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Free Assam activists held over Kaziranga hotel protest, urges UN
Hyderabad: A group of UN human rights experts on Friday, July 17, called for the release of five Indigenous rights defenders detained in Assam, saying their arrest in connection with protests against a…
- News
Funding cuts leave 1 million women without aid: UN Women
Geneva: At least 1 million women have lost access to humanitarian and other critical support as a result of budget cuts over the last 18 months, the UN agency focusing on women…
- Middle East
UN issues ‘red alert’ over Sudan violence
Geneva: The United Nations human rights chief on Friday, July 3, sounded a “red alert” about possible atrocity crimes in and near a strategic city in central Sudan, calling on world leaders…
- World
Fresh 4.2-magnitude quake causes alarm in Venezuelan cities
Caracas: A fresh 4.2-magnitude earthquake hit near the Venezuelan cities of Caracas and La Guaira on Monday, June 29, causing alarm among local residents who were seen leaving buildings for open spaces,…
- Middle East
Al Arabiya journalist killed in Yemen car bombing
Sanaa: A Yemeni journalist was killed in a car bombing in southeastern Yemen and investigators have been ordered to search for the culprits, the government said Thursday. Mohammed Aydah, a correspondent for…
- World
Strait of Hormuz: UN agency halts evacuation after ship attacked
A United Nations agency paused the evacuation of ships through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday after the British military said a vessel was hit by a projectile off the coast of…
- Middle East
Owaisi cites UN findings, says Israel must answer
AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi has cited a recent United Nations inquiry report alleging that more than 20,000 Palestinian children have been killed in Gaza since October 2023, and called…
- Middle East
Be quiet or get out: Israeli envoy clashes with UN official
New York: A United Nations hearing in New York on Friday, June 19, descended into a heated exchange after Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, clashed with senior UN officials over…
- Middle East
UN relief chief urges lifting Gaza aid restrictions
United Nations: UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher called for the removal of humanitarian restraints on Gaza. Despite recent improvements, humanitarians still face continued persistent and deliberate…
- Middle East
UN chief condemns US strike that killed three Indian seafarers
United Nations: UN chief Antonio Guterres has condemned the attack on a Palau-flagged tanker off the coast of Oman in which three Indian seafarers have been killed, his spokesperson said. On Wednesday,…
- World
ICC chief prosecutor suspended amid sexual misconduct probe
The Hague: In an unprecedented move, the embattled chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) was suspended from his duties late Monday, June 8, after the court’s oversight body referred British…
- World
AI can soon use 3 pc of global water, electricity, warns UN
Hamilton: One argument often used to quell concerns about the rising energy and resource demand of data centres is that artificial intelligence (AI) models will need less in the future as they…
- India
Pakistan’s ‘hate factory’ fuels deep state: India tells UN
United Nations: India has charged that Islamabad is running an “organised factory of hate” that exploits religious terminology to cultivate permanent hostility towards India among its citizens, solely to enable Pakistan’s “deep…
- World
Millions being pushed into hunger by Iran war, says UN
United Nations: The UN food agency said millions of people are being pushed into acute hunger by the Iran war, as it warned would happen if the conflict escalated and oil prices…
- Middle East
India condemns ‘deplorable’ attack on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon
United Nations: India has condemned the attack on United Nations (UN) peacekeepers in Lebanon that killed a Serbian Blue Helmet and injured two others, and called for an immediate and thorough investigation…
