Women migrants fearing rape take contraceptives before journey: Rights groups
Women migrants fleeing wars, political instability and poverty are taking contraceptives in the expectation of being raped but are so desperate they still embark on the journey, a human rights group said on Wednesday.
Nov 30, 2016, 23:15 PM IST
UN imposes new sanctions on North Korea to slash cash from exports
The United Nations Security Council imposed new sanctions on North Korea on Wednesday aimed at cutting the Asian country`s annual export revenue by a quarter in response to Pyongyang`s fifth and largest nuclear test in September.
Nov 30, 2016, 21:54 PM IST
500,000 civilians in Mosul face `catastrophic' water shortages: UN
Operations to retake Iraq`s second city have damaged water pipes in recent days and residents in east Mosul say they have resorted to pumping water from wells.
Syrian opposition says airstrike kills 10 civilians
The United Nations said up to 16,000 people have already been displaced in recent days of fighting.
Nov 29, 2016, 17:01 PM IST
United Nations says Mosul's poor struggling to get food
"Key informants are telling us that poor families are struggling to put sufficient food on their tables," U.N Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq, Lise Grande, told Reuters. "This is very worrying."
Sri Lanka seeks Donald Trump's help to drop war crimes charges against Lankan troops
Sri Lanka`s President Maithripala Sirisena has asked Donald Trump to pressure the UN Human Rights Council to drop war crimes allegations against the country`s troops.
Nov 27, 2016, 13:17 PM IST
South Sudan government agrees to deploy regional force, again
The South Sudan government has agreed to accept the deployment of a UN-mandated regional force in Juba after months of hesitation, a spokesman said.
Nov 26, 2016, 13:48 PM IST
More than 40 killed in renewed Yemen clashes
The attack began late Monday, targeted the Al-Dhabab area, which provides pro-Hadi forces with their only access to the flashpoint city of 300,000 people that is surrounded by insurgents.
Nov 22, 2016, 23:36 PM IST
At least 75,000 children in Nigeria risk dying in months: UN
Fourteen million people in northeast Nigeria urgently need humanitarian assistance and 75,000 children risk dying in "a few months", the United Nations warned Tuesday.
Nov 15, 2016, 21:06 PM IST
Many UN members favour UNSC permanent seat for India
India's bid for a permanent seat in a reformed UN Security Council has received a strong support from many UN member states, including the UK and France, who emphasised that the the world body's top organ must reflect the emergence of new global powers.
Nov 13, 2016, 11:27 AM IST
Top Indian diplomat to be re-appointed to UN Joint Inspection Unit
A top Indian diplomat will be re-appointed to the only independent external oversight body of the United Nations system following his endorsement as the sole candidate of the Asia-Pacific Group.
Nov 13, 2016, 10:31 AM IST
ISIS abducts over 200 near Mosul, retreats with thousands: UN
Islamic State fighters have abducted 295 former Iraqi Security Forces members near Mosul and forced 1,500 families to retreat with them from the town of Hammam al Alil towards Mosul airport, U.N. human rights spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said on Tuesday.
Nov 08, 2016, 16:07 PM IST
Kenya says withdrawing from South Sudan after Kenyan head of UN force is fired
Kenya announced Wednesday it was withdrawing from United Nations peacekeeping duties in South Sudan after UN chief Ban Ki-moon fired the Kenyan head of the force for failing to protect civilians.
Nov 02, 2016, 23:01 PM IST
UN peacekeepers failed to respond to South Sudan hotel attack: Inquiry
United Nations peacekeepers failed to respond to an attack on civilians by South Sudanese government troops at the Hotel Terrain in the capital Juba in July, less than a mile from a U.N. compound, a U.N. inquiry found on Tuesday.
Nov 02, 2016, 17:35 PM IST
Juba violence: UN chief Ban Ki-moon fires South Sudan peacekeeping commander
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday sacked the commander of the peacekeeping force in South Sudan following a damning report showing failure to protect civilians during recent violence in Juba.
Nov 02, 2016, 00:28 AM IST
Gun shop ad dubs Muslims, Hillary supporters as 'terrorists'; says won't sell arms to them
A United Nation gun store owner has stoked a controversy after he published an advertisement in a daily, that allegedly dubbed Muslims and US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton as 'terrorists' and said, "he won't sell arms to them".
Oct 31, 2016, 21:33 PM IST
Rebel assault on Aleppo slows as UN slams civilian deaths
A rebel assault to break the siege of Syria`s Aleppo slowed Monday amid fierce resistance from regime forces, as the UN said it was "appalled" by opposition fire on civilians.
Oct 31, 2016, 16:55 PM IST
UN envoys urge Myanmar to probe killings, arrests in Muslim-majority region
UN human rights experts have called on Myanmar to investigate allegations that security forces have killed unarmed civilians, burned villages and made arbitrary arrests in a Muslim-majority region where a crackdown has followed attacks on border police.
Oct 25, 2016, 12:40 PM IST
Japan to sanction foreign companies working with North Korea
Japan is preparing a plan to sanction foreign companies that trade or facilitate capital inflows to North Korea as punishment for their ongoing testing of missiles and nuclear weapons.
Oct 25, 2016, 10:48 AM IST
Syrian government accused of third chemical attack
A third toxic gas attack was carried out by the Syrian government forces in the north-western Idlib region in March last year, a UN report issued late Friday revealed.
Oct 22, 2016, 11:53 AM IST
