United Nations

Pakistan to take Kashmir issue to UN with China support

Aug 11, 2019 04:20

Pakistan says, with the support of China, it will take the Kashmir issue to the United Nations Security Council after India revoked the autonomy of the disputed Himalayan region.
Car bomb kills 2 UN staffers in Libya’s Benghazi

Aug 10, 2019 12:29

A car bomb explosion in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi has left two UN staffers dead and several others wounded.
UN urges rival Libya forces to agree to humanitarian truce

Aug 09, 2019 11:09

The United Nations has called on forces loyal to Libya's internationally-recognized government and a rival administration to commit to a humanitarian truce by midnight on Friday.
US sanctions will worsen situation for long-suffering Venezuelans: UN warns

Aug 09, 2019 07:23

The United Nations' human rights chief has warned that the latest US sanctions against Venezuela will worsen the situation for millions of “long-suffering” people across the oil-rich country.
Yemenis picket outside UN building in New York to demand end to Saudi siege on Yemen

Aug 08, 2019 07:44

Dozens of Yemenis have gathered in front of the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York, protesting against the years-long, crippling embargo imposed by a Saudi-led military coalition on the international airport in the Yemeni capital of Sana’a.
UN urges India, Pakistan to stay calm as Kashmir heats up

Aug 06, 2019 07:07

The United Nations (UN) has urged India and Pakistan to maintain peace as tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors escalate again in the wake of New Delhi’s move to strip the disputed Kashmir region of its special autonomy.
Hamas slams UN for not including Israel in ‘List of Shame’

Aug 06, 2019 06:38

The Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas has criticized the United Nations (UN) for not including Israel in its annual list of countries that kill and maim children, the so-called List of Shame.
UN warns foreign firms against doing business with Myanmar army

Aug 05, 2019 14:13

The United Nations' investigators have urged foreign businesses and governments to sever ties with dozens of companies owned or controlled by Myanmar's military, which has carried out a campaign of ethnic cleansing, murder and rape of Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State, noting that such firms could be complicit in international crimes.
Yemen, UN’s food agency ink deal to resume food aid

Aug 04, 2019 12:20

Yemen’s Ansarullah movement and the United Nations (UN)’s food agency announce an agreement to resume the delivery of food aid, which has been suspended for the past six weeks in some areas of the Arab country.
New wave of terrorist attacks possible before end of this year: UN

Aug 03, 2019 09:30

The United Nations has warned that a new wave of terror attacks may occur before the end of this year, as tens of thousands of foreigners, who had traveled abroad to join the Daesh or other terrorist groups, are said to be still alive.