UNITED NATIONS: Confronted by the growing threat of Middle East militants, President Barack Obama implored world leaders at the United Nations Wednesday to rally behind his expanding military campaign to stamp out the violent Islamic
London: Ahead of the New York Climate Summit, researchers have revealed that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, the main contributor to global warming, is set to rise again in 2014 - reaching a record high of
United Nations: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Friday called for commitment to South-South cooperation to ensure shared prosperity and sustainable development."Extreme poverty, rampant inequality, malnutrition and vulnerability to climate and weather-related shocks persist," Ban said
Wellington: The New Zealand government Friday congratulated the UN on securing the safe release of 45 Fijian peacekeepers who had been detained in Syria."The safe release of the peacekeepers is an excellent outcome for the
United Nations: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has spoken with Afghan presidential candidates, stressing the need to agree on a government of national unity, a spokesperson said on Thursday."Yesterday, the secretary general had separate telephone
Geneva: The Earth's protective ozone layer is well on track to recovery in the next few decades, thanks to concerted international action against ozone depleting substances, said a UN report on Wednesday.The conclusion was made
United Nations: About 77 per cent of girls aged between 15 and 19 in India have been subjected to sexual violence by their spouses, according to a report by UNICEF which also said more than
United Nations: At least 8,000 Yemenis have been displaced due to a recent conflict in the Arab country, a UN spokesman said on Thursday."The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says that fighting
United Nations: The recent conflict in the Gaza Strip has caused "unprecedented" destruction, leaving hundreds of thousands people homeless, the UN said on Tuesday, quoting the latest assessment after the ceasefire."Organisations on the ground report
United Nations: For the first time in seven years, a humanitarian convoy of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) successfully crossed from Egypt into the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, a spokesman said here.After a
United Nations: UN chief Ban Ki-moon has asked India and Pakistan to resolve their issues peacefully and through dialogue, against the backdrop of cancellation of foreign-secretary level talks between the two nations and continued ceasefire
United Nations: The UN high commissioner for human rights, Navi Pillay, Friday said that more than 191,000 people have been killed in Syria between March 2011 and April 2014, saying that the ongoing fighting there
United Nations: The number of Ebola cases in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone, has reached 2,240 and a total of 1,229 deaths were also registered, UN spokesman Steaphane Dujarric said here Tuesday."WHO is working
United Nations: The United Nations and its partners are supporting the governments of India and Nepal in search-and-rescue operations and providing assistance to thousands of people displaced due to landslides triggered by monsoonal rains in
New Delhi: Even as the UN expressed outrage after another deadly strike on one of its schools on Sunday, pictures tweeted by doctors and journalists from Gaza, showing bodies of children in ice cream freezers
Baghdad: At least 1,737 Iraqis were killed, and 1,978 others injured in terrorist attacks and violence in July, according to a statement issued Friday by the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).The statement said that
United Nations: The United Nations and United States announced that Israel and Hamas had agreed to a “unconditional humanitarian ceasefire” in Gaza for a period of 72 hours starting today, allowing both sides to negotiate
Chennai: Expressing surprise over reports indicating denial of visa by the Centre to a United Nations team probing human rights violations in Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to
United Nations: India has the sixth highest prevalence of child marriage in the world with one in every three child bride living in India, a United Nations report said.Child marriage among girls is most common
Sanaa: The UN Security Council has expressed concern over the deteriorating situation in northern Yemen, calling for implementing the existing ceasefire agreements."The members of the Security Council have demanded that all armed groups and other
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