United Nations: UN chief Ban Ki—moon has expressed readiness to engage with India and Pakistan in resolving the Kashmir issue if requested by both and asked them to resume talks to reach an agreement that
Tripoli: The UN has decided to postpone talks aimed at ending Libya's current crisis in an attempt to include all warring parties in the dialogue.UN Special Envoy to Libya Bernadino Leon on Monday said that
United Nations: UN chief Ban Ki-moon has expressed readiness to engage with India and Pakistan in resolving the Kashmir issue if requested by both and asked them to resume talks to reach an agreement that
Bangkok: Opium production in Myanmar fell for the first time in nearly a decade in 2014, the United Nations said on Monday. The drop was due to lower crop yields, though, as the total area
United Nations: Following ambitious pledges by US and China to reduce emissions, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said it is “not fair” for all countries to make the same level of contributions, given their different phases
New Delhi: The United Nations will soon declare June 21 as World Yoga Day following a proposal by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today.“Three months ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi
United Nations: UN chief Ban Ki-moon has called on India, the world's third-largest emitter, to spell out its nationally determined commitment on reducing emissions by June, saying a "constructive" role played by it will make
United Nations: UN agencies prepared for an emergency response before the massive Typhoon Hagupit made landfall in the Philippines Saturday.The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said Friday that Typhoon Hagupit, also known as Ruby, is expected
United Nations: The World Food Program launched an unusual campaign on Wednesday to raise $1 contributions from 64 million people around the world so it can restore food vouchers to Syrian refugees who won't be
United Nations: An outburst of heavy fighting between government and opposition forces in South Sudan represents "the most sustained hostilities between the two parties since May", a UN spokesman said here on Wednesday.Stephane Dujarric made
United Nations: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the US have strongly condemned an attack against civilian workers in Kenya that left at least 36 people dead.The attack took place at a stone quarry in
United Nations: India, backed by the United States, opposed a UN General Assembly (UNGA) resolution calling on New Delhi to voluntarily abandon its nuclear weapons. The resolution that also targeted Israel and Pakistan, however, passed
Nagpur: A rally has been organized on December 1 to mark World AIDS Day. The rally started at 8 am from Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital (Mayo).It will cover areas of Hansapuri, Daga Hospital,
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the terrorist attack on a bus in northern Kenya that left at least 28 people dead."The secretary-general condemned the attack Saturday on a commuter bus in Mandera, Kenya,"
United Nations: The UN refugee agency UNHCR has begun relocating nearly 15,000 South Sudanese refugees who had been stranded for months at a station in western Ethiopia after the refugee camp where they were due
Islamabad: Afghanistan has promised to take adequate steps to repatriate over 1.3 million Afghan refugees living in Pakistan by the end of next year.The refugees are registered with the Pakistani government and the UN.According to
Accra: The United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) here on Monday announced the sudden death of Marcel Rudasingwa, assistant secretary general and the Mission's emergency crisis manager in Guinea.Rudasingwa, a Rwandan national, passed
Geneva: The World Health Organisation said today that 5,177 people had so far died of Ebola across eight countries, out of a total 14,413 cases of infection, since late December 2013.On Wednesday, the UN health
Geneva: The Islamic State (IS) used extreme violence against both civilians and captured fighters in Syria, the UN has said in its latest report.The report said the abuses, violations and crimes committed by the Islamic
United Nations: A convergence of droughts, harvest failures, locust invasions and political conflicts in Mali have left 4.75 million people without enough to eat, U.N. officials said on Friday.UNICEF Emergency Director Afshan Khan said the
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