Oct 21, 2017, at 09:42 am
New York, Oct 21(Just Earth News): Addressing the final event of this year’s Africa Week at the United Nations, General Assembly President Miroslav LajÄák on Friday highlighted the continent’s transformative changes driven by the African Union’s development agency.
Rohingya crisis: UNICEF issues 'Child Alert,' outlines urgent action to save lives
Oct 21, 2017, at 09:41 am
New York, Oct 21(Just Earth News): Issuing a dire warning on the desperate situation of Rohingya refugee children, who now number more than 320,000 in Bangladesh, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has called for an end to the atrocities targeting civilians in Myanmar's Rakhine state, and immediate and unfettered access to all children affected by the violence there.
UN rights experts urge Iran to immediately release British-Iranian citizen after fresh charges
Oct 21, 2017, at 09:40 am
New York, Oct 21(Just Earth News): United Nations human rights experts have appealed to Iran to immediately release a jailed British-Iranian citizen, who is now facing fresh charges, and expressed “grave†concerns for her welfare.
Cities and local policies key to overcome hunger, stresses head of UN agency
Oct 21, 2017, at 05:10 am
New York, Oct 20(Just Earth News): Highlighting the potential of cities to address malnutrition, the head of the United Nations food security agency has called for innovative partnerships between urban centres and wide range of stakeholders to overcome the challenge of food waste and to ensure a healthy and nutritious diet for all.
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Afghanistan: Gun and bomb attack in Kabul mosque kills 30
Oct 21, 2017, at 02:45 am
Kabul, Oct 20 (IBNS): Unknown gunman opened fire on people visiting a Shia mosque to worship before detonating explosives on Friday which left at least 30 people killed, media reports said.
York Regional Police Services welcomes new board member
Oct 21, 2017, at 02:38 am
Vaughan, Oct 20 (IBNS): The York Regional Police Services Board has welcomed its newest member Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua of the City of Vaughan.
12 terrorists killed in drone attack close to Pakistan-Afghanistan border
Oct 21, 2017, at 12:53 am
Peshawar, Oct 20 (IBNS): At least 12 suspected terrorists were killed in a drone attack close to the Pakistan-Afghanistan border on Friday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Collapse of part of coal mine leaves 1 dead
Oct 20, 2017, at 10:47 pm
Balochistan, Oct 20 (IBNS): Collapse of a part of a coal mine left at least one person dead in Balochistan's Harnai District of Pakistan, media reports said.
Over 700 000 people vaccinated against cholera in Cox’s Bazar
Oct 20, 2017, at 09:35 pm
Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh Oct 20 (IBNS): More than 700 000 people over the age of one year have been administered oral cholera vaccine in the first phase of a campaign here to protect the newly arrived Rohingya population and their host communities against the deadly diarrheal disease.
UN delivering coordinated humanitarian response in wake of Mogadishu bombings
Oct 20, 2017, at 06:11 pm
New York, Oct 20(Just Earth News): The United Nations family of agencies and programmes is continuing to roll out its response in support of the recovery and clean-up effort in Mogadishu following Saturday’s massive car bomb blast, which killed some 300 people, injured hundreds more, and is being called Somalia’s worst-ever such attack.
INTERVIEW: Hurricane-hit Caribbean nations can build back better, says UN development official
Oct 20, 2017, at 06:10 pm
New York, Oct 20(Just Earth News): Mere mention of the Caribbean conjures up images of pristine waters, beautiful beaches and fun in the sun. However, the images emanating from the region over the past couple of months have painted a very different picture.
Oct 20, 2017, at 06:07 pm
New York, Oct 20(Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights chief on Thursday called for spreading greater knowledge about human rights to its skeptics, rebuking perspectives that see global organizations and their international legal frameworks as part of a problem and not the solution.
Governments endorse UN-backed plan to tackle cancer, diabetes and other deadly diseases
Oct 20, 2017, at 06:04 pm
New York, Oct 20(Just Earth News): Global leaders have pledged to take bold action to reduce suffering from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), which include the world's leading killers – heart and lung diseases, cancers and diabetes – the United Nations health agency has reported.
Africa's rapid urbanization can drive industrialization, says new UN report
Oct 20, 2017, at 05:49 pm
New York, Oct 20(Just Earth News): A United Nations report out Thursday makes concrete recommendations on how the right African policy framework can harness the continent's rapid urban transition to drive industrial development.
Oct 20, 2017, at 05:48 pm
New York, Oct 20(Just Earth News): A senior United Nations human rights official has praised civil society for its role in standing up to the “backlash†against human rights.
#MeToo movement stems from impunity and culture of silence, senior UN official writes
Oct 20, 2017, at 05:45 pm
New York, Oct 20(Just Earth News): Casual indifference to sexual harassment is unacceptable, the head of the United Nations entity mandated to promote gender equality on Thursday said, urging women and men to change their response to acts of sexual aggression.
Oct 20, 2017, at 05:44 pm
New York, Oct 20(Just Earth News): Despite an increasingly complex global security environment and an unprecedented increase in direct attacks against the United Nations, the number of casualties among UN civilian personnel has declined, Secretary-General António Guterres has said.
Falling stone fragment kills Florence church tourist
Oct 20, 2017, at 04:40 pm
Florence, Oct 20 (IBNS): A Spanish citizen has been been killed in one of Florence's churches in Italy, after a stone fragment hit him.
Brampton: Vehicle roll-over in Highway 410 kills one woman
Oct 20, 2017, at 04:56 am
Brampton, Oct 19 (IBNS): A single vehicle roll-over in Highway 410 of Brampton killed one woman on Wednesday night, media reports said.
UN migration chief urges more support for Rohingyas fleeing Myanmar or 'thousands will suffer'
Oct 20, 2017, at 04:36 am
New York, Oct 19(Just Earth News): The United Nations migration agency and its partners are supporting Bangladesh in coordinating assistance for the influx of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees, including with clean water and sanitation, shelter, food and psychosocial care for the most vulnerable.
Despite drop in under-five mortality rate, 7,000 newborns die every day – UN report
Oct 20, 2017, at 04:36 am
New York, Oct 19(Just Earth News): More must be done to stop babies from dying the day they are born, United Nations agencies said in a new report issued Thursday, which argued that life-saving know-how and technologies must be made readily available – particularly in Southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa – where they are most needed.
Watchful of the situation in Raqqa, Syria, UN chief urges need to revive political process
Oct 20, 2017, at 04:35 am
New York, Oct 19 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is urging all sides involved in the fight for Raqqa, Syria, to protect civilians, abide with international law, and allow humanitarian access to those in need.
York Regional Police Services Board elects new chair and vice chair
Oct 20, 2017, at 02:58 am
Vaughan, Oct 19 (IBNS): The York Regional Police Services Board has elected Mayor of the Town of East Gwillimbury Virginia Hackson as its chair until January 2018.
Afghanistan: ISIS, Taliban militants engage in war, at least five dead
Oct 20, 2017, at 12:28 am
Nangarhar, Oct 19 (IBNS): At least five militants have died in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province after the ISIS and Taliban faithfuls engaged in a gun battle, local Khaama Press reported.
Nawaz Sharif, daughter and son-in-law indicted by Pak anti-corruption court in NAB reference
Oct 19, 2017, at 08:07 pm
Islamabad, Oct 19 (IBNS) : A Pakistan court on Thursday indicted former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam and son-in-law MNA Capt (retd) Safdar in the Avenfield properties case, Geo News reported.
The Tragically Hip's Gord Downie dies, Canadian PM condoles
Oct 19, 2017, at 08:05 pm
Toronto, Oct 19 (IBNS): The front man of Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip-Gord Downie- has passed away, media reports said on Thursday.
Afghan army and Taliban suffer heavy casualties in Kandahar base attack
Oct 19, 2017, at 07:34 pm
Kabul, Oct 19 (IBNS) : The Afghan army and Taliban insurgents have suffered heavy casualties in a coordinated attack by the Taliban insurgents on an army base in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan
Afghanistan : ISIS suffer heavy casualties in latest US airstrikes
Oct 19, 2017, at 07:28 pm
Kabul, Oct 19 (IBNS) : Militants affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group suffered heavy casualties in the latest airstrikes conducted by the US forces in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, local Khaama Press reported. .
Denver: Sex racket busted, baby and child among scores of minors rescued
Oct 19, 2017, at 07:26 pm
Denver, Oct 19 (IBNS): A three-month old infant and a five-year-old child were among the scores of under-aged children rescued following a nation wide crackdown on sex racket in the United States, reports said.
Ivanka Trump greets Indians on Diwali, says looking forward to visit India
Oct 19, 2017, at 04:54 pm
Washington, Oct 19 (IBNS): Joining the other world leaders on greeting Indians on the occasion of Diwali, Ivanka Trump, daughter of US President Donald Trump, says she's looking forward to her visit to India sometime later this year.