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UN chief proposes options to protect Palestinians
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday presented four options aimed at boosting the protection of Palestinians in Israeli-occupied territories, from sending UN...
Former UN chief and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Kofi Annan has...
ACCRA: Former United Nations Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan has died at the age of 80, his foundation said on Saturday.
Annan,...
UN invites Yemen govt and Huthis to peace talks
GENEVA: The United Nations has invited Yemen's government and Iran-backed Huthi rebels to Geneva next month for talks on resolving the country's civil war,...
Brazil’s Lula should have political rights: UN
SAO PAULO: The UN Human Rights Committee on Friday said it had requested that the Brazilian government allow imprisoned former president Luiz Inacio Lula...
Yemeni government and Houthi movement invited to September 6 peace talks
GENEVA: The United Nations has invited the Yemeni government and the Houthi movement that controls most of the north to peace talks in Geneva...
Schools for Palestinian refugees to open on time despite US cut:...
GAZA: Schools teaching half a million Palestinian refugees will reopen across the Middle East as planned later this month, a UN agency said on...
UN panel calls on Bahrain to release activist Nabeel Rajab
DUBAI: A special United Nations panel is urging Bahrain to immediately release imprisoned activist Nabeel Rajab, describing him as the victim of government-sponsored "persecution"...
106 terrorism financing cases registered in Punjab since 2015
LAHORE: Punjab Police have registered 106 terrorism financing cases involving proscribed organizations since 2015. 144 suspects have been arrested, 42 of whom were convicted by courts.
These...
UN experts: Armed groups threaten Libya political transition
UNITED NATIONS: UN experts say "predatory behaviour" by armed groups in Libya is posing a direct threat to forming a national government and ending...
UN says 1 million children at risk in Syria’s Idlib
BEIRUT: A battle between Syrian government forces and rebels for the northwestern Idlib province could affect the lives of more than 1 million children,...
Yemen’s Houthis welcome UN call for investigation into air strikes
DUBAI: Yemen’s Houthi group welcomed on Friday a call by the United Nations for an independent investigation into Saudi-led coalition air strikes that killed...
Gilani urges UN to intervene for resolution of Kashmir dispute
ISLAMABAD: All Parties Hurriyat Conference Chairman Syed Ali Gilani has urged the United Nations (UN) secretary general to intervene for resolution of Kashmir dispute in...
UN urges Myanmar to speed Rohingya returns, grant citizenship
GENEVA (Reuters): United Nations aid agencies called on Myanmar on Wednesday to improve conditions in Rakhine state for the safe return of hundreds of...
AJK calls for UN intercession against demographic change in Kashmir
MIRPUR: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan Tuesday called upon the United Nations (UN) to intercede in the matter pertaining to...
Russia allows entry of thousands of North Korean workers
MOSCOW: Russia is allowing thousands of fresh North Korean laborers into the country and granting new work permits in potential violation of UN sanctions,...
Migrants’ return to Libya by Italian boat could breach international law,...
ROME: A rescue operation in which an Italian towboat rescued more than 100 migrants and returned them to Libya earlier this week may have...
