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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
New York Times to relocate part of Hong-Kong office to Seoul over security law
Jul 15, 2020, at 10:11 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The New York Times newspaper announced that it plans to relocate its Hong Kong-based digital news operation to the South Korean capital city of Seoul over uncertainty created for news organizations by the controversial national security law and subsequent protests.
US State Department welcomes UK's decision to prohibit Huawei from 5G networks
Jul 15, 2020, at 10:02 pm
Washington/UNI:: The US state department has welcomed United Kingdom's decision to ban Huawei from future 5G networks in the country saying that this decision was taken by the UK government for the sake of its national security.
Indonesia reports 1,522 new COVID-19 cases, 87 new deaths
Jul 15, 2020, at 09:55 pm
Jakarta/Xinhua: The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 1,522 within one day to 80,094, with the death toll adding by 87 to 3,797, Achmad Yurianto, a Health Ministry official, said at a press conference here on Wednesday.
Family of Canadian child stranded in Syria files lawsuit against Government
Jul 15, 2020, at 03:37 pm
Ottawa/Sputnik: A Canadian family on Wednesday sued the federal government for failing to repatriate their child from a Syrian refugee camp, court documents revealed.
Chinese tech giant Huawei's 5G kit must be removed from UK by 2027
Jul 15, 2020, at 02:53 pm
London/UNI: The British government on Wednesday banned UK's mobile providers from buying new 5G equipment from Huawei after 31 December, and they were also ordered to remove all the Chinese firm's 5G kit from their networks by 2027.
UK government bans companies from buying Huawei equipment for 5G networks - Minister
Jul 14, 2020, at 11:40 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The United Kingdom government will ban UK companies from buying Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei-produced equipment for 5G networks from the end of the year, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Oliver Dowden said on Tuesday.
Saudi Aramco says will restructure business on oil refining, marketing by end of 2020
Jul 14, 2020, at 11:34 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Saudi Aramco, the Middle Eastern oil giant, will reorganize its downstream sector – oil processing and marketing – by the end of 2020 to strengthen its global growth strategy and increase the operational efficiency, the company announced on Tuesday.
Uyghurs, Tibetans, Hong Kongers demonstrate against China in Tokyo
Jul 14, 2020, at 10:35 pm
Tokyo: Slamming China for its policies in respective regions, about 300 Uyghur, Tibetan and Hong Kong demonstrators marched in Tokyo city of Japan on Sunday.
UK plans to send aircraft carrier to Asia Pacific as tensions with China rising - Reports
Jul 14, 2020, at 09:41 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The UK military intends to send new aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth to the Asia Pacific as tensions with Beijing continue to rise, The Times newspaper reported, citing sources.
Cities and local government must focus on well-being of people in developing countries
Jul 14, 2020, at 03:39 pm
New York: While the scale and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic is being felt in developing and developed countries alike, the President of the UN General Assembly maintained on Monday that the response must focus on “the two-thirds of the world’s population at risk of being left behind”.
UN condemns deadly attack against peacekeepers in Central African Republic
Jul 14, 2020, at 03:30 pm
New York: A UN peacekeeper from Rwanda was killed and two others were wounded in a deadly attack in the Central African Republic on Monday.
Jul 14, 2020, at 03:17 pm
New York: A senior World Health Organization (WHO) official on Monday, called for the question of school reopenings to be included as part of comprehensive, data-driven COVID-19 public health strategies, and not a politically-driven decision-making process.
Wearing Masks to Be Mandatory in England's Shops From July 24 - Downing Street Spokesman
Jul 14, 2020, at 03:01 pm
London/Sputnik: Face covering will become mandatory in shops across England starting from July 24, a Downing Street spokesman said.
COVID-19: UN and partners work to ensure learning never stops for young refugees
Jul 14, 2020, at 02:55 pm
New York: Global advocates for refugees are pushing to ensure the COVID-19 pandemic does not derail efforts for displaced children and young people to continue learning and eventually return to a real classroom.