United Nations

Afghanistan writes to UNSC over ‘violations’ of its territory by Pak forces

12:46 pm July 26, 2020

United Nations: Afghanistan has written to the UN Security Council over continued violations of its territory by Pakistani military forces and said it will ask the 15-nation UN body to take necessary measures and actions to end them if the situation is not de-escalated bilaterally. Afghanistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN Adela Raz wrote to […]

Chinese are on march to prove their importance, are taking up vacuum that US created: Albright

US agents enter Chinese consulate compound in Houston; Beijing lodges protest

10:35 pm July 25, 2020

Houston: US federal agents and law enforcement officers have entered the Chinese consulate compound here along with locksmiths after the mission was shut down, amidst spiralling tensions between Washington and Beijing. The Trump administration ramped up its confrontation with China this week, ordering Beijing’s consulate in Houston to close over concerns about economic espionage. The Chinese consulate located in Houston’s busy Montrose Boulevard for 40 […]

64% children in childcare institutions sent home: UNICEF

UN warns COVID-19 has threatened child vaccination programmes

11:37 pm July 15, 2020

Dakar: The United Nations warned Wednesday about an alarming decline in childhood vaccinations because of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying that the likelihood a child born today will have all recommended vaccines by the age of 5 is less than 20 percent. Most of the 82 countries surveyed in May reported vaccination campaigns being disrupted because of coronavirus, […]

Internet disruption reported in southeast Iran amid unrest

Tanker off UAE sought by US over Iran sanctions ‘hijacked’

8:07 pm July 15, 2020

Dubai : An oil tanker sought by the US over allegedly circumventing sanctions on Iran was hijacked on July 5 off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, a seafarers organisation said Wednesday. Satellite photos showed the vessel in Iranian waters on Tuesday and two of its sailors remained in the Iranian capital. It wasn’t immediately clear what […]

UN chief warns against criminal exploitation of COVID-19 recovery resources

UN: Pandemic could push tens of millions into chronic hunger

11:17 pm July 13, 2020

Rome: The United Nations says the ranks of the world’s hungry grew by 10 million last year and warns that the coronavirus pandemic could push as many as 130 million more people into chronic hunger this year. The grim assessment was contained in the latest edition of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, […]