UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The UN aid agency, OCHA, on Thursday called for $71.4 million to respond to the most urgent needs of thousands of people affected by the deadly floods in Libya. “The scale of the flood disaster is ‘shocking’ with entire neighborhoods having been wiped off the map and whole families, taken by […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that the US will send emergency funds to relief organizations for floods in Libya. The US president offered condolences to those who lost loved ones in the devastating floods. “In this difficult hour, the United States is sending emergency funds to relief organizations and coo...
GENEVA (AA) – UN rights chief Volker Turk has said the recent attacks against the Noble Quran, the Muslim holy book, will be discussed in the UN Human Rights Council on October 6. Turk made these comments at the 54th Human Rights Council’s opening session in Geneva, which began with a moment of silence to […]
– DHAKA Bangladesh (AA) – The UN has appealed for scaling up funds for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. The UN also made a fresh allocation of $8 million for Rohingya refugees staying in camps in Bangladesh’s southeastern Cox’s Bazar district and on the island of Bhasan Char. “This allocation is especially important in the light [&...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said Wednesday that his government is committed to cooperating with a UN peacekeeping mission operating in southern Lebanon. Mikati met with United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Commander Gen. Aroldo Lazaro in Beirut. “The government is committed by a UN Security...
ANKARA (AA) – The summer of 2023 was the hottest ever recorded, the UN’s weather agency said on Wednesday. “It was the hottest August on record – by a large margin – and the second hottest ever month after July 2023,” according to the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and EU’s Copernicus Climate Change ...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN Human Rights Council said Wednesday that attacks on the Quran in Europe will be discussed at its 54th session from Sept. 11 to Oct.13. Czech Republic’s Ambassador to the UN, Vaclav Balek, told a news conference in Geneva that the session would be the longest of the Council. Balek, who […]
GENEVA (AA) – People of African descent are still facing “immense challenges” in participating meaningfully in public affairs in many countries due to “systemic racism, marginalization and exclusion often rooted in the legacies of enslavement and colonialism,” says a report released by the UN Human Rights Office. ...
Wad Madani, Sudan – AFP At least 20 civilians including two children were killed in Khartoum on Sunday, according to Sudanese activists. “The death toll from the aerial bombardment” in southern Khartoum “has risen to 20 civilian fatalities,” according to a statement by the neighbourhood’s resistance committe...
ERBIL, Iraq (AA) – Iraq has notified the United Nations of Iran’s halt of the flow of the Little Zab River into the country. Originating in Iran, the Little Zab River traverses the northern Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah before meandering its way to Kirkuk and eventually into the heartland of Iraq. The river is a […]
