Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has officially joined the race to become the Republican presidential candidate of the United States. According to American media, Chris Christie has started his election campaign from the state of New Hampshire. Seven years ago, Chris Christie withdrew from the race to become a presidential candidate and endorsed Donald…
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, and its mandate has become a powerful vehicle for change, progress, dignity, and justice, yet “this is far from enough to meet today’s challenges”, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said in his keynote address at the +30 Symposium, Vienna World Conference: 30 Years On: Our Rights…
Diesel tank explodes in UAE; Photo: File Abu Dhabi: A terrible fire broke out in an oil depot in the industrial area of the United Arab Emirates, resulting in the death of 2 people and injuries to 3 people. According to Arab media, a diesel tank exploded in an oil depot of a warehouse of…
“Every year, over 400 million tons of plastic is produced worldwide – one third of which is used just once”, said Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. 2,000 truckloads a day “Every day, the equivalent of over 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastic is dumped into our oceans, rivers, and lakes.” He noted that microplastics are finding their…
The UN-verified figures were reported by the agency as States, donors and the humanitarian community meet in Norway, for the Oslo Conference on Protecting Children in Armed Conflict. The 315,000 incidents were recorded in more than 30 conflict situations across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. They include more than 120,000 children killed or maimed;…
Former Nepali Prime Minister Babu Ram Battaroy is among the objectors. The ambitions of the Modi government were made clear by the map of ‘Akhand Bharat’ on the wall of the Indian Parliament, the former prime minister of the neighboring country expressed a strong reaction. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs shared the artwork…
In this feature, part of a series exploring the fight against trafficking in the Sahel, UN News focuses on the illegal fuel trade in the region. Transported by criminal networks and taxed by terrorist groups, illegal fuel flows along four major routes snaking across the Sahel towards ready buyers, siphoning millions from nations on the…
Chronic underfunding over the past decade, and resultant severe austerity measures, mean UNRWA is already operating with a $75 million shortfall, putting its lifesaving programmes across the Middle East at risk. “As I address you today, I do not have the funds to keep our schools, health centres and other services running as of September,”…
In the United Kingdom, an investigation into the complaint of sexual abuse against a 63-year-old member of the assembly began; Photo: File London: The membership of Geraint Davies, a Member of Parliament belonging to the opposition Labor Party in Great Britain, was suspended. According to the British Broadcasting Corporation, the Labor Party has suspended its…
File photo US Secretary of State Anthony Blanken has said that it is regrettable that the US and Chinese defense ministers did not meet. Talking to the media in Sweden, he said that the most dangerous thing is lack of communication. The United States had requested a meeting of defense ministers on the sidelines of…
