New EU focus on Kosovo provides Pristina and Belgrade with historic opportunity – UN official
May 15, 2018, at 01:53 pm
New York, May 15 (IBNS): Efforts to calm tensions between Belgrade and Pristina that came to a head with the arrest, “theatrical” parade and expulsion of a lead negotiator from Kosovo, must be redoubled if “real progress” is to be made on the ground, a senior United Nations official said on Monday.
Avoid further bloodshed, UN chief urges, as Gaza violence leaves dozens dead
May 15, 2018, at 01:50 pm
New York, May 15 (IBNS): Following reports that dozens of Palestinians have been killed, demonstrating along the border of the Gaza Strip on Monday, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres urged both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to show restraint.
May 15, 2018, at 01:48 pm
New York, May 15 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the commitment by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to dismantle its nuclear test site at Punggye-ri as an important “confidence-building measure” that that will support efforts towards sustainable peace and verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
May 15, 2018, at 01:45 pm
New York, May 15 (IBNS): Action to combat climate change could create millions of new job opportunities and “more than” offset losses in traditional industries, the UN labour agency said on Monday.
‘Never forget children,’ UNICEF warns of escalating violence in Central African Republic
May 15, 2018, at 01:42 pm
New York, May 15 (IBNS): At least 350,000 children in the Central African Republic (CAR) are out of school and lack access to health and other basic services, including nearly 29,000 who have fled escalating violence this year, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned, urging warring parties to stop the fighting.
Preventive action could save billions of dollars in food assistance costs - UN agency
May 15, 2018, at 01:39 pm
New York, May 15 (IBNS): As chronic hunger increases and food crises intensify worldwide, preventative action and extra investment could results in billions of dollars of savings each year, a new United Nations report has found.
Dozens killed as US Embassy opens in Jerusalem
May 15, 2018, at 01:59 am
Jerusalem, May 14 (IBNS): Violence over the opening of US embassy in Jerusalem city has left 41 people killed along the border fence between Israel and Gaza, media reports said.
US Embassy in Israel: Thousands of Palestinians gather for protests along Gaza Strip
May 14, 2018, at 06:30 pm
Jerusalem, May 14 (IBNS): While Israel is in a jolly mood ahead of the opening of the new US embassy in its capital city Jerusalem, thousands of Palestinians have gathered to protest the move, along the Gaza Strip.
MI5 head warns Europe against underestimating the Islamic State
May 14, 2018, at 06:18 pm
London, May 14 (IBNS): Andrew Parker, the head of British intelligence agency MI5, has warned Europe against taking the Islamic State lightly.
Iraq elections: Is Prime Minister Abadi set to lose?
May 14, 2018, at 05:08 pm
Baghdad May 14 (IBNS): With the lion share of the votes counted, Iraq's Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi is set to lose the polls.
Indonesia: Suicide attack outside police HQ in Surabaya
May 14, 2018, at 03:37 pm
Surabaya, May 14 (IBNS): A day after a series of deadly bombing hit Indonesian city of Surabaya on Sunday, suicide bombing was carried out in front of a police head quarter here on Monday.
May 14, 2018, at 02:24 pm
New York, May 14 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has congratulated the people of Iraq on the holding yesterday of the first national parliamentary elections since the country declared victory over Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Dae'sh) terrorists late last year.
UN chief condemns ‘appalling’ terrorist attacks on churches in Indonesian port city
May 14, 2018, at 02:13 pm
New York, May 14 (IBNS): UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the wave of suicide attacks earlier today on worshipers at three churches in Surabaya, Indonesia, the country’s second largest city.
Indonesia church attack: Death toll rises to 13; Family behind attack, say police
May 14, 2018, at 03:42 am
Jakarta, May 13 (IBNS): The death toll in the church bombings in Indonesia's Surabaya city has touched 13.
Suicide attacks rock three Indonesian churches, 10 killed
May 13, 2018, at 11:12 pm
Surabaya, May 13 (IBNS): At least 10 people were killed when suicide bombers attacked three churches in Indonesia's Surabaya city on Sunday, media reports said.
Eight killed in multiple bomb attacks in Indonesia's Surabaya city
May 13, 2018, at 09:55 pm
Surabaya, May 13 (IBNS): At least eight people were killed when suicide bombers attacked three churches in Indonesia's Surabaya city on Sunday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Armed gunmen and suicide attackers storm into revenue department, casualties feared
May 13, 2018, at 09:28 pm
Kabul, may 13 (IBNS): Armed gunmen and suicide attackers attacked the revenue department of eastern Nangarhar province in Afghanistan on Sunday, media reports said.
Malaysia: Former Prime Minister Najib Razak barred from leaving country
May 12, 2018, at 04:44 pm
Kuala Lumpur, May 12 (IBNS): Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been banned from leaving the nation, days after he conceded defeat to his once mentor Mahathir Mohamad in the recently concluded general polls.
New $10 billion funding plan, targets 260 million missing out on school
May 12, 2018, at 01:18 pm
New York, May 12 (IBNS): Three youth activists from India, Kenya and Sierra Leone on Friday delivered a petition signed by 1.5 million of their peers to the United Nations Secretary-General that calls for more investment in education.
Ensure independent investigations into Nicaragua protest deaths – UN rights office
May 12, 2018, at 01:09 pm
New York, May 12 (IBNS): The United Nations human rights arm has called for investigations into all acts of violence in Nicaragua, where scores of people – the majority of them students – have been killed in protests that began in mid-April.
UN expert warns of “stark increase†in hate crimes across UK, post-Brexit
May 12, 2018, at 01:07 pm
New York, May 12(IBNS): Sounding an alarm over a “stark increase” in hate crimes across the United Kingdom as well as “widespread discrimination” faced by ethnic minorities, a United Nations independent rights expert has called on the country to “comprehensively” combat racism and bias.
Mothers, children, lacking basic nutrition in North Korea: UN food aid chief
May 12, 2018, at 01:01 pm
New York, May 12 (IBNS): The head of the United Nations food relief agency said on Friday that many mothers and young children in North Korea are still relying on humanitarian assistance to meet their nutritional needs.
Service born from sacrifice: Rwanda’s commitment to UN peacekeeping
May 12, 2018, at 12:58 pm
New York, May 12 (IBNS): Over the years, African governments have led the way in contributing troops and police to United Nations operations to help save lives and keep the peace around the world. Today, one of the continent’s smallest countries is also one of the largest contributors to UN peacekeeping.
May 12, 2018, at 12:50 pm
New York, May 12 (IBNS): Late last year, as violent repression in Myanmar sent Rohingyas fleeing to safety in Bangladesh, women from the mainly Muslim minority were subjected to what a United Nations official called “a frenzy of sexual violence”.
Children ‘are dying’ now in DRC’s Kasai from malnutrition, warns UNICEF
May 12, 2018, at 12:45 pm
New York, May 12 (IBNS): 400,000 children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) “are at risk of death” in the Kasais region from food shortages caused by conflict and displacement, according to a senior UN official who has just returned from the area, expressing shock at what he had witnessed.
US slaps new sanctions on people and companies to stifle Iran
May 11, 2018, at 06:18 pm
Washington, May 11 (IBNS): Days after pulling out of the much debated Iran nuclear deal, Washington has slapped new sanctions on six people and three companies with alleged links to Iran's elite military force, the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
UN chief hails Japan-China-South Korea cooperation to ‘denuclearize’ Peninsula
May 11, 2018, at 02:45 pm
New York, May 11 (IBNS): United Nations chief António Guterres has welcomed the Japan-China-South Korea summit held on Wednesday and their effort to cooperate in ridding the Korean Peninsula of nuclear weapons.
‘Durable solutions’ needed for durable peace in Darfur, UN envoy tells Security Council
May 11, 2018, at 02:42 pm
New York, May 11 (IBNS): The overall security situation in Sudan’s Darfur region “remains calm”, despite continuing low-level skirmishes, a top United Nations envoy said on Thursday; updating the Security Council on the UN mission’s work on the ground.
Avoid ‘new conflagration’ urges UN chief, in wake of military escalation in Golan
May 11, 2018, at 02:39 pm
New York, May 11 (IBNS): The United Nations chief has called for an immediate halt to all hostile acts and provocative actions to “avoid a new conflagration” in the Middle East, following reported exchanges of artillery fire over the Golan Heights.
UN rights expert welcomes return of detainees from DPRK, urges release of others
May 11, 2018, at 02:37 pm
New York, May 11 (IBNS): The release of three United States nationals by North Korea is “another important building block” towards peace, said a United Nations human rights expert on Thursday, while urging the release of six South Korean nationals who are still being held.