Muzaffarabad: Demonstrations were organized in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir’s (POK) Bagh and Hajira on Friday to mark Bangladesh's War of Independence,media reports said.
New Delhi: Chinese delegate Hanwen Tang has described India's agenda at the Development Working Group (DWG) meeting under its G20 Presidency as 'comprehensive'.
New York: The first step to legitimacy and security in Libya is to allow registered voters to cast their ballot in fresh elections, UN Special Representative Abdoulaye Bathily told the Security Council on Friday.
Chicago: At least two teens died and two others were hurt in a shooting incident near a high school on Chicago's Lower West Side region, media reports said.
New York: From Arctic communities desiring to receive public services in their own languages, to the Arhuaco people in Colombia who still speak Ika, indigenous people across the world are determined to keep their mother tongues alive.
New York: A top UN-appointed independent human rights expert has urged the Scottish Government to pass a new law offering legal protection to people based on their gender identity, including trans women.
New York: No one should have to surrender their human right to migrate in order to find a living wage, the UN human rights office, OHCHR said in a new report published on Friday, highlighting the importance of temporary migratory labour programmes.
New York: The resumption of public floggings and executions in Afghanistan must stop immediately, a group of independent UN human rights experts said on Friday in an appeal to the ruling Taliban leadership.
Berlin: A giant aquarium, which was located in the Radisson Blu in Berlin, exploded on Friday morning, leaving two people hurt, media reports said.
Dhaka: Bangladesh Muktijuddha Mancha handed a memorandum to the United Nations Missions in Dhaka for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres when they demanded trial of the Pakistani Army which was involved in the killings and Genocide during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.
Georgia: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has now banned executive agencies from using the China-owned video-sharing app TikTok.
North Waziristan: At least three civilians died and 14 others were hurt in a suicide attack in Sargardan area of North Waziristan tribal district of Pakistan on Wednesday, media reports said on Friday.
Kabul: The Chinese government has asked its citizens to leave Afghanistan after a terror attack in a Chinese-owned hotel in the country this week left three people dead.
Boston: A Berklee College of Music student, who is a citizen of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), has been arrested and charged with stalking in connection with threatening and harassing communications he allegedly made towards an individual who posted fliers in support of democracy in China.
Lyon: At least 10 people, including five children, died as a fire broke out at an apartment in Lyon city of France, media reports said.
New York: The “climate of oppression” in Nicaragua has only intensified in recent months, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said on Thursday.
New York: A UN Security Council meeting on Thursday focused on terrorism began with a sobering reminder of the danger posed by this persistent threat to international peace.
New York: The United Kingdom should rewrite proposed legislation covering the 30-year conflict in Northern Ireland, known as the “Troubles”, because it fails to comply with the obligation to investigate serious violations and denies truth and remedy for the victims, two UN human rights experts said on Thursday.
New York: In Ukraine, the UN’s top emergency relief official on Thursday pledged solidarity with the embattled country and its people, as they try to rebuild their lives amid the ongoing war.
New York: The UN chief is “deeply saddened” by the loss of life and heavy damage triggered in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during the worst floods to hit the country since 2019, his spokesperson said on Wednesday.
New York: The 54-member UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on Wednesday adopted a resolution to remove Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) for the remainder of its four-year term ending in 2026.
Perpetrators behind deadly violence in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state must be brought to justice, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said on Wednesday.
New York: Nine months after Russia invaded Ukraine, rural households are increasingly forced to scale down or abandon agricultural activities, according to a new survey released on Wednesday by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
New York: Inter-State wars, terrorism, divided collective security, and peacekeeping limitations remain the same challenges facing multilateralism as when the UN was founded 76 years ago, Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Countries must ramp up investments to provide safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) to all people by 2030, the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners said on Wednesday in a bid to save more lives.
Beirut: An Irish soldier on UN peacekeeping duty has died in a gun attack in Lebanon, officials said.
Kuala Lumpur: A landslide hit a camping site in Malaysia's Selangor state has left at least two people dead and several others missing, media reports said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin could be isolated in a bunker after several Kremlin officials were affected by a major flu breakout, media reports said.
Beijing: Chinese computer processors using original technology developed by its producers will not be exported to other nations which include Russia, media reports said.
Dhaka: At least two fire tankers were gutted at a construction site in Bangladesh capital Dhaka's Shahjalal International Airport.
