UN spotlights wellbeing of seafarers on International Day
Jun 26, 2018, at 11:07 am
New York, June 26 (IBNS): Highlighting the challenges – both physical and mental – faced by seafarers on their voyages, the United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO) has called for greater attention to ensuring their wellbeing.
Jun 26, 2018, at 11:04 am
New York, June 26 (iIBNS): A pledging conference on Monday for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) aimed to address the body’s chronic funding shortfall and also examine long-term priorities.
‘All atrocity crimes are preventable’ and can never be justified – UN chief
Jun 26, 2018, at 11:01 am
New York,June 26 (IBNS): Atrocity crimes – genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and ethnic cleansing – are not “inevitable”, the United Nations Secretary-General said on Monday, stressing that the international community must do more to end violence against innocent people.
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Jun 26, 2018, at 10:58 am
New York, June 26 (IBNS): Ambassadors in the Security Council have been urged by the United Nations Secretary-General to find ‘much-needed consensus’ to resolve the myriad challenges in the Middle East and North Africa.
New UN-supported farming app is cream of crop in tackling Sahel pest
Jun 26, 2018, at 10:42 am
New York, June 26 (IBNS): Farmers in sub-Saharan Africa have a new digital weapon in their agricultural armoury to take on the Fall Armyworm – a crop pest that’s threatening the food security of 300 million people – the United Nations said on Monday.
Resettlement needs set to rise to 1.4 million people in 2019, UN refugee agency reports
Jun 26, 2018, at 10:39 am
New York, June 26 (IBNS): Close to 1.4 million people will need resettlement in countries free from war and persecution in 2019, the UN refugee agency, said on Monday, citing growing forced displacement across the globe.
Jun 25, 2018, at 04:03 pm
New York, June 25 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the lifting on Sunday of the driving ban for women in Saudi Arabia and expressed his hope that ending the prohibition will generate more new opportunities for women in the Kingdom.
-1529922579.jpg "UN chief condemns explosion at election rally in Zimbabwe that injured dozens, including senior politicians")
Jun 25, 2018, at 04:00 pm
New York, June 25 (IBNS): The UN Secretary-General has condemned an explosion which took place at an election rally in Zimbabwe on Saturday, not long after President Emmerson Mnangagwa left the stage after addressing the crowd, according to news reports.
Football team feared trapped inside cave in Thailand, search ops underway
Jun 25, 2018, at 03:38 pm
Bangkok, Jun 25 (IBNS): A rescue operation is underway in northern Thailand's Chiang Rai province, where a boys football team is feared to be trapped inside a cave, reports said on Monday.
Turkey: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wins new five year term
Jun 25, 2018, at 01:11 pm
Ankara: Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won another five year term after been re-elected in the recently concluded elections, reports said on Monday.
Saudi Arabia's driving ban lifted, women drive on streets
Jun 24, 2018, at 09:18 pm
Jeddah, June 24 (IBNS): Saudi Arabia witnessed a history on Sunday when women in the nation were allowed to drive, ending an age-old driving ban on the eves.
Explosion rocks German building, 25 injured
Jun 24, 2018, at 06:12 pm
Berlin, June 24 (IBNS): At least 25 people were injured as an explosion destroyed a building in Germany's Wuppertal city, media reports said on Sunday.
Jun 24, 2018, at 05:50 pm
New York, June 24 (IBNS): One person has reportedly died, and dozens were injured after an explosion ripped through a large crowd at a rally for the new Prime Minister of Ethiopia on Saturday, which the UN chief described as a matter of “grave concern”.
Zimbabwe: President Mnangagwa survives Bulawayo explosion
Jun 23, 2018, at 09:10 pm
Bulawayo, June 23 (IBNS): Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa survived an apparent bomb attack and remained unhurt in Zimbabwe's Bulawayo city on Saturday, media reports said.
Stigmatized, shunned and shamed, International Widows’ Day draws attention to their unique needs
Jun 23, 2018, at 08:23 am
New York, June 23 (IBNS): The loss of a spouse or partner is often devastating, but for many women it is magnified by a “long-term struggle” for basic needs, human rights and dignity, according to UN Women, in a message to mark International Widows’ Day.
Women's rights face global pushback from conservativism, fundamentalism – UN experts warn
Jun 23, 2018, at 08:20 am
New York, June 23 (IBNS): Women’s rights are under threat from a “backlash” of conservatism and fundamentalism around the world, a United Nation panel warned on Friday.
Japanese law professor elected new judge at the International Court of Justice
Jun 23, 2018, at 08:17 am
New York, June 23 (IBNS): An international law professor from Japan has been elected to serve with the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, following the resignation of a sitting judge, earlier this month.
Jun 23, 2018, at 08:03 am
New York, June 23 (IBNS): In Venezuela, “credible, shocking accounts of extrajudicial killings” and impunity for perpetrators, indicate that the rule of law “is virtually absent”, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on Friday, in a call for an international inquiry into the alleged violations.
EU introduces retaliatory tariffs on US goods
Jun 22, 2018, at 01:58 pm
Brussels, Jun 22 (IBNS): The European Union has introduced retaliatory tariffs on goods from the United States of America, reports said on Friday.
London station evacuated after man on track claims to have bomb
Jun 22, 2018, at 01:10 pm
London, Jun 22 (IBNS) : British police swooped on a central London station on Friday morning (local) after a man climbed onto rail tracks and claimed he had a bomb, local newspaper reports said.
UN chief welcomes ‘positive steps’ towards peace between Eritrea and Ethiopia
Jun 22, 2018, at 07:46 am
New York, June 22 (IBNS): The United Nations has announced its readiness to support Eritrea and Ethiopia following recent peace overtures between the two neighbouring States in the Horn of Africa.
Hungary’s laws on helping vulnerable foreigners are ‘blatantly xenophobic’: UN rights chief
Jun 22, 2018, at 07:42 am
New York, June 22 (IBNS): Hungarian legislation that criminalizes anyone who supports asylum seekers and other vulnerable individuals is “blatantly xenophobic”, “shameful” and “disgraceful”, the UN human rights chief said on Thursday.
UN Envoy ‘confident’ deal can be reached to avert further violence around key Yemeni port city
Jun 22, 2018, at 07:33 am
New York, June 22 (IBNS): The United Nations envoy for Yemen expressed confidence on Thursday that a solution can be found to prevent further violence in and around the port city of Hodeida.
Jun 22, 2018, at 07:26 am
New York, June 22 (IBNS): In Moscow on Thursday, Secretary-General António Guterres said multilateralism was vital to tackling climate change, terrorism and other dramatic challenges, and that the United Nations and Russia would continue working together to make global institutions stronger and better able to serve the public good.
Jun 22, 2018, at 07:22 am
New York, June 22 (IBNS): Focussing on “listening to all sides” the new United Nations Special Envoy on Myanmar praised “recent positive steps” taken by the government and United Nations to try and ensure the eventual voluntary, safe and dignified return of Rohingya refugees, to their homes in Rakhine state.
Jun 22, 2018, at 07:18 am
New York, June 22 (IBNS): Heads of counter-terrorism agencies from across the world will be meeting at UN Headquarters in New York next week for the first time, to pool expertise, resources and ideas to fight back against the growing scourge of international terrorism.
Jun 22, 2018, at 07:15 am
New York,June 22 (IBNS): While many positive steps have been taken in the Central African Republic (CAR), progress has been too slow and is continually under threat from “those who seek private gains through violence,” the United Nations envoy on the ground told the Security Council on Thursday, underscoring that restoring government authority is “key”, both now and in the long-term.
Peacekeeping chief highlights challenges facing UN Police
Jun 22, 2018, at 07:09 am
New York, June 22 (IBNS): Top cops from across the globe are meeting at United Nations Headquarters this week to chart a vision for the police components deployed to UN peacekeeping missions.
New Zealand Prime Minister Ardern gives birth to a girl, shares picture on social media
Jun 21, 2018, at 01:00 pm
Wellington, Jun 21 (IBNS): New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has given birth to a baby girl on Thursday.
Siege of Syria’s eastern Ghouta ‘barbaric and medieval’, says UN Commission of Inquiry
Jun 21, 2018, at 07:56 am
New York,June 21 (IBNS): The siege of eastern Ghouta in war-torn Syria, which lasted more than five years, has been labelled “barbaric and medieval” — “amounting” to war crimes, and crimes against humanity, a high-level UN inquiry said on Wednesday.