Health data, women’s and LGBT rights in spotlight at Human Rights Council
Jun 23, 2023, at 11:27 pm
New York: The right to keep personal health data private is increasingly under threat in our digital world, with potentially devastating consequences for already vulnerable people, a UN-appointed independent rights expert told the Human Rights Council on Thursday.
Agencies join forces with deminers to reclaim agricultural land in Ukraine
Jun 23, 2023, at 11:21 pm
New York: Ukraine’s severely damaged agricultural sector will receive a boost from two UN agencies they announced on Thursday, partnering with a Swiss mine action foundation to help make land safe and productive again amidst the ongoing Russian invasion.
Financial system must evolve in ‘giant leap towards global justice’: Guterres
Jun 23, 2023, at 11:11 pm
Developing countries are buckling under high debt and exorbitant borrowing costs, that prevent them from reviving their economies, UN chief António Guterres said on Thursday.
UN Counter-Terrorism Week: Preventing violent extremism
Jun 23, 2023, at 11:05 pm
New York: Zeinabou Maata, a Muslim from Mauritania, is one of 50 women serving on the frontlines of preventing the spread of violent extremism in her country, with UN support.
Top UN official for Africa calls for added action to stop piracy’s spread
Jun 23, 2023, at 10:59 pm
New York: International cooperation is making waves in combatting piracy in West Africa, but addressing its root causes and ensuring sustainable funding must fully eliminate threat, which is spreading to other regions, a top UN official told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Record executions, large-scale arrests and detentions: New Iran human rights report
Jun 23, 2023, at 10:55 pm
New York: The latest UN report on the human rights situation in Iran paints a grim picture of a record number of executions in 2022, arrests of thousands of children and numerous allegations of torture and ill-treatment by security forces.
UN remains focused on ‘critical needs’ of Ukraine’s people
Jun 23, 2023, at 10:51 pm
The UN has worked to extend critical humanitarian assistance for the people of Ukraine since day one of the invasion, the Organization’s development chief told the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London on Wednesday.
With needs at a record high, underfunding is chronic Guterres tells humanitarians
Jun 23, 2023, at 10:39 pm
New York: Conflicts, climate change and financial turmoil are increasing the need for humanitarian aid, but a lack of funding is resulting in painful rollbacks, the UN chief told a meeting in Geneva on Wednesday looking at how to respond to the crisis.
In a dangerous and divided world, yoga yields ‘precious’ benefits
Jun 23, 2023, at 10:31 pm
New York: Celebrating the union of body, mind and soul, hundreds of yoga enthusiasts - including UN officials and staffers - filled the green expanse of the North Lawn at UN Headquarters in New York on Wednesday to mark the ninth celebration of the International Day of Yoga, observed each 21 June.
Titan submersible: All 5 passengers are dead
Jun 23, 2023, at 04:01 pm
The US Coast Guard has confirmed that all five passengers aboard the missing submersible owned by OceanGate have died due to a "catastrophic implosion".
France: Man accused of drugging and then filming at least 51 men raping wife for 10 years
Jun 23, 2023, at 02:58 pm
A French man has been accused of drugging his wife and then recording her being raped by at least 51 men for 10 years, media reports said.
Titanic submersible's crew 'sadly been lost' after debris from vessel confirmed, says OceanGate
Jun 23, 2023, at 06:50 am
The "debris field", discovered by an underwater robot, has been identified from the missing Titanic submersible, an official statement from the US Coast Guard confirmed Thursday adding that the crew members onboard "have sadly been lost," as per OceanGate.
Debris field found near Titanic wreck in search for missing submersible: US Coast Guard
Jun 23, 2023, at 04:05 am
A "debris field" has been discovered by an underwater robot that is conducting a search for a missing submersible with five people on board near the wreck of the Titanic, the US Coast Guard said Thursday.
Sudan crisis threatens to hobble South Sudan’s transition, UN mission chief says
Jun 21, 2023, at 10:32 pm
New York: The cross-border impact of the crisis in Sudan is unfurling along multiple fronts, and action is urgently needed to ease rising tensions that has already resulted in deadly clashes, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for South Sudan told the Security Council on Tuesday.
MINUSCA chief to Security Council: Decade-long cycle of conflict can be broken
Jun 21, 2023, at 10:26 pm
Despite deteriorating border security, humanitarian and human rights challenges, the Central African Republic (CAR) is committed to a constitutional referendum and local elections, the Security Council heard on Tuesday.
Ukraine war: Guterres calls for continuation of ‘vital’ food and fertilizer agreement
Jun 21, 2023, at 10:21 pm
The Secretary-General on Tuesday said he was disappointed by the “slowing pace of inspections” under the UN-brokered Black Sea Initiative – the grain and fertilizer deal which has allowed millions of tonnes of food exports to leave Ukraine.
Israel-Palestine: UN envoy ‘deeply alarmed by continuing cycle of violence’
Jun 21, 2023, at 10:17 pm
The UN’s Middle East envoy said on Tuesday he was “deeply alarmed” at the continuing cycle of violence in Israel and Palestine, and “appalled by the continued loss of civilian lives.”
Joe Biden calls Xi Jinping a dictator a day after Beijing talks
Jun 21, 2023, at 10:03 pm
California: US President Joe Biden has called Chinese President Xi Jinping a dictator at a fundraising event in California, media reports said.
DRC: Lives shattered by violence, displacement and hunger in ‘forgotten crisis’: WFP
Jun 21, 2023, at 09:01 pm
New York: UN humanitarians issued an urgent appeal on Tuesday to help millions of people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where chronic violence and displacement continue to fuel a dramatic hunger crisis.
Honduras: 41 die as riot breaks out at women's prison
Jun 21, 2023, at 03:20 pm
At least 41 people died as a deadly riot broke out at a women's prison in Honduras, media reports said on Wednesday.
French police raid Paris 2024 organizing committee office: Reports
Jun 20, 2023, at 10:25 pm
French police on Tuesday raided the offices of the Paris 2024 organizing committee in the French capital, media reports said.
Report reveals war’s ‘stark impacts’ on Ukraine society
Jun 20, 2023, at 09:45 pm
New York: Twenty-two percent of households in Ukraine are spending over a quarter of their monthly income on healthcare, according to a report issued on Monday by 12 UN agencies in the country.
End ‘digital divide’ to support victims of sexual violence: Guterres
Jun 20, 2023, at 09:41 pm
New York: On the International Day for Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, UN Secretary-General, António Guterres demanded accountability and justice for victims of sexual violence.
Combatting hate speech is a shared responsibility: UN General Assembly President
Jun 20, 2023, at 09:14 pm
Countering hate speech is a key component of atrocity prevention, UN General Assembly President Csaba Kőrösi said on Monday, calling for more global action towards eradicating it.
‘Vital’ human rights cooperation must be above fray of politics: Türk
Jun 20, 2023, at 06:47 pm
New York: A lack of strong cooperation with the international human rights system leaves States “adrift”, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Monday, as he addressed rights emergencies in dozens of countries including Iran, Mali and Russia.
Titanic tourist submersible goes missing, search operation ongoing
Jun 20, 2023, at 03:11 pm
A massive search is currently underway in the mid-Atlantic after a tourist submarine went missing after it dived to reach the wreck of the iconic Titanic.
Egypt condemns deadly Israeli raid in West Bank
Jun 19, 2023, at 11:37 pm
Cairo: Egypt condemned on Monday the Israeli raid in the northern West Bank city of Jenin under air support that left four Palestinians killed and wounded at least 62.
Three Palestinians killed by Israeli soldiers
Jun 19, 2023, at 10:42 pm
Ramallah: At least three Palestinians were killed and dozens injured on Monday by Israeli soldiers in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, the Palestinian Health Ministry and Israeli media reported.
22 kg of heroin seized in Myanmar
Jun 19, 2023, at 08:24 pm
Yangon/UNI: Myanmar authorities have seized 22 kilograms of heroin in the country's central region of Mandalay, according to a statement from the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) late Sunday.
Ecuadorian woman who knocked on her coffin during funeral has died
Jun 19, 2023, at 03:46 pm
An Ecuadorian woman, who had shocked mourners after knocking on her coffin during her funeral ceremony, has died after spending seven days in intensive care, media reports said.