Sep 24, 2022, at 06:25 pm
Addressing the General Assembly for the final time before leaving office, Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday relayed some hard truths about what he saw as shortcomings leading to the “gradual loss of credibility of the United Nations” and called for Member States to generate the political will to reform and modernize the Organization.
At least 70 dead in latest ‘tragic’ shipwreck, off Syria coast: UN agencies
Sep 24, 2022, at 06:11 pm
New York: The bodies of 71 migrants have reportedly been recovered following another shipwreck in the Mediterranean, off the coast of Syria, which heads of UN agencies described as a “simply tragic” development that demanded an international response to improve conditions for those forced to flee their homes.
European Council President deplores Russia’s ‘web of lies’ used to justify aggression
Sep 24, 2022, at 06:07 pm
“Every war is a denial of humanity,” European Council President Charles Michel told the UN General Assembly on Friday, condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which he said has threatened hundreds of millions of people with starvation, heat deprivation or energy constraints.
Sep 24, 2022, at 05:50 pm
New York: Iraq represents a living example of how hope prevails over seemingly impossible odds, especially conflict and political crises, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi told the UN General Assembly on Friday, and while the nascent democracy still needed international support, it is looking to its younger generations to keep the spirit of hope and courage alive.
Mahsa Amini protest: US to ease internet curbs for Iranians
Sep 24, 2022, at 02:46 pm
Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday said his government will ease internet curbs on Iran to counter Tehran's clampdown on protests which were sparked by a woman's death in police custody leading to 35 deaths in the worst unrest in Iran for years.
Afghanistan: Kabul blast leaves 9 people dead
Sep 24, 2022, at 02:31 pm
Kabul: At least nine people died and 41 others, including children, were hurt as a blast occurred in the Wazir Akbar Khan area of Kabul city on Friday, media reports said on Saturday.
Afghanistan: Uzbek community leader slams Hazara leader over secret ties with Pakistan
Sep 24, 2022, at 05:24 am
Kabul: An Uzbek community leader in Afghanistan has accused Mohammad Karim Khalili, a Hazara leader, of having secret ties with Pakistan.
China targeted scientists working in US labs to advance military technologies, claims report
Sep 24, 2022, at 05:13 am
Washington: Strider Technologies, Inc. on Friday released a new report detailing the People’s Republic of China’s decades-long recruitment of leading scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.
China: Ex-justice minister Fu Zhenghua jailed on corruption charges
Sep 24, 2022, at 04:53 am
Beijing: China's former justice minister Fu Zhenghua has been jailed due to bribery, media reports said on Friday.
Winter crisis: NEA plans to light up Nepali homes with Indian energy
Sep 24, 2022, at 04:27 am
Kathmandu: The Nepal Electricity Authority is planning to buy electricity from the Indian market under a six-month contract to meet the domestic demand market for power in winter.
Sep 24, 2022, at 03:41 am
Islamabad: A large section of Pakistan's flood victims appeared to be unhappy with the performance of state institutions and ruling parties, media reports said on Friday.
At HRC, Baloch group requests UN intervention over human rights abuses in Pakistan
Sep 24, 2022, at 03:24 am
Geneva: A Baloch rights group has requested UN intervention in the southwestern province of Pakistan to save people who are facing severe rights violations, media reports said.
Best-selling author Dame Hilary Mantel dies
Sep 23, 2022, at 11:23 pm
Author Dame Hilary Mantel, who is known for penning down best-selling Wolf Hall trilogy, has died.
Afghanistan: Explosion occurs close to Wazir Mohammad Akbar Khan Mosque
Sep 23, 2022, at 10:46 pm
Casualties are feared as an explosion rocked close to Wazir Mohammad Akbar Khan Mosque in Kabul city of Afghanistan on Friday, media reports said.
Argentina: 3 killed in refinery explosion
Sep 23, 2022, at 10:13 pm
Buenos Aires: At least three people were killed in an explosion that caused a fire at the New American Oil refinery in the Argentine city of Plaza Huincul in the southern province of Neuquen.
Ukraine crisis: Russians flee after military call-up
Sep 23, 2022, at 10:08 pm
Moscow: Russian men are attempting to leave the country to avoid a military call-up for the Ukraine war.
34 migrants dead after boat sinks off Syria
Sep 23, 2022, at 09:59 pm
Damascus/IBNS: At least thirty-four people were dead and several others injured after a boat carrying immigrants from Lebanon capsized in the Syrian territorial water, the Syria Health Ministry announced.
US provides $170 mln in humanitarian assistance for Rohingya crisis
Sep 23, 2022, at 09:57 pm
The United States on Friday announced more than $170 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Rohingyas inside and outside Burma, as well as for host communities in Bangladesh.
'We are in New York': Iran Prez refuses interview with journalist who said no to headscarf
Sep 23, 2022, at 06:57 pm
New York: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi refused veteran journalist Christiane Amanpour an interview after she declined to wear a headscarf, media reports said.
Famine looms in Somalia, but many ‘hunger hotspots’ are in deep trouble
Sep 23, 2022, at 06:39 pm
New York: The number of people facing life-threatening levels of hunger worldwide without immediate humanitarian aid, is expected to rise steeply in coming weeks, the UN said on Wednesday, in a new alert about looming famine in the Horn of Africa and beyond.
World falling ‘far short’ of pledge to protect minority rights: Guterres
Sep 23, 2022, at 06:34 pm
New York: The world is falling “far short” of commitments made three decades ago to protect minority communities, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday, appealing for concrete action to counter this neglect.
Biden denounces Russia’s ‘shameless violation’ of UN Charter, urges world to stand with Ukraine
Sep 23, 2022, at 06:29 pm
New York: Strongly denouncing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, United States President Joe Biden warned United Nations Member States on Wednesday that “if a nation can pursue imperial ambitions without consequences, then we put at risk everything this great institution stands for.”
Yemen: Marking ‘significant milestone’, UN says stricken tanker salvage operation can begin
Sep 23, 2022, at 06:25 pm
New York: The salvage of the ageing supertanker FSO Safer, off the Yemeni coast, can now begin, the UN said on Wednesday, after it announced that more than $75 million has been pledged to carry out the vital operation.
Africa is doing its part but must do more, says Rwandan President Kagame
Sep 23, 2022, at 06:21 pm
New York: Referring to a world in a state of turbulence, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda on Wednesday called for multilateral cooperation and efforts to address intersecting crises, including climate change, food price inflation, conflict and migration.
Libya working towards a democratic transformation, President tells UN
Sep 23, 2022, at 06:17 pm
New York: Libyan President Muhammad Yunus Al-Manfi told the 77th session of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday that as it moves towards building a State of institutions and establishing principles of democracy, his country has through a decade of “pain and hope”.
Myanmar spiralling ‘from bad to worse, to horrific’, Human Rights Council hears
Sep 23, 2022, at 06:07 pm
New York: Since the Myanmar military launched its “disastrous” coup last year, UN-appointed independent human rights expert Tom Andrews said on Wednesday that conditions have worsened, “by any measure”.
As global economic crises ‘pile up’, Ghanaian leader says it's time for urgent attention
Sep 23, 2022, at 05:56 pm
New York: It was doubtful that any generation of Earth’s inhabitants has ever witnessed “such a perfect storm of global economic chaos, a war with global consequences, and an unwillingness or inability to find a consensus to deal with the catastrophe,” the President of Ghana told the UN General Assembly on Wednesday.
Ukrainian President outlines peace formula that punishes aggression, restores security
Sep 23, 2022, at 05:51 pm
New York: Russia must be punished for its “illegal war” against Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the UN General Assembly on Wednesday – part of a “peace formula” that also calls for greater civilian protection and defense support.
Sep 23, 2022, at 05:46 pm
With a full-scale war of aggression under way in Europe, the General Assembly was meeting this year “in a new geopolitical era that demands those who believe in the principles of the United Nations to stand up,” according to Elizabeth Truss, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Pandemic worsened inequalities, exposed true essence of unjust global order, Cuba tells UN
Sep 23, 2022, at 05:41 pm
New York: Addressing world leaders gathered for the first fully in-person high-level debate of the UN General Assembly in three years, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez said that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the true essence of the unjust and unsustainable prevailing international order.