Israel’s humanitarian blockade of Gaza continues, leading to several countries considering or imposing sanctions. According to a foreign news agency, Britain has suspended negotiations on a free trade agreement with Israel. The European Union has also decided to review its free trade agreement with Israel. British Foreign Secretary David Lammy has described the 11-week aid … Read more
The 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck hardest in the east of Afghanistan. The disaster poses a huge challenge for the hardline Islamists. Over 2,000 homes destroyed in the region. Bibi Hawa’s face is distorted by tears as she tries to grasp her predicament from a hospital bed in earthquake affected city of Sharan, capital of Afghanistan’s Paktika … Read more
Protester died after taking “shots to the chest and abdomen” during rallies in Omdurman. Latest death brings to 102 the toll from a crackdown on anti-coup protests. Coup led by army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan upended a transition to civilian rule. Sudanese security forces murdered a protester on Thursday during the latest anti-military coup demonstrations, … Read more
The UN’s nuclear watchdog chief said Thursday that work on decommissioning the crippled Fukushima nuclear facility has made “remarkable progress,” promising to continue monitoring the process. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) head Rafael Mariano Grossi is in Japan on a two-day trip to assess efforts to dismantle the Fukushima Daiichi plant after the 2011 disaster … Read more
After the United Nations reported fugitive Rwandan genocide suspect Protais Mpiranya died in Zimbabwe in 2006, Zimbabwe denied harboring him on Sunday. Wanted for his role in the 1994 genocide, Mpiranya, presidential guard commander at the time of the massacres, died in Zimbabwe where he fled years earlier, following pulmonary tuberculosis, UN prosecutors said. He … Read more
As the G7 countries met on Friday to address the impact of the war on the global food supply, Germany’s agricultural minister accused Russia of grain theft in eastern Ukraine. “This is an especially repugnant form of war that Russia is leading,” Cem Ozdemir said at the start of a meeting in Stuttgart with colleagues … Read more
As climate change wreaks havoc on the continent, UN talks to combat desertification and land degradation that have destroyed broad swaths of Africa began Monday in Ivory Coast. The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), involving 196 countries plus the European Union, is meeting for the first time in three years, in Abidjan. Decades … Read more
The UN warned Tuesday that delayed rains are putting 20 million people in Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia at risk of hunger this year, exacerbating an already severe drought. A months-long drought has wreaked havoc on the Horn of Africa, destroying crops and cattle and causing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes … Read more
GENEVA – The United Nations said Tuesday it needed $5 billion in aid for Afghanistan in 2022 to avert a humanitarian catastrophe and offer the ravaged country a future after 40 years of suffering. In its biggest-ever single-country appeal, the UN said $4.4 billion (3.9 billion euros) was needed within Afghanistan, while a further $623 … Read more
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan’s permanent representative to the United Nations (UN), Munir Akram has said that Pakistan will combat the virus of disinformation globally in cooperation with other member states of the UN and international organizations. He said this on Saturday while expressing his gratitude over adoption of a Pakistan-sponsored resolution by the UN General Assembly … Read more
UNITED NATIONS: Zhang Jun, China’s permanent representative to the United Nations on Tuesday put forward a four-point proposal for global climate cooperation. China attaches great importance to tackling climate change and is ready to work with all parties to make the upcoming 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) a success so … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan needs to upgrade its research system and make technological advancement for meeting the emerging challenges of food security across the globe, a government official said on Friday. Addressing the pre-summit United Nations Food Security System meeting on “Pakistan Food Security System and Transformation”, Federal Minister for National Security and Research Fakhar Imam said … Read more
UNITED NATIONS: Global hunger levels have skyrocketed because of conflicts, climate change and the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, with one in five children around the world stunted, UN agencies have warned. The new data that represents the first comprehensive global assessment of food insecurity carried out since the coronavirus pandemic began, indicates that … Read more
The United Nations (UN) has adopted a resolution by consensus on the protection of religious sites. The resolution was sponsored by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Sudan, Malaysia, United Arab Emirates and other OIC countries. The resolution condemns all acts of threats of violence, destruction and damage directed against religious sites that have continued to occur … Read more
