North Korea: Kim Jong Un convenes big meeting on war preparations
Aug 10, 2023, at 10:01 pm
Seoul: North Korea on Wednesday convened an enlarged central military commission meeting, discussing ways to intensify war preparations in response to the grave political and military situation on the Korean Peninsula, state media reported.
Ecuador presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio shot dead at campaign rally
Aug 10, 2023, at 06:05 pm
Ecuador's upcoming presidential election was bloodied by the assassination of a presidential candidate at a campaign rally in the capital city on Wednesday amid an escalation in drug cartel fuelled violence in the South American nation.
Russia shoots down two Ukrainian drones, says Moscow Mayor
Aug 10, 2023, at 12:20 am
Russia on Wednesday said they shot down two Ukrainian drones which were moving towards Moscow, the latest in a surge of drone attacks on the Russian capital.
France: 11 people missing after fire breaks out at holiday cottage in Wintzenheim
Aug 09, 2023, at 08:32 pm
At least 11 people went missing after a fire broke out at a holiday cottage in which they were staying in France, media reports said on Wednesday.
Forty-one migrants die in shipwreck off Italian island
Aug 09, 2023, at 08:15 pm
A shipwreck off the Italian island of Lampedusa has left 41 migrants dead, media reports said on Wednesday.
France: 11 people missing as fire breaks out in holiday cottage
Aug 09, 2023, at 07:58 pm
At least 11 people went missing after a fire broke out at a holiday cottage in which they were staying in France, media reports said on Wednesday.
Ukraine: Seven die as Russian missiles hit Pokrovsk town
Aug 08, 2023, at 11:44 pm
At least seven people died as two Russian missiles hit residential buildings in the Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk on Monday, officials said on Tuesday.
Russian attacks continue to affect world’s most vulnerable, UN spokesperson says
Aug 08, 2023, at 09:55 pm
Attacks against Ukrainian port infrastructure are not isolated and with Russia’s termination of the Black Sea Initiative, are impacting global food prices and affecting the most vulnerable people, a UN spokesperson said on Monday.
Haiti: ‘Unimaginable violence’ against women, children, reports UNICEF
Aug 08, 2023, at 09:45 pm
Persistent violence in Haiti remains a significant concern for the safety and welfare of its most vulnerable citizens, especially women and children, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday, citing reports of an “alarming spike” in kidnapping and other crimes.
Tehran explosion kills 1, injures 19
Aug 08, 2023, at 04:30 pm
Tehran/UNI: At least one person was killed and 19 others injured on Monday after an explosion shook and dismantled a three-storey residential building in Iran's capital Tehran, the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA) reported.
Australia: 20-year-old woman critically hurt after miraculously surviving seven-storey fall
Aug 08, 2023, at 03:57 pm
A critically wounded 20-year-old woman is currently fighting for her life in a hospital after she miraculously survived a fall from a seven-storey building in Melbourne.
600 people evacuated Italy's Sardinia following the fire surge in the island
Aug 08, 2023, at 07:33 am
Rome/UNI: Around 600 people were evacuated Italy's Sardinia as a precaution to the huge fires blazing in the northern and southern parts of the island that were worsening because of the strong winds, reports the local media.
Philippine: Three policemen wounded after shooting
Aug 07, 2023, at 09:49 pm
Manila: Three policemen were wounded in a shooting incident inside a police station in the Philippine capital shortly before noon on Monday, the local media reported.
Italy: Two die near Lampedusa after migrant boats capsize
Aug 07, 2023, at 04:14 pm
Rome:At least two people died and more than 30 went missing near the Italian island of Lampedusa after two ships carrying asylum seekers capsized in rough seas, a police official said Sunday.
Israeli missile attack: Four Syrian soldiers die
Aug 07, 2023, at 03:20 pm
Damascus: Four Syrian soldiers were killed and another four injured in an Israeli missile attack over Syria's capital Damascus, the state broadcaster Alikhbaria reported early Monday.
Australian Court overturns ban on Sikh students’ Kirpan, cites unconstitutionality
Aug 07, 2023, at 04:15 am
In a significant victory for religious freedom, Australia’s Queensland state has witnessed the overturning of a controversial law that prohibited Sikh students from wearing a kirpan on campus.
Land and basic services are ‘your rights, not favours’, UN deputy-chief
Aug 07, 2023, at 12:23 am
New York: Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has said that the United Nations will support Brazil’s indigenous peoples and amplify their voices far and wide towards the full realizations of their rights.
UN pushes disarmament talks amid fears that drums of nuclear war are beating again
Aug 07, 2023, at 12:01 am
New York: As United Nations-led talks on nuclear disarmament continued in Geneva, New York and Vienna, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Sunday that “the drums of nuclear war are beating once again”.
Ukrainian Prez Zelensky slams Russia's strike on blood transfusion centre, calls it a 'war crime'
Aug 06, 2023, at 06:36 pm
Kiyv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday said that Russia bombed a blood transfusion centre in the Kharkiv region of north-east Ukraine and slammed the deadly strike as “a war crime”.
‘Transforming education’: Ensuring children and societies are learners
Aug 05, 2023, at 05:24 pm
New York: The UN launched on Friday a policy brief on transforming education, which lays out a set of proposals to create inclusive and truly learning societies, and to understand education as a global public good.
Quran-burning demonstrations: Denmark tightens border controls
Aug 05, 2023, at 05:04 am
Copenhagen: The Danish police are temporarily toughening controls at the country's borders for security reasons following recent Quran-burning demonstrations, the Danish Justice Ministry has said.
FAO says Black Sea deal collapse sparks rise in global food prices
Aug 05, 2023, at 04:28 am
Global food prices rose for the first time in months following the collapse of the landmark agreement to ship grain from war-torn Ukraine to the rest of the world, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Friday.
UNRWA appeals for end to deadly clashes at Palestine refugee camp in Lebanon
Aug 04, 2023, at 10:25 pm
New York: Thirteen people have been killed and more than 60 injured in four days of deadly violence at the largest Palestine refugee camp in Lebanon, a senior UN official in the country said on Thursday.
Mexico: Bus plunges into ravine, 18 die
Aug 04, 2023, at 10:22 pm
Mexico City: A passenger bus plunged into a ravine in northwest Mexico's Nayarit state early Thursday morning, leaving at least 18 people dead, local authorities said.
Ukraine crisis: Kiev attacks Russia's naval base in Novorossiysk with drone boats
Aug 04, 2023, at 10:10 pm
Moscow: Ukraine attempted to attack a Russian naval base in the city of Novorossiysk overnight with two unmanned boats, which were detected and destroyed by Russia's warships, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday.
Colombia: UN Mission to monitor ceasefire with ELN rebel group
Aug 04, 2023, at 09:57 pm
New York: The Security Council on Wednesday unanimously voted to expand the mandate of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia to monitor a ceasefire between the Government and the largest remaining rebel group in the country.
Record crossings of perilous Darién Gap underscores need for safe migration pathways
Aug 04, 2023, at 08:33 pm
New York: Record numbers of migrants are crossing the Darién jungle in Latin America in a desperate and perilous journey, including from as far off as Nepal and Afghanistan, UN agencies said on Wednesday, highlighting the urgency of finding safe and regular pathways.
Time running out on election timeline for South Sudan, UN official warns
Aug 04, 2023, at 08:29 pm
New York: Action is needed now to pave the way for timely and credible elections in South Sudan next December, the UN Special Representative for the country told journalists in the capital, Juba, on Wednesday.
Cambodia: National elections ‘extremely disconcerting’, say human rights experts
Aug 04, 2023, at 08:25 pm
New York: The lead-up to, and the results of, the recent elections in Cambodia are “extremely disconcerting”, UN human rights experts said on Wednesday, adding that the credibility of the entire electoral process was affected.
Sudan conflict displaces nearly four million: UN migration agency
Aug 04, 2023, at 07:16 pm
New York: Conflict in Sudan has forced nearly four million people to flee their homes in a little over 100 days, the UN migration agency, IOM, has warned.