Delayed intra-Syrian talks, brokered by UN, to begin on Friday in 'uphill' bid for ceasefire
New York, Jan 26 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Intra-Syrian talks that were scheduled to begin in Geneva on Monday under United Nations sponsorship will now start on Friday, with the first priority being a broad ceasefire, humanitarian aid, and halting the threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
In breakthrough, UN agency delivers supplies to besieged districts inside Yemen's Taiz city
New York, Jan 26 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has managed to send food supplies inside areas under siege in the central Yemeni city of Taiz where residents have been suffering in dire conditions with very little food.
As deadline slips in South Sudan, UN chief urges African partners to revive peace process
New York, Jan 26 (Just Earth News/IBNS): With South Sudan’s parties missing last week’s deadline to set up the Transitional Government of National Unity amid deadlock over establishing 28 states, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called on the war-torn country’s African partners to save the peace process.
UN experts urge Pakistani authorities to halt evictions and demolition for new Lahore metro line
New York, Jan 26 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Concerned that construction on a new metro line in Lahore, Pakistan, has led to numerous forced evictions and damage to historic and cultural heritage sites, United Nations human rights experts have called on the Government to stop the work and provide more details on the project.
New York, Jan 26 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Against the backdrop of renewed military confrontation, the political process to resolve the conflict in Darfur through dialogue remains fragmented with limited progress, the United Nations peacekeeping chief on Monday informed the UN Security Council.
New York, Jan 26 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Wrapping up visit to Mal, the United Nations Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel, Toby Lanzer, said that he had seen both progress and challenges on security and access to basic services for crisis-affected communities, while underscoring the importance of full commitment – from national authorities and the international community – to move the country forward.
Confronting bitter winter, UN agency steps up food aid in conflict-affected eastern Ukraine
New York, Jan 26 (Just Earth News/IBNS): With food security expected to worsen in conflict-affected areas of eastern Ukraine during the cold winter months, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Monday that it would extend its emergency operation to help feed more than 260,000 people until the end of June.
UN agency and partners seek $500 million for Nigeria and Central African Republic refugee crises
New York, Jan 26 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and its partners on Monday called on donor nations for more than half-a-billion dollars this year to help hundreds of thousands of people forced to flee conflicts in Nigeria and the Central African Republic (CAR), and for the host communities providing them with shelter and other basic services.
Europol unveils European Counter Terrorism Centre
The Hague, Jan 25(Just Earth News/IBNS) The Europol has unveiled its European Counter Terrorism Centre on Monday.
New figures show twice as many Muslim soldiers supported the Allies in World War I
London, Jan 25 (IBNS) More than twice as many Muslim soldiers supported Allied forces in World War One than was previously thought, according to new research into the Islamic contribution to the conflict.
IS releases video on Paris attackers
New York, Jan 25 (IBNS): Militant group Islamic State on Sunday released a video purporting to show nine terrorists who were involved in the attack on French city Paris in November.
FAO helps Pakistan cope with natural disasters such as floods, quakes, droughts
New York, Jan 25 (Just Earth News/IBNS): With Pakistan suffering a multitude of natural disasters each year, including floods, earthquakes, droughts, landslides and avalanches, a United Nations development agency is teaming up with State and provincial authorities to shore up the country's agriculture, among the sectors most affected.
WHO urges vigilance in South-East Asia after case of MERS confirmed in Thailand
New York, Jan 25 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations health agency cautioned South-East Asia States on Monday to remain vigilant against the continuing risks of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS CoV) after Thailand confirmed the sometimes fatal disease in a traveller, its second case in seven months.
Syrian army seizes rebel stronghold
Beirut, Jan 24 (IBNS): The Syrian regime forces on Sunday overran the Lattakia province in Syria, reports said.
Technological advances challenge individuals to retain humanity: Scientists at WEF
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, Jan 24 (Just Earth News/IBNS): As the world surges into the Fourth Industrial Revolution- a new age of interactive technologies, artificial intelligence and automation-a key challenge for individuals will be to understand and retain their very essence, their humanity, leading scientists and thought leaders on society and law said in the closing panel session of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2016.