One woman killed by someone close every 10 minutes: UN
Every 10 minutes last year a woman somewhere in the world was killed by a person close to her, the United Nations said on Nov. 24 as it de...
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Showing posts with label United Nations. Show all posts
Nicki Minaj speaks at UN about alleged Christian Genocide in Nigeria
Rapper Nicki Minaj made a powerful address at the United Nations, highlighting the plight of Christians in Nigeria and calling for urgent g...
UN backs Trump’s Gaza peace plan despite Netanyahu’s rejection of Palestinian state
The UN security council has endorsed proposals put forward by Donald Trump for lasting peace in Gaza, including deployment of an internatio...
Protesters force their way into COP30 summit venue, clash with security
Dozens of Indigenous protesters forced their way into the COP30 climate summit venue and clashed with security guards at the entrance to d...
Sudan relief operations ‘on the brink of collapse’
The U.N. migration agency has warned that humanitarian efforts in Sudan's war-torn North Darfur region might come to a complete halt u...
North Korea says it will never give up nuclear program
North Korea will never give up its nuclear program, the country’s Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son Gyong told the United Nations General Asse...
'We'll be ruined': Iranians feel strain as sanctions snap back
As United Nations sanctions returned in full force on Sept. 28, Iranians felt the strain deepen, with prices soaring and the rial sinking to...
UN arms embargo, other sanctions reimposed on Iran over nuclear programme
The United Nations has reinstated an arms embargo and other sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme following a process triggered by ...
Netanyahu rebukes Western nations from UN stage for embracing Palestinian statehood
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sharply denounced Western countries on Friday for embracing Palestinian statehood and accused the...
Erdogan calls on the international community to recognise the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus at the UN general Assembly
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday told the United Nations general assembly that a solution to the Cyprus problem “cannot be ...
Trump hits Russia, backs Israel in combative UN speech
U.S. President Donald Trump warned Russia he is prepared to impose strong economic measures over the war in Ukraine and rejected a global ...
UN overwhelmingly endorses two-state solution declaration that condemns Hamas
The United Nations General Assembly on Friday overwhelmingly voted to endorse a declaration outlining “tangible, timebound, and irreversibl...
Israel’s finance minister says he is drawing up West Bank annexation maps, UN reports 21,000 Gaza children disabled
Israel’s far-right finance minister said on Wednesday that maps were being drawn up for annexing territory in the occupied West Bank, land ...
1 in 4 people lack access to safe drinking water: UN
More than 2 billion people worldwide still lack access to safely-managed drinking water, the United Nations said Tuesday, warning that progr...
Global drought pushes 90 million towards starvation, report finds
More than 90 million people in eastern and southern Africa face extreme hunger from record-breaking drought, marking what experts describe...
Global cocaine production, seizures, and use hit record highs in 2023 – UN report
Cocaine production, trafficking, and consumption reached unprecedented levels in 2023, making it the fastest-growing illicit drug market in ...
UNHCR warns of emerging displacement amid escalating tensions in Israel and Iran
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) issued a warning on Saturday, stating that escalating violence in Israel and Iran is already promp...
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