Sep 19, 2016, at 12:43 pm
New York, Sept 19 (Just Earth News): For too long, quality education has been accessible to the privileged few, but as people become more interdependent, quality education and lifelong learning must be available to all, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Sunday, declaring education a “human right and universal good†at the launch of a United Nations-backed report setting out a plan for the largest expansion of education opportunity in history.
Minnesota: ISIS recruit injures eight in mass stabbing, shot dead by police
Sep 19, 2016, at 03:06 am
Minnesota, Sept 18 (IBNS): An ISIS recruit in guise of a security guard injured at least eight people in a mass stabbing incident inside a Minnesota mall, before he was shot dead by an off-duty police officer, media reports said.
Minnesota mall attack: IS claims responsibility
Sep 19, 2016, at 02:29 am
Minnesota, Sept 18 (IBNS): The stabbing of eight people at a Minnesota shopping mall in the US has been claimed by militant group ISIS, media reports said.
All 29 victims released from hospital, says New York Governor
Sep 19, 2016, at 02:10 am
New York, Sept 18 (IBNS): Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo on Sunday said all the 29 people, who were injured in the explosion that rocked New York city in the US, have been released from the hospital.
Sep 19, 2016, at 01:57 am
Ayutthaya, Sept 18 (IBNS): At least 13 people were killed as a boat, in which they were travelling, capsized in Thai city of Ayutthaya, media reports said.
New York: Explosion leaves 29 injured
Sep 18, 2016, at 02:38 pm
New York, Sept 18 (IBNS): At least 29 people were injured in an explosion at Chelsea neighborhood of New York city in the US on Saturday, officials said.
Explosion rocks New York's Lower Manhattan, 29 injured
Sep 18, 2016, at 02:37 pm
New York, Sept 18 (IBNS) An explosion in lower Manhattan of New York rocked the area on Saturday night and injured about 25, according to initial reports.
Ban hails UN-backed fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria as partnership model for Global Goals
Sep 18, 2016, at 01:41 pm
New York, Sept 18 (Just Earth News): Praising the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria as a model of partnership that brings together people and development partners, governments, civil society, the private sector and people affected by diseases, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday said such broad cooperation is also the key to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
American playwright Edward Albee dies
Sep 17, 2016, at 09:59 pm
New York, Sept 17 (IBNS): American playwright Edward Albee died at Long Island near New York on Friday, media reports said.
Pakistan mosque attack: US condemns
Sep 17, 2016, at 02:40 pm
Washington, Sept 17 (IBNS): The US on Saturday condemned suicide attack at a mosque in Pakistan which killed at least 28 people.
Senior ISIL leader killed in coalition strike
Sep 17, 2016, at 01:49 pm
Washington, Sept 17 (IBNS): A Sept. 7 coalition precision strike near Raqqah, Syria, targeted and killed "Dr. Wa'il," also known as Wa'il Adil Hasan Salman al-Fayad, one of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's most-senior leaders, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said in a statement issued on Friday.
FEATURE: Music for the children of Yarmouk – and all refugees
Sep 17, 2016, at 01:42 pm
New York, Sept 17 (Just Earth News): “I took my piano and made it everything: my work, and my studies at university; to teach children music,†begins Ayham al-Ahmad, in an interview with United Nations Radio, ahead of a UN summit on large movements of refugees and migrants on 19 September 2016.
FEATURE: Curtain rises on world's busiest diplomatic arena at UN Headquarters
Sep 17, 2016, at 01:40 pm
New York, Sept 17 (Just Earth News): As world leaders gather in New York in the coming days, the curtain will soon rise on the busiest diplomatic season of the year at the United Nations Headquarters.
UN rights expert calls for durable solutions for the displaced in Serbia and Kosovo
Sep 17, 2016, at 01:39 pm
New York, Sept 17 (Just Earth News): Concluding his five-day visit to Serbia and Kosovo, a United Nations human rights expert called on the Government of Serbia and the authorities in Kosovo to find an urgent and sustainable solution for people who have been displaced for almost 17 years.
Yazidi survivor of ISIL’s human trafficking appointed UN Goodwill Envoy for victims
Sep 17, 2016, at 01:38 pm
New York, Sept 17 (Just Earth News): Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Nadia Murad Basee Taha, who survived trafficking at the hands of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) was on Friday appointed a United Nations advocate for the victims of human trafficking.
Pakistan explosion: Death toll touches 28
Sep 17, 2016, at 01:37 pm
Peshawar, Sept 17 (IBNS): The death toll in the suicide attack which rocked a mosque at tehsil Anbar in Mohmand Agency in Pakistan reached 28, media reports said on Saturday.
Sep 17, 2016, at 01:35 pm
New York, Sept 17 (Just Earth News): Just days before the 19 September Summit for Refugees and Migrants, at a ceremony in New York on Friday, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon accepted a 1.3 million signature-strong petition that expressed solidarity with millions of refugees.
Sep 17, 2016, at 01:32 pm
New York, Sept 17 (Just Earth News): In its latest report to the United Nations Human Rights Council, the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances expressed deep concern and frustration at the rising number of cases, and underlined the need to prevent such acts and hold the perpetrators to account.
Human rights expert group concludes first visit to South Sudan
Sep 17, 2016, at 01:31 pm
New York, Sept 17 (Just Earth News): Concluding its first visit to South Sudan, a United Nations-mandated human rights mission on Friday expressed deep concern over rights violations and the slow implementation of the August 2015 peace agreement between rival political factions.
Number of South Sudan refugees passes one million – UN
Sep 17, 2016, at 04:03 am
New York, Sept 16 (Just Earth News): As instability and violence persist in the world’s newest country, the number of South Sudanese seeking safety and shelter in neighbouring countries has crossed the one million mark, the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday.
Niger: After 4-day visit, senior UN aid official calls for greater global support for displaced
Sep 17, 2016, at 04:01 am
New York, Sept 16 (Just Earth News): Wrapping up a four-day mission in Niger, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Africa’s Sahel region has called on the international community to show increased support for the people of Diffa and the rest of the Lake Chad Basin who have been displaced from their homes amid the violence of Boko Haram’s insurgency.
Ahead of World Peace Day, UN chief says Global Goals are 'building blocks for peace'
Sep 17, 2016, at 03:59 am
New York, Sept 16 (Just Earth News): Ahead of the International Day of Peace, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has stressed that each of the new global Sustainable Development Goals adopted a year ago by 193 countries are the “building blocks†for peace.
On Ozone Day, Ban cites progress so far, urges recommitment to environmental protection
Sep 17, 2016, at 03:57 am
New York, Sept 16 (Just Earth News): Marking the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on countries to strengthen climate protection by reducing the use of hydrofluorocarbons.
Syrian rebel blows up himself, comrades while taking selfie
Sep 17, 2016, at 03:39 am
London, Sept 16 (IBNS): A Syrian rebel accidentally blew up himself and his comrades when he was taking selfie with a mobile phone that was probably connected to a bomb, media reports said.
23 killed in Pakistan suicide blast
Sep 17, 2016, at 01:25 am
Peshawar, Sept 16 (IBNS): At least 23 people were killed as a suicide bomber detonated himself at a mosque in Pakistan on Friday, media reports said.
NATO Secretary General to visit New York
Sep 17, 2016, at 12:03 am
New York, Sept 16 (IBNS):NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will visit New York from 19 to 22 September 2016 to attend the United Nations General Assembly.
At least 16 killed in suicide bomb attack in Pakistan mosque
Sep 16, 2016, at 10:34 pm
Peshawar, Sept 16 (IBNS) : At least 16 worshippers were killed after a suicide bomber detonated himself in a packed mosque during Friday prayers in northwestern Pakistan, media reports said.
Nearly 47 per cent of global population now online – UN report
Sep 16, 2016, at 01:35 pm
New York, Sept 16 (Just Earth News): Even though China and India are now the largest Internet markets on the planet, they are also among the six countries that together account for 55 per cent of the global ‘offline’ population, according to a new report of a United Nations commission.
UN relief chief allocates $10 million in emergency funds to bolster aid response in southern Chad
Sep 16, 2016, at 01:33 pm
New York, Sept 16 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O'Brien, has approved the allocation of $10 million from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to bolster humanitarian operations in Chad.
Belarus: Smooth-looking polls ‘lipstick measures on face of violations,’ says UN rights expert
Sep 16, 2016, at 01:32 pm
New York, Sept 16 (Just Earth News): A United Nations expert on the human rights situation in Belarus said on Thursday that Sunday’s parliamentary elections were no different from all the previous ones because citizens’ right to a free and fair election continued to be abused in the grip of entrenched repressive laws and institutions.