Islamabad, Feb 21 (IBNS): Pakistan has been granted a period of three months by Paris-based Financial Action Task Force to clean up its act pertaining to terror funding, reports said.
Canada: Most First nations' families do not have access to childhood development program
Feb 21, 2018, at 03:26 pm
Ottawa, Feb 20 (IBNS): The federal program designed in 2003 for early childhood development on First Nations was accessible only to 18 to 19 percent of eligible First Nations children across the country, media reports said.
Feb 21, 2018, at 03:11 pm
New York, Feb 21 (JEN): Iraqi civilians, driven from their homes in fear by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, Da’esh), are now starting to make their way back home after the terrorist group has been uprooted from its bastions in the country, the United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM) has reported.
Feb 21, 2018, at 03:08 pm
New York, Feb 21 (JEN): Cautioning that the Tanganyika region in south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo could be engulfed by a humanitarian disaster of “extraordinary proportions,” the United Nations refugee agency on Tuesday urged the Government to ensure protection of civilians.
Feb 21, 2018, at 03:05 pm
New York, Feb 21 (JEN): After over a century of hostilities including 50 years of continued military occupation, Israelis and Palestinians are still no closer to peace, a United Nations special envoy said on Tuesday, warning that even as many in the region have lost hope for positive change, the enemies of peace are growing more confident by the day.
World is failing newborns; UNICEF says global mortality rates remain ‘alarmingly high’
Feb 21, 2018, at 02:58 pm
New York, Feb 21 (JEN): Newborns are dying at “alarmingly high” rates in countries that are poor, conflict-ridden or have weak institutions, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said Tuesday in a new report, which reveals that babies born in these places are 50 times more likely to die in the first month of life than those born in some wealthier nations.
Civilian situation in Syria’s east Ghouta ‘spiraling out of control,’ warns UN aid official
Feb 21, 2018, at 02:15 pm
New York, Feb 21 (IBNS): The humanitarian situation of civilians in Syria’s east Ghouta is spiraling out of control, a senior United Nation aid official has warned in the wake of escalating conflict which resulted in more than 40 civilian deaths on Monday alone.
Canada's Governor General Julie Payette visits Ontario for the first time
Feb 21, 2018, at 02:07 pm
Ottawa, Feb 21 (IBNS): During her first official visit to Ontario this morning, Canada's Governor General Julie Payette was received with a ceremonial welcome at the Legislative Assembly in Toronto, media reports said.
Canada: Patrick Brown skips Ontario legislature for PC leadership campaign
Feb 21, 2018, at 04:00 am
Toronto, Feb 20 (IBNS): Resigned Ontatio Progressive Conservative Party leader Patrick Brown has skipped the first day of the final session of Ontario legislature to campaign for the party leadership, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Khaleda Zia challenges sentencing in graft case
Feb 21, 2018, at 12:56 am
Dhaka, Feb 20 (IBNS): Days after BNP supremo Khaleda Zia was sentenced to five years imprisonment in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case, the former PM on Tuesday filed an appeal challenging the verdict in the lower court, media reports said.
Woman dries underwear under AC vent in packed flight
Feb 20, 2018, at 11:38 pm
New York, Feb 20 (IBNS): In what might be called a bizarre episode, a female passenger was caught on camera, while she was traveling in a flight, drying an underwear under the AC vent.
Canada: Child molester's 'unduly and harsh sentence' gets halved
Feb 20, 2018, at 11:18 pm
Ottawa, Feb 20 (IBNS): An appeal court has reduced the jail term of a 74-year old man, who is accused of molesting several young girls, to 30 months from original 5 years, media reports said.
Pakistan: Local under-19 cricketer commits suicide in Karachi
Feb 20, 2018, at 10:02 pm
Karachi, Feb 20 (IBNS): A Pakistani Under-19 cricketer, who is the son of a former international cricketer, allegedly committed suicide at his residence in Model Colony area of Pakistan on Monday, media reports said.
Pakistan approves motion to make Mandarin an official language
Feb 20, 2018, at 09:50 pm
Islamabad, Feb 20 (IBNS): Ina major development, the Pakistani Senate has approved a motion to declare Mandarin as one of the official languages in the country, media reports said.
Pakistan: Two lawyers killed in firing incident in Lahore court
Feb 20, 2018, at 09:37 pm
Lahore, Feb 20 (IBNS): A person opened fire at a sessions court in Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least two lawyers, media reports said.
Syria: Government strikes kill dozens of civilians in Ghouta
Feb 20, 2018, at 05:46 pm
Damascus, Feb 20 (IBNS): Dozens of civilians have been killed by strikes conducted by Syrian forces in Eastern Ghouta area outside Damascus, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.
Peru's ex-President to be tried for 1992 farmer killings
Feb 20, 2018, at 04:29 pm
Lima, Feb 20 (IBNS): Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori will be tried for the killings of six farmers in 1992, reports said.
US President Donald Trump backs Mitt Romney's bid for the US Senate from Utah
Feb 20, 2018, at 03:01 pm
Washington, Dec 20 (IBNS): US President Donald Trump on Tuesday backed Mitt Romney's bid for the US Senate from Utah.
Feb 20, 2018, at 01:22 pm
New York, Feb 20 (IBNS): Recognizing Latin American and Caribbean countries as “pioneers” in the protection of refugees and asylum seekers, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees urged the region to bolster its standards even further given the global increase in number of people being driven from their homes.
Ahead of Social Justice Day, UN agency calls for fair labour migration governance
Feb 20, 2018, at 01:19 pm
New York, Feb 20 (JEN): Many migrant workers end up trapped in low-pay, unsafe and unhealthy jobs, the head of the United Nations labour agency warned Monday, calling for the adoption of fair labour migration governance frameworks at the global, regional and national levels.
United States: Planned execution of seriously ill man may amount to torture, warn UN experts
Feb 20, 2018, at 01:15 pm
New York, Feb 20 (JEN): Two United Nations human rights experts have urged the Government of the United States to halt the execution a seriously ill person stressing that given his health condition, the use of lethal injection could possibly amount to torture.
Canada expresses concerns over Israel's plan to deport African refugees
Feb 20, 2018, at 01:21 am
Ottawa, Feb 19 (IBNS): Canada has expressed its concern over Israel's planning of mass deportation of African asylum seekers, media reports said.
Patrick Brown attends PC leadership campaign event
Feb 19, 2018, at 11:32 pm
Mississauga, Feb 19 (IBNS): Patrick Brown, who was reportedly accused of sexual assault by three women, attended the Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership campaign event on Sunday, media reports said.