UN highlights importance of skills development on World Youth Skills Daykills Day
Jul 16, 2019, at 08:56 am
New York, July 16 (IBNS): At UN Headquarters, and across the globe, events are taking place on Monday to celebrate World Youth Skills Day – marked each year on 15 July – to raise awareness about the importance of youth skills development.
Jul 16, 2019, at 08:50 am
New York, July 16 (IBNS): After nearly a decade of progress, the number of people who suffer from hunger has slowly increased over the past three years, with about one in every nine people globally suffering from hunger today, the United Nations said in a new report released on Monday.
Man sentenced to 6 years in jail for traffic offence
Jul 15, 2019, at 05:26 pm
Hangzhou, Jul 15 (Xinhua/UNI) A defendant, surnamed Chen, was sentenced Monday to six years in prison for causing traffic casualties by a local court in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province.
Helicopter crash kills 2 in Russia
Jul 15, 2019, at 05:15 pm
Moscow, Jul 15 (Xinhua/UNI) A private helicopter crashed Sunday while making a hard landing in Russia's district of Orekhovo-Zuyevsky outside Moscow, killing two pilots on board, local authorities said.
16 Russian nationals denied entry to South Korea over naming false visit purpose - Embassy
Jul 15, 2019, at 09:58 am
Moscow, Jul 15 (Sputnik/UNI) The South Korean border control officers at Seoul Incheon Airport denied entry to 16 Russian nationals at once over suspecting their visit to be not for tourism purposes but for illegal work, the representative of the Russian Embassy in South Korea told Sputnik on Monday.
Over 30 protesters detained in Hong Kong demonstration against Extradition Bill - Reports
Jul 15, 2019, at 09:55 am
Moscow, Jul 15 (Sputnik) More than 30 people were detained on Sunday after clashing with police during a protest against a controversial China extradition bill in Hong Kong's Sha Tin district, local media reported.
British diplomat says Trump scraps Iran nuclear deal to annoy Obama: report
Jul 14, 2019, at 06:44 pm
London, July 14 (Xinhua/UNI) US President Donald Trump scrapped the Iran nuclear deal to spite his predecessor Barack Obama, British media on Sunday quoted a leaked memo as saying.
Somali forces kill 15 al-Shabab militants after hotel attack
Jul 14, 2019, at 06:41 pm
Mogadishu, July 14 (Xinhua/UNI) At least 15 al-Shabab militants were killed on Saturday in a military operation in Somalia's southern regions barely a day after the terrorist group claimed more than 20 lives in a deadly attack.
Washington police kill man at immigrant detention center
Jul 14, 2019, at 06:39 pm
San Francisco, July 13 (Xinhua/UNI) A 69-year-old man was shot and killed by four police officers when attacking a Tacoma immigration jail in the US northwest state of Washington early Saturday morning, the authorities said.
Jul 14, 2019, at 03:43 pm
New York, July 14 (IBNS): Access to education in Somaliland is extremely limited, with more than 50 per cent of children in Somaliland out of school. In an effort to address the problem, the UN children’s fund, UNICEF, has partnered with the government, and the global fund Education Cannot Wait, to launch a programme designed to help children affected by ongoing crises in the country.
Somalia: UN chief condemns terror attack in Kismayo
Jul 14, 2019, at 03:40 pm
New York, July 14 (IBNS): UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the terrorist attack that took place on July 12 in southern Somalia.
Kuwaiti ports authority says signed agreement with Navy to protect ports amid gulf tension
Jul 14, 2019, at 11:07 am
Moscow, Jul 14 (Sputnik) The Kuwaiti Port Authority (KPA) and Defense Ministry singed a cooperation protocol on measures for ensuring nationwide protection of the country's ports by Navy amid growing escalation in the Persian Gulf, the KPA Director General Yusuf Abdullah Sabah said on Saturday.
At least 26 killed, 56 others injured in hotel bombing in Somalia
Jul 13, 2019, at 06:22 pm
Mogadishu, Jul 13 (Xinhua/UNI) At least 26 people were killed and 56 others injured in a deadly terrorist attack in the southern Somalia port town of Kismayo on Friday evening, officials said on Saturday.
Nine IS militants killed in US led airstrike in northern Iraq
Jul 13, 2019, at 06:20 pm
Baghdad, Jul 13 (Xinhua/UNI) A total of nine Islamic State (IS) militants were killed on Saturday in an airstrike by US-led coalition in Iraq's northern province of Nineveh, the Iraqi military said.
Kismayo attack: 26 killed as gunmen target hotel
Jul 13, 2019, at 04:52 pm
Kismayo, July 13 (IBNS): Gunmen entered a hotel in Kismayo city of Somalia and killed at least 26 people, media reports saidon Saturday.
Jul 13, 2019, at 08:59 am
New York, July 13 (IBNS): The 41st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council ended on Friday with measures taken to address worrying developments in Eritrea, Syria and the Philippines, along with other issues of global concern, such as violence and discrimination against the LGBTI community.
Jul 13, 2019, at 08:54 am
New York, July 13 (IBNS): Determined children learning in classes without roofs, resilient women farming without tools or much land, and grateful people who survived a cyclone that destroyed their livelihoods; on his final day in Mozambique, UN chief António Guterres witnessed first-hand the inner strength and resilience of the storm-ravaged country's people.
Jul 13, 2019, at 08:39 am
New York, July 13 (IBNS): Citing climate change as being caused by “emissions accumulated throughout history”, the head of China’s Xiamen Airlines told the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in New York on Friday that heavy carbon dioxide emitters should “take on greater responsibility” to ameliorate the problem.
As monsoon rains pound Rohingya refugee camps, UN food relief agency steps up aid
Jul 13, 2019, at 08:33 am
New York, July 13 (IBNS): Since 4 July, heavy monsoon rains and wind have pounded the refugee camps in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar, with deaths, displacement and major damage following in their wake, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.
Jul 13, 2019, at 08:27 am
New York, July 13 (IBNS): “As a priority, we ask that 5,600 refugees and migrants currently held in centres across Libya be freed in an orderly manner and their protection guaranteed” the UN refugee and migrants chiefs said in a joint statement, released on Friday.
UN’s Guterres condemns ongoing airstrikes on Syria’s hospitals, medical workers
Jul 13, 2019, at 08:20 am
New York, July 13 (IBNS): Reports that airstrikes have hit several health facilities in north-west Syria have been strongly condemned by the UN Secretary-Gener
Somalia: Terrorists attack hotel in Kismayo, 10 killed
Jul 13, 2019, at 08:00 am
Kismayo, July 13 (IBNS): At least 10 people were killed as terrorists attacked a hotel in Somalia's port city of Kismayo on Friday, media reports said.
UK's outgoing PM announces new government body to tackle social injustice
Jul 12, 2019, at 08:39 pm
Moscow, July 12 (Sputnik): Outgoing UK Prime Minister Theresa May announced in a statement on Friday the creation of a new independent government body, the Office for Tackling Injustices (OfTI), that would use evidence-based data analysis to detect and describe discrimination of all sorts in society.
Tech giant Huawei confident of UK choosing its tech for 5G infrastructure
Jul 12, 2019, at 07:41 pm
Moscow, July 12 (Sputnik): Head of government affairs at Chinese tech giant Huawei, Victor Zhang, said he was confident that the United Kingdom would allow the company's equipment for the future development of 5G infrastructure in the country.
Following discussions of possible US sanctions against Russia's state debt: Kremlin
Jul 12, 2019, at 04:47 pm
Moscow, July 12 (Sputnik): The Kremlin is closely following the discussion of possible US sanctions against Russia's state debt, but notes that the draft law still has to go through many stages, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday.
Battery fire sparks evacuation of Sydney Airport int'l terminal
Jul 10, 2019, at 06:14 pm
Sydney, Jul 10 (Xinhua/UNI) The international terminal at Australia's Sydney Airport was evacuated on Wednesday after smoke from a battery fire filled the departures area, with passengers being told to expect flight delays.
46 people hospitalized, 15 in critical condition, in carbon monoxide leak at Canada hotel
Jul 10, 2019, at 10:27 am
Ottawa, July 9 (Xinhua/UNI) Forty-six people have been rushed to hospital, including 15 in critical condition, following a suspected carbon monoxide leak at a hotel in the City of Winnipeg, Canada's Manitoba, local authorities said Tuesday.
Threat from petty criminals who turn to terrorism, a growing concern, Security Council hears
Jul 10, 2019, at 10:19 am
New York, July 10 (IBNS): The less predictable threats represented by small-time criminals who have opportunistically embraced terrorism, are a source of growing concern, the UN Security Council heard on Tuesday. That warning came from Tamara Makarenko, an International Consultant, who works with the UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), speaking at an open debate on threats to international peace and security.
Jul 10, 2019, at 10:08 am
New York, July 10 (IBNS): Nations across the world now have an “unprecedented opportunity to talk to each other and learn from each other”, Inga Rhonda King, President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ESOSOC), said on Tuesday, kicking off the annual High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in New York.
Global response to poverty and environmental goals 'not ambitious enough’
Jul 10, 2019, at 09:54 am
New York, July 10 (IBNS): The global response to realizing poverty and environmental goals agreed by world leaders in 2015 has not been “ambitious enough” according to the UN Secretary-General.