Suicide blast, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s arrival in Peshawar
File photo After the suicide blast in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reached the provincial capital Peshawar. According to the announcement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office, the Prime…
Afghanistan: Humanitarians await guidelines on women’s role in aid operations
Representing the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), they stressed that the world’s largest humanitarian operation – supporting some 28 million people in Afghanistan – simply cannot function without women staff. The…
Two years on from Myanmar military coup, UN chief stresses international unity, as arrests, airstrikes continue
Ahead of 1 February – marking two years since the military overturned and arbitrarily detained members of the democratically elected civilian Government, including President U Win Myint and State Counsellor…
Guterres strongly condemns deadly mosque attack in Pakistan
News reports stated that a militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack, which occurred at a crowded mosque. Reports showed that the bombing caused the roof to collapse on…
Israel-Palestine: UNICEF warns children are paying ‘the highest price’ as violence escalates
“Children continue to pay the highest price of violence,” the statement declared. “As the situation remains very volatile, UNICEF fears that an increasing number of children will suffer.” Just a…
Tedros: COVID-19 remains an international health threat
Tedros’s decision follows the advice offered at the latest coronavirus Emergency Committee meeting last Friday, held at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva via videoconference. “There is little doubt…
Libya: human rights abuses must be addressed, says UN probe
The UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya was established by the Human Rights Council in June 2020, to investigate alleged abuses of international human rights law and international humanitarian law…
WHO calls for more action to end ‘cycles of poverty and stigma’ related to tropical diseases
To mark World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day, the UN agency has released a report highlighting progress and challenges in delivering care for these 20 conditions, which mainly affect the world’s…
‘A great victory’: Odesa mayor reacts to UNESCO Heritage List inclusion
Mr. Trukhanov spoke to UN News shortly after the decision was announced, on Wednesday, and explained the laborious process that led to the inclusion. Odesa Mayor, Gennady Trukhanov Gennady Trukhanov…
Hate Speech: Turning the tide
The rise and impact of hate speech is being amplified, at an unprecedented scale, by new communications technologies, one of the most common ways of spreading divisive rhetoric on a…