Mikhail Gorbachev: UN chief hails ‘one of a kind statesman who changed the course of history’
Aug 31, 2022, at 08:52 pm
New York: The Secretary-General has paid warm tribute to the last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, whose death aged 91 was announced on Tuesday, describing him as the person who “more than any other” brought about the peaceful end of the Cold War, which had dominated international relations since the 1940s.
Libya: Political stalemate and lack of progress on elections
Aug 31, 2022, at 08:43 pm
New York: Leaders in Libya must take immediate steps to resolve their political impasse, which is spilling over into increasing violence, UN political affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo told the Security Council on Tuesday.
LGBT rights being ‘deliberately undermined’, in some US states: UN expert
Aug 31, 2022, at 08:30 pm
An independent UN human rights expert on Tuesday warned that the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse (LGBT) people are being “deliberately undermined by some state governments in the United States”, urging more action on the part of the Biden administration to protect them.
Enforced disappearance a serious human rights violation, used to spread terror
Aug 31, 2022, at 08:25 pm
New York: Observed this Tuesday, the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances reaffirms the need for victims’ families to know the truth about what happened to missing relatives.
Visa refusal for UN human rights staff in Palestine part of wider ‘worrying trend’: Bachelet
Aug 31, 2022, at 08:15 pm
New York: UN Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet has deplored Israel’s refusal to grant visas for her staff in the occupied Palestinian territory, according to a statement issued on Tuesday.
Mikhail Gorbachev: Soviet leader who ended Cold War dies
Aug 31, 2022, at 03:43 pm
Moscow: Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who had triggered the fall of the Soviet Union, has died in Moscow city.
‘Very survival’ of Iraqi State at risk, UN mission warns, as UN chief calls for calm and restraint
Aug 30, 2022, at 09:35 pm
New York: The UN chief on Monday issued a call for “calm and restraint” in the Iraqi capital Baghdad following a day of reportedly violent protests in and around the national parliament building, in the wake of the announcement from political leader and cleric Muqtada al-Sadr that he was leaving politics.
Whole generation of Syrian children ‘might be lost’, senior humanitarian warns Security Council
Aug 30, 2022, at 09:27 pm
New York: “Irreversible damage” is being caused to the lives of Syrian civilians due to chronic under-funding of the international effort said the UN’s Assistant Secretary-General for humanitarian affairs on Monday, who told the Security Council the future of a whole generation was at stake.
Burkinabé peacekeeper in Mali is UN Woman Police Officer of the Year
Aug 30, 2022, at 09:22 pm
New York: A peacekeeper from Burkina Faso serving in Mali has been honoured for her work to boost trust between the authorities and local communities, including survivors of gender-based violence.
Moqtada al-Sadr: Fighting in Baghdad leaves 15 people dead
Aug 30, 2022, at 08:48 pm
Baghdad: At least 15 people died when Iraqi security forces clashed with supporters of a powerful Shia cleric in Baghdad city, media reports said on Tuesday.
Ukraine: UN atomic energy experts head to stricken nuclear power station
Aug 30, 2022, at 05:48 pm
New York: A team of UN atomic energy experts set out on Monday for Zaporizhzya nuclear power station in Ukraine, after months of rising tensions between Ukrainian and Russian forces, who have accused each other of shelling the plant.
Aus PM vows cultural shift for women workers
Aug 29, 2022, at 10:33 pm
Canberra/UNI: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has promised a "cultural change" to improve conditions for women in the workplace.
Ukraine: More than one million tonnes of grain and food items exported under Black Sea deal
Aug 29, 2022, at 04:32 pm
New York: Exports of Ukrainian grain and other foodstuffs under a landmark agreement amid the ongoing war, have surpassed one million metric tonnes, the UN Coordinator for the Black Sea Grain Initiative, Amir Abdulla, reported on Saturday.
Turkey: Tourist bus crashes, five die
Aug 29, 2022, at 02:01 am
Bursa: At least five people, including four foreign tourists, died and 38 others were hurt when a bus plunged into a cliff in the northwestern Turkish province of Bursa on Sunday , media reports said.
Tourist bus crash in Turkey leaves 2 dead, several injured
Aug 28, 2022, at 11:03 pm
Ankara: Two people died and several were injured after a tourist bus crashed in the Turkish city of Bursa, the Haberturk broadcaster reported on Sunday.
Johnson predicts harsh months for UK due to 'eye-watering' energy bills
Aug 28, 2022, at 10:34 pm
London: Outgoing UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in an op-ed that a few coming months will be tough for the British due to high energy prices.
Netherlands: Truck driver crashes into barbeque, 3 die
Aug 28, 2022, at 07:19 pm
Rotterdam: At least three people are dead after a truck in the Netherlands plowed into a neighborhood barbecue close to Rotterdam city of Netherlands, media reports said on Sunday.
Latvia stands with Ukraine, brings down Soviet-era obelisk
Aug 27, 2022, at 11:27 pm
Riga (Latvia)/IBNS: In an outpour of symbolic support towards war-torn Ukraine, Latvia on Thursday tore down a Soviet-era obelisk embedded with Russian stars that celebrated Red Army's win over Nazi Germany.
82-ft dinosaur skeleton excavated in Portugal
Aug 27, 2022, at 11:03 pm
Lisbon/UNI: Fossilized bones from a backyard of a Portugal home have now been identified as the skeleton of an 82-foot-long dinosaur — possibly the largest ever found in Europe, the American Association for the Advancement of Science release said.
Ukraine: Top UN aid official appeals for access across contact line
Aug 27, 2022, at 07:03 pm
Speaking from Kharkiv in northeast Ukraine, where shelling has intensified in the last week, the UN's top aid official in the country issued an urgent appeal on Friday for guarantees from Russia and affiliated forces, to allow humanitarians to deliver “absolutely necessary” relief items across the contact line.
Turkey: Pop singer Gulsen arrested over religious schools joke
Aug 27, 2022, at 02:52 pm
Ankara: Prominent Turkish pop singer Gulsen has been arrested after she was accused of inciting hatred over a joke she made about religious schools.
US announces suspension of 26 flights operated by Chinese carriers
Aug 27, 2022, at 03:23 am
Washington: The United States has suspended 26 passenger flights operated by Chinese carriers following Beijing's similar move taken to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, media reports said on Friday.
Zaporizhzhia: World narrowly avoided radiation accident, says Ukraine President Volodomyr Zelensky
Aug 27, 2022, at 12:02 am
Kyiv: Ukraine President Volodomyr Zelensky has said Europe was facing the prospect of a radiation disaster on Thursday when a Russian-occupied nuclear plant was disconnected from the country's power grid.
Ukraine: Cluster munitions pose long-term risk to civilian safety
Aug 27, 2022, at 12:00 am
New York: On Thursday, the UN-partnered Cluster Munition Monitor civil society group, released their 2022 Cluster Munition Monitor report, on the risk these weapons pose to civilians.
WHO Boss Tedros says he is unable to send money to 'starving' family
Aug 26, 2022, at 11:56 pm
Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) chief Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, has revealed he is unable to send money to his "starving" relatives in Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray region.
Nigeria: Three-story building collapses in Abuja, several feared trapped under debris
Aug 26, 2022, at 11:46 pm
Abuja: A three-story under construction building collapsed in Nigerian capital Abuja which has left several people trapped under debris.
Ethiopia: Massive fuel theft puts WFP operations in Tigray at risk
Aug 26, 2022, at 11:41 pm
New York: The robbery of over half a million tonnes of fuel from the World Food Programme (WFP) in Ethiopia’s Tigray region will make it impossible to continue operations that support millions of hungry people, the UN agency said on Thursday.
Russia’s war with Ukraine needs to end, UN’s Bachelet urges Vladimir Putin
Aug 26, 2022, at 11:38 pm
New York: UN Human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet on Thursday urged Russia’s President Vladimir Putin to end the country’s war against Ukraine, while also calling for the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to be immediately demilitarized.
Nine rockets fired at Turkish military base in Northern Iraq
Aug 26, 2022, at 09:26 pm
Baghdad/UNI: Nine rockets on Thursday landed near a Turkish military base in Iraq's northern province of Nineveh without causing any casualties, the Kurdish security authorities said.
Sex-ed teacher In Bolivia requests kids to carry semen filled condoms
Aug 26, 2022, at 09:17 pm
Bolivia/IBNS: Sex-ed teacher Maria Ines Peredo found herself in a difficult position with the parents whose wards study at the Minero High School after her request that students carry condoms filled with semen, as per media reports.