WASHINGTON: Voicing concern over India’s controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the United States has said it is monitoring the implementation of this law. “Respect for religious freedom and equal treatment…
MANHATTAN: Pakistan has called for preventing Israel’s planned offensive on Rafah, saying it will further intensify the suffering of the Gaza Palestinians and risks widening the conflict.“Israel’s planned offensive in…
MANHATTAN: Any transfer of weapons or ammunition to Israel is likely to be used in its war against Gaza and must cease immediately, a group of UN experts warned Friday.…
MANHATTAN: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called his organization's Palestinian refugee agency the "backbone" of Gaza aid on Wednesday (31st of Jan, 2024) after several countries suspended funding over Israeli…
MANHATTAN: UN has called for faster, safer aid access to Gaza, amid famine and disease fears. Speaking to journalists in New York, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres emphasized to facilitate safe…
MANHATTAN: Denouncing Israel's relentless attacks on the Palestinian people and civilian infrastructure in Gaza, Pakistan has called for holding the Israeli occupation forces accountable for war crimes in the besieged…
UNITED NATIONS: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk Thursday welcomed the Security Council's call for pauses in the fighting in the Israeli-imposed siege Gaza where “doctors operate…
GAZA: Israel pounded Hamas-ruled Gaza on Sunday (29th of October, 2023) in an escalating air and ground campaign as the UN warned civil order was "starting to break down" in…
MANHATTAN: United Nations aid agencies say the first 20-truck convoy of assistance that reached Gaza on Saturday is “only a small beginning and far from enough.” In a joint statement,…
BEIJING: China believes that the United Nations (UN) has the responsibility and obligation to play its due role on the Palestinian issue, a Cheng Xizhong, a distinguished professor at China's…
MANHATTAN: Pakistan has expressed deep concerns over the cycle of occupation, oppression and violence in Palestine. Speaking at the UN General Assembly's sixth committee meeting in New York, Second Secretary…
MANHATTAN: A top Pakistani diplomat has warned that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) could emerge as an umbrella organization for the terrorist groups in Afghanistan once Da'esh is eliminated, posing a…
UNITED NATIONS: Societies must engage meaningfully with young people and empower them with the skills and education they need as the standard bearers of democratic principles, Secretary-General António Guterres said,…
GENEVA: Climate change is driving more intense and more frequent heatwaves, which in turn generate a "witch's brew" of pollutants, threatening the health of humans and all living things, the…
MANHATTAN: The United Nations Tuesday denied a press report that the organization plans to pull out of Afghanistan in May if the efforts to persuade the Taliban to let the…
UNITED NATIONS: The draconian restrictions on women’s ability to study and work have contributed to the calamitous socio-economic situation in Afghanistan, with devastating consequences for the population, according to a…
UNITED NATIONS: The international community must take immediate action to stop Israel’s forced evictions and displacement of Palestinians in East Jerusalem as part of Israel’s annexation and de-Palestinianization of the…
UNITED NATIONS: World food prices declined for the 12th consecutive month in March, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a Rome-based UN agency, reported. It was the first time the…
MANHATTAN: Pakistan, which firmly opposes more permanent members in the UN Security Council, has reaffirmed its call for ensuring equitable representation in the 15-member body by adding more elected members…
UNITED: The Taliban authorities in Afghanistan must immediately release activists detained for advocating for girls’ and women’s rights, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said Wednesday, expressing alarm over the…
MANHATTAN: Global cocaine production has soared to record highs after declining during the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said in a compelling report issued…
MANHATTAN (IFJ): Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Friday opened a special high-level meeting to commemorate International Day to Combat Islamophobia, with a fervent call to everyone – from any religion…
KYIV: G7 ministers on Thursday (23rd of Feb 2023) discussed imposing fresh sanctions on Russia on the eve of the first anniversary of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, as the UN…
KARACHI (UN): On 12th day of February, 2023 the world is marking the first International Day for the Prevention of Violent Extremism. Preventing Violent Extremism requires interventions at the individual,…
