Urgent funding needed to ensure full food rations for refugees in Tanzania – UN agency
New York, Aug 30(Just Earth News): Amid a funding shortage has forced the reduction of rations for some 320,000 refugees in north-west Tanzania, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday said that it urgently requires $23.6 million to guarant
UN migration agency, Libyan authorities boost support for rescued migrants
New York, Aug 30(Just Earth News): The United Nations migration agency is working with Libyan authorities to help rescue more migrants off the Libyan coast.
In Palestine, UN chief says two-state solution 'only way to guarantee peace'
New York, Aug 30(Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday reiterated his call for a political solution to the Middle East conflict that would end Israel's occupation of Palestinian land and would create an independent Palestinian state, living side by side with Israel in peace and security.
Myanmar: UN rights chief says violence in Rakhine state 'predictable and preventable'
New York, Aug 30(Just Earth News): Alarmed at renewed fighting and incitement in the wake of the attacks on Myanmar security forces in northern areas of Rakhine state, the top United Nations human rights official on Tuesday urged all sides to renounce the use of violence and called on State authorities to ensure they abide by their obligations under international human rights law.
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John A. Macdonald's name won't be removed from federal government buildings: Justin Trudeau
Ottawa, Aug 29 (IBNS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the name of the country's first PM John A. Macdonald will not be removed from any building which is under the federal government, media reports said.
Canada invests in key industries to provide paid jobs to students
Ottawa, Aug 29 (IBNS): The federal government has decided to invest $73 million in the key industries of Canada with an aim to provide paid jobs to students, media reports said.
UN chief urges all countries to join legally-binding treaty against nuclear tests
New York, Aug 29(Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has urged all countries to sign and ratify a global treaty that bans nuclear explosions on the Earth's surface, in the atmosphere, underwater and underground.
UN chief Guterres condemns latest ballistic missile launch by DPRK
New York, Aug 29(Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the latest ballistic missile launch by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), in violation of relevant UN Security Council resolutions.
Children's access to safe water and sanitation is a right, not a privilege – UNICEF
New York, Aug 29(Just Earth News): In countries beset by violence, displacement, conflict and instability, children's most basic means of survival – water – must be a priority, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday, warning that children living in fragile situations are four times more likely to lack access to drinking water.
Afghanistan: Road mishap leaves six dead
Kabul, Aug 29 (IBNS): A road mishap in Afghanistan's northwestern Jawzjan province left at least six people dead on Monday, media reports said on Tuesday.
Mark Zuckerberg welcomes second child August
New York, Aug 29 (IBNS): Social network giant Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg and his wife have welcomed their daughter August.
Afghanistan: Kabul suicide attack kills 5, injures 8
Kabul, Aug 29 (IBNS): At least five people were killed and eight others were injured when a suicide attack rocked Kabul city in Afghanistan on Tuesday, media reports said.
Kabul explosion: Death toll rises to four
Kabul, Aug 29 (IBNS): The death toll in the Kabul explosion, which has been deemed a 'suicide attack', has risen to four, local Khaama Press reported.
Afghanistan: Kabul explosion kills at least one, injures eight
Kabul, Aug 29 (IBNS); At least one person was killed and eight others sustained injuries after an explosion rocked Kabul's Massoud Square on Tuesday morning, media reports said.
Jailed German male nurse suspected of murdering at least 90 patients
Berlin, Aug 29 (IBNS): A German male nurse who was earlier jailed for killing two patients with lethal drugs, may have killed 88 others, according to a three-year police investigation, reports said.