2020’s deadliest shipwreck so far, sees 140 migrants perish off Senegalese coast
Oct 30, 2020, at 05:04 pm
New York: In the deadliest shipwreck recorded so far this year, at least 140 people have drowned after a vessel carrying around 200 migrants sank off the Senegalese coast, the UN migration agency confirmed on Thursday.
Caribbean vital to tackling COVID-19, climate change, UN chief tells regional leaders
Oct 30, 2020, at 04:37 pm
New York: The twin crises of COVID-19 and climate change present a once in a generation opportunity for the Caribbean and its development partners to form a new alliance for inclusive, sustainable and resilient recovery, the UN Secretary-General told regional Heads of Government on Thursday.
UN strongly condemns knife attack inside Nice church which left three dead
Oct 30, 2020, at 04:31 pm
New York: The UN Secretary-General on Thursday strongly condemned a knife attack inside a French church in the southern French city of Nice, which reportedly left three worshippers dead.
Reduce risk to avert ‘era of pandemics’, experts warn in new report
Oct 30, 2020, at 03:51 pm
New York: Unless there is a “seismic shift” in how countries collectively deal with infectious diseases, future pandemics will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, cause greater damage to the global economy and kill more people than COVID-19, international experts warned in a UN-backed report published on Thursday.
World Cities Day: Value communities, today and for the future
Oct 30, 2020, at 03:27 pm
New York: Top UN officials have highlighted the “extraordinary” contributions of grassroots communities in towns and cities across the world in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, and urged that their unique efforts be built on, during recovery.
New Zealand votes to legalise euthanasia
Oct 30, 2020, at 02:47 pm
Wellington: New Zealand voted to legalise euthanasia in the preliminary results of a referendum held in mid-October alongside the general election.
Nice Incident: Attacker arrived in France from Tunisia days ago
Oct 30, 2020, at 02:15 pm
Nice: French officials on Friday said the man who stabbed two women and a man to death in a church in France arrived from Tunisia days ago, media reports said.
Oct 30, 2020, at 05:12 am
Kuala Lumpur/Paris: Amid ongoing terror attacks in France by the Islamists, former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad shocked the world when he almost justified the killings saying that Muslims "have the right to kill millions of French people" to avenge the past.
Rights expert urges greater protection for mass graves: proof of ‘heinous events’
Oct 29, 2020, at 10:17 pm
New York: More action must be taken to protect mass graves, which provide proof of “heinous events” that must never be forgotten, an independent UN human rights expert has said, in an appeal to the international community.
‘Serious concerns’ over rights situation in Myanmar ahead of next month’s elections
Oct 29, 2020, at 10:08 pm
New York: The UN human rights office (OHCHR) voiced “serious concerns” on Tuesday over the situation in Myanmar – including rights violations and proliferation of hateful speech against minority communities – as the country prepares for general elections next month.
Woman beheaded, two others killed in knife attack at church in France's Nice
Oct 29, 2020, at 09:36 pm
Paris/IBNS: A woman was beheaded and two others killed by an attacker at a church in southern French city of Nice on Thursday, police said, reported Reuters.
Poland ‘slammed the door shut’ on legal and safe abortions: Human rights experts
Oct 28, 2020, at 11:04 pm
New York: A group of UN independent human rights experts have denounced a court ruling in Poland that bans abortions on the ground of fatal or severe foetal impairment, effectively “slamming the door shut” on safe and legal pregnancy terminations.
UN Syria envoy places hope in new talks, works towards lasting ceasefire
Oct 28, 2020, at 10:54 pm
New York: The UN’s special envoy for war-torn Syria is hoping that a fourth round of talks on a new constitution will take place in November in Geneva, after Government and opposition negotiators failed to agree on the agenda.
‘Serious concerns’ over rights situation in Myanmar ahead of next month’s elections
Oct 28, 2020, at 03:38 pm
New York: The UN human rights office (OHCHR) voiced “serious concerns” on Tuesday over the situation in Myanmar – including rights violations and proliferation of hateful speech against minority communities – as the country prepares for general elections next month.
France’s foreign ministry issues safety advice to its citizens currently in Bangladesh
Oct 28, 2020, at 03:34 pm
Dhaka/UNI: France has warned its citizens living or travelling to several Muslim-majority countries to take extra security precautions on Tuesday as anger surged over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad.
Tanzania: UN chief calls for safe, peaceful voting process
Oct 28, 2020, at 03:15 pm
New York: The UN Secretary-General has called on everyone involve inTanzania's political process to ensure that Wednesday’s general elections are held in a safe, inclusive and peaceful manner, amid reports of intimidation and harassment of political opponents, journalists and activists.
French authorities considering re-introducing self-isolation regime for month
Oct 28, 2020, at 02:29 pm
Paris/Sputnik: The French authorities said on Wednesday that they were considering re-introducing the self-isolation regime in the country for a month amid the deteriorating epidemiological situation, BFMTV reported citing its sources.
Prominent Turkish lawmaker slams Macron's plans to crack down on 'Islamist separatism'
Oct 27, 2020, at 11:25 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Prominent Turkish lawmaker Devlet Bahceli on Tuesday hit out against French President Emmanuel Macron over France’s plans to crack down on radical Islam.
South African police arrest five suspects in murder of football icon
Oct 27, 2020, at 08:22 pm
Cape Town/Xinhua: South African Police Minister Bheki Cele announced the arrests of five suspects in the murder of football icon Senzo Meyiwa, a case that shocked the nation six years ago. "I'm happy to announce that there has been a breakthrough in the Senzo Meyiwa murder case," Cele said on Monday.
Coronavirus ‘feeds off instability’, disrupting Israel-Palestine peace efforts
Oct 27, 2020, at 06:27 pm
New York: The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process reminded the Security Council on Monday of the Secretary-General’s renewed appeal for a global ceasefire to respond to COVID-19, highlighting that the “the virus feeds off instability”.
UN’s mission ‘more important than ever’, Secretary-General says at UN Day ceremony
Oct 27, 2020, at 06:24 pm
New York: Seventy-five years after world leaders united to promote global peace and progress through cooperation, representatives from the international community stood in the UN General Assembly Hall on Monday to reaffirm their commitment to this promise.
Libya ceasefire: UN relaunches inclusive political forum, amid growing ‘sense of hope’
Oct 27, 2020, at 06:21 pm
New York: The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has announced the launch of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum, following the signing of a permanent ceasefire agreement in the strife-torn country.
UN shocked and outraged over horrific attack on school in Cameroon
Oct 27, 2020, at 06:00 pm
New York: The United Nations has strongly condemned Saturday’s attack on a school in southwestern Cameroon, which claimed the lives of eight children, and wounded another twelve.
New York honors Punjabi community by co-naming street as Punjab Avenue
Oct 27, 2020, at 05:23 pm
New York: October 23, 2020 will go down as a red-letter day in the history of the Punjabi community of New York when a part of a busy Avenue was named as Punjab Avenue.
Turkey president Recep Tayyip Erdogan calls for boycott of French goods
Oct 26, 2020, at 11:54 pm
Ankara/UNI: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday appealed the citizens to boycott French goods in the backdrop of bilateral tensions with France.
Singapore's industrial production grows 24.2 pct in September
Oct 26, 2020, at 10:56 pm
Singapore/Xinhua: Singapore Economic Development Board reported on Monday that the country's manufacturing output grew 24.2 percent year on year in September, compared to a revised 15.4 percent rise in August.
150 dead, missing in Vietnam's natural disasters since October
Oct 26, 2020, at 10:48 pm
Hanoi/Xinhua: Landslides, floods and other natural disasters triggered by downpours have left 150 people dead and missing in Vietnam's central and central highlands regions since early October, the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control reported on Monday.
Western Libya sees rallies against Macron's words defending cartoons on Muhammad :Reports
Oct 26, 2020, at 10:27 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Grand Mufti of Libya Sadiq Al-Ghariani, head of Islamic jurisconsults in the country, has called for organization of a series of demonstrations across western Libya to condemn a recent speech by French President Emmanuel Macron, in which he defended the use of cartoons of Islamic prophet Muhammad as manifestation of freedom of speech, the media reported on Monday.
Science, unity and solidarity, key to defeating COVID: UN chief
Oct 26, 2020, at 03:07 pm
New York: Better preparation, listening to the science and acting together in solidarity, are some of the main ways that countries across the world can overcome the on-going COVID-19 crisis, the UN chief told the World Health Summit on Sunday.
UN treaty banning nuclear weapons set to enter into force in January
Oct 26, 2020, at 02:50 pm
New York: In what leading campaigners are describing as “a new chapter for nuclear disarmament”, the ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons will now come into force on 22 January, after Honduras became the 50th Member State to ratify on Saturday.