Migrant boat, file photo 73 migrants are presumed dead after a boat from Libya to Europe capsized. The UN’s International Organization for Migration says the boat capsized on Tuesday, and Libyan authorities have recovered the bodies of 11 people who drowned. The UN agency said in a statement that the boat was carrying 80 migrants…
Sri Lanka has announced a power grid linking agreement with India within two months. In this regard, the Sri Lankan delegate says that they are starting negotiations with India on power grid linking and renewal of trade agreements. The agreement will be signed in two months. An important part of Sri Lanka’s economic recovery plan…
One of the 12 boys rescued from a cave in Thailand in 2018 has died in the UK. According to British media, Duang Pech Promthep was found unconscious in his hostel on Sunday and was taken to hospital where he died. Duang Pech Promthep was the captain of the Thai boys’ soccer team, who were…
The situation for many in Ukraine remains desperate, amid “relentless” shelling of civilian targets and infrastructure, the UN’s Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, told journalists in Geneva. Humanitarian funding is needed to continue supporting lifesaving aid convoy deliveries to communities on the front line, “into areas of great danger and difficulty and priority needs”, said…
Ahead of a briefing to journalists in New York on Wednesday, Laila Baker, UNFPA Regional Director for Arab States, spoke to UN News from Aleppo, where women are clamouring for peace amid the rubble of the disaster and the ravages of war. “Without fault, in every group of women, individual or collective, their message was…
The security plan represents “an essential tool” paving the way for the coming local elections, UN mission spokesperson Vladimir Monteiro said. Voters will be casting ballots in local elections for the first time since 1988. The Government of CAR and the UN stabilization mission (MINUSCA) signed a new plan on Tuesday amid recent flaring tensions….
“Leprosy is hidden beneath multiple layers of systemic exclusion, structural discrimination, and institutional neglect,” said UN Special Rapporteur on discrimination against persons with leprosy, Alice Cruz, following an eight-day visit to Bangladesh. Currently, people from 120 countries are affected by leprosy, known as Hansen’s disease, with more than 200,000 new cases reported worldwide yearly. The…
The call comes against a backdrop of Marburg and mpox outbreaks, the more than 10,000 COVID-19 deaths still being reported weekly, and the ongoing emergency response to the deadly earthquake in Syria and Türkiye, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. “Together, these current conditions point to the critical need for all countries to build health…
Launched by India’s mission to the UN, during the International Year of Millets, the exhibition showcases different kinds of millets grown in India, their nutritional value and various health benefits. Millets encompass a diverse group of nutritious cereals including pearl, proso, foxtail, barnyard, kodo, browntop, finger and Guinea millets, as well as fonio, sorghum and teff. Millet-based refreshments…
This is the first visit of an Iranian president to China after 20 years. Photo: AFP Beijing: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi arrived in China on a 3-day visit with a financial delegation, where he met with President Xi Jinping and discussed important global issues, including nuclear energy and the war in Ukraine. According to China’s…
