As UN turns 75, multilateral milestones show successes and ‘how much remains to be done’ – Kagame
Sep 23, 2020, at 10:06 pm
New York: In a virtual address to the UN General Assembly’s annual general debate, the President of Rwanda on Tuesday noted that while milestones on gender, climate and development have demonstrated the achievements of multilateral action, they also serve to remind “how much remains to be done”.
Sep 23, 2020, at 09:59 pm
New York: Facing the coronavirus pandemic, the global community is at an inflection point, which should spur fresh thinking about broader international cooperation and way to ensure a sustainable and fair future for all, Iván Duque, the President of Colombia told the UN General Assembly on Tuesday.
Sep 23, 2020, at 09:23 pm
New York: The coronavirus pandemic requires cooperation between nations and should serve as an “electric shock” to wake up the United Nations, French President Emmanuel Macron stressed on Tuesday during the General Assembly’s annual high-level debate, held virtually this year.
Afghan army defuses 4,776 improvised bombs, landmines in six months
Sep 23, 2020, at 09:19 pm
Kabul/Xinhua: The Afghan National Army (ANA) has during the past six months discovered and defused 4,776 improvised bombs and landmines planted by militants, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
Pakistan: Medicines to cost higher, Remdesivir price reduced
Sep 23, 2020, at 09:01 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan government has decided to increase price of 94 lifesaving drugs while the cost of Remdesivir, an experimental drug used for the treatment of Covid-19 was reduced to Rs 8,244 from Rs 10,873, reports said on Wednesday.
Global Times Editorial: Taiwan responds to China's warning
Sep 23, 2020, at 07:25 pm
Taipei: Taiwan recently responded to China's threat to 'set off war' after Beijing was recently irked by the visit of a US State Department official to the region.
FATF meet: Pakistan record on 26/11 will be under scanner
Sep 23, 2020, at 07:21 pm
Islamabad: The deadline for Pakistan over the 'grey list' issue to be discussed in the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meeting is drawing nearer and in such a scenario the country's actions against 26/11 attackers in India will be under the scanner as part of the 27-point action list it has been handed to complete, media reports said.
Sep 23, 2020, at 06:56 pm
Washington, Sep 23 (UNI) Democratic presidential candidate and US former vice-president Joe Biden has appreciated Indian-American community for its hard work and entrepreneurship for boosting the economic growth of the country and said that his administration would address the concerns regarding H-1B visa and the legal immigrants.
People protest against Pakistan Army in south Waziristan
Sep 23, 2020, at 06:49 pm
Wana: Protesting against the Pakistan Army and the re-emergence of terror groups, demonstrators participated in a Pashtun unity march in Wana region of south Waziristan on Sunday, media reports said.
Pakistan making desperate attempts to misleadterror financing watchdog FATF as Oct deadline nears
Sep 23, 2020, at 06:39 pm
Pakistan seems to be racing against time as the October deadline set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to clean up its records on terror financing approaches, though Islamabad seems to be still trying to shield JuD chief and Lashkar-e-Taiba patron Hafiz Saeed.
Sign of the times: COVID-19 response and recovery must be accessible says Guterres
Sep 23, 2020, at 04:03 pm
New York: This year’s International Day of Sign Languages is being commemorated in the midst of a pandemic that has “disrupted and upended lives everywhere”, including those of the deaf community, the UN chief said on Wednesday.
Iran not a ‘bargaining chip’, President Rouhani tells world leaders at UN
Sep 23, 2020, at 03:58 pm
New York: Iran is not a “bargaining chip” to be factored into elections and domestic policy in the United States, the country’s President, Hassan Rouhani has said, stressing that the overall era of dominance and hegemony by a few world powers is “long over.”
Republic of Korea stresses support for developing nations during COVID-19
Sep 23, 2020, at 03:54 pm
New York: The President of the Republic of Korea has signaled his country’s support to developing nations during the COVID-19 pandemic, which includes ensuring they have equitable access to any vaccines against the deadly new coronavirus.
South African President warns pandemic has set back African development
Sep 23, 2020, at 03:49 pm
New York: Despite the continent-wide approach taken by African countries to combat COVID-19, the pandemic has set back their development aspirations, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa told world leaders at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday.
‘Joint action’ indispensable in addressing global challenges: Emir of Qatar
Sep 23, 2020, at 03:39 pm
New York: As the world enters the threshold of the century’s third decade, it continues to face “emerging and unprecedented challenges”, Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, told the opening session of the UN High-level General Debate on Tuesday.
Myanmar: Mounting child death toll during Rakhine village assaults must end, urges rights expert
Sep 23, 2020, at 03:34 pm
New York: The assaults by security forces in Myanmar on villages in Rakhine state “need to stop”, and a ceasefire should be declared immediately, said the UN independent rights expert on the situation across the country on Tuesday.
At UN General Assembly, Philippines’ Duterte denounces groups ‘weaponizing’ human rights
Sep 23, 2020, at 03:26 pm
New York: While every country has its own strategy to fight coronavirus, the world needs coordinated international efforts and a common purpose to end the crisis, the President of the Philippines said on Tuesday, underlining the importance of universal access to anti-COVID-19 technologies in the recovery from global pandemic.
Sep 23, 2020, at 03:21 pm
New York: The Chinese President Xi Jinping called for enhanced international solidarity to fight the coronavirus on Tuesday during his UN General Assembly address, declaring that his country would aim to become carbon neutral, in the wider battle against climate change, by 2060.
Look at both ‘full and empty parts’ of global glass, Turkey urges Member States
Sep 23, 2020, at 03:07 pm
New York: Speaking on the first day of the UN High-level General Debate, the President of Turkey stressed the need to “accurately and sincerely evaluate” what is happening in the world today.
Sep 23, 2020, at 03:03 pm
New York: Faced with a global pandemic that has infected millions, killed thousands, forced borders to close, upended economies, and drastically changed lives, the world today needs the United Nations today as much as it did 75 years ago, the President of Cuba underlined on Tuesday.
Brazilian President outlines action taken to address COVID-19 pandemic, unemployment
Sep 23, 2020, at 02:58 pm
New York: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has highlighted social and economic measures his administration implemented, to address the COVID-19 pandemic and what he views as the politicization of the virus in South America’s largest country.
Renew ‘collective commitment to multilateralism’, urges Assembly President
Sep 23, 2020, at 02:54 pm
New York: The COVID-19 pandemic may have prevented world leaders coming to New York to address the General Assembly in person, but the president of the world body stressed on Tuesday that the need for deliberation, is “higher than ever”.
US delivering ‘peace through strength’: President Trump tells UN
Sep 23, 2020, at 02:47 pm
New York: Speaking on Tuesday, United States President Donald Trump lauded the military power of his country, which, he said, demonstrates that the country is “fulfilling its destiny as peacemaker, but it is peace through strength”.
Sep 23, 2020, at 02:44 pm
New York: In his centerpiece address to the historic and unprecedented 75th session of the UN General Assembly, Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday appealed for global solidarity to overcome the COVID-19, and again call for a global ceasefire during the pandemic, by the end of the year.
Violence leaves more than 300,000 ‘completely reliant’ on assistance in northern Mozambique
Sep 23, 2020, at 02:35 pm
New York: Worsening conflict, combined with a precarious humanitarian situation, has forced more than 300,000 people to flee their homes and villages in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, leaving them completely reliant on humanitarian assistance, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has said.
Pakistan continues to provide VIP treatment to 21 dreaded terrorists: Reports
Sep 23, 2020, at 12:55 am
Islamabad: Despite Financial Action Task Force (FATF) challenge, Pakistan continues to provide VIP treatment to many terrorists, including underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and Pakistan-based Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF) terrorist Ranjeet Singh Neeta, media reports said.
PoK human rights abuse: Activist Shabir Choudhry expresses discontent on UK lawmaker’s silence
Sep 23, 2020, at 12:48 am
London: A key political activist from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) Shabir Choudhry has expressed his displeasure over UK’s Labour MP Debbie Abrahams’ ‘silence’ on the recent attack on peaceful protesters by the Pakistani consulate in Bradford.
Sep 23, 2020, at 12:35 am
Quetta: Free Balochistan Movement (FBM) spokesperson Gamshaad Baloch has said Pakistan is still promoting religious extremism in occupied Balochistan, Sindh, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, urging the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to not overlook the current wave of religious violence in the nation.
Taliban key commander among 4 killed in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province
Sep 22, 2020, at 10:57 pm
Faizabad/Xinhua: Four militants including a Taliban key commander Mawlawi Ataullah have been confirmed dead as clash flared up in Raghistan district of Afghanistan's northern Badakhshan province, provincial government spokesman Nik Mohammad Nazari said Tuesday.
Apple CEO hopes employees will be able to return to office next year
Sep 22, 2020, at 10:50 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Apple CEO Tim Cook has expressed hope that the company's employees will be able to return to their regular workplaces next year, adding that in the meantime 85-90 percent of staff continue to work remotely amid the coronavirus pandemic.