World News in Brief: Deadly strikes in Sudan, Guterres calls for unity ahead of Ramadan
Fresh waves of violence in Sudan and neighbouring South Sudan are pushing fragile communities into deeper crisis, with…
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NSE Chief Offers Prayers At Tirupati Ahead of IPO
Ashishkumar Chauhan, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Stock Exchange, on Sunday visited Tirupati with…
Gender Equality: UN Women Body Calls For Political Will and Accelerated Global Action
The world is retreating from gender equality, and the cost is being counted in lives, rights, and opportunities.…
Amid escalating attacks in Gaza, UN rights chief calls on US to withdraw sanctions against Palestinian rights groups
The measures announced on Thursday target Al-Haq group, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) and Al-Mezan Center…
Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit: Guterres calls for strengthening multilateralism
The Eurasian bloc, comprising 10 member states, is the world’s largest regional organization by population and geography. Mr.…
UN chief calls for justice and ‘real change’ for people of African descent
In a message released ahead of the Day, Mr. Guterres honoured the “extraordinary” contributions of people of African…
Sudan: Guterres calls for ceasefire in El Fasher, deplores ‘relentless’ militia attacks
António Guterres said he was “appalled by the relentless attacks” by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia on…
UN calls for decisive steps to end conflict as Gaza and West Bank crises deepen
“Today the world looks on in horror as the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory continues to deteriorate…
Gaza: UN calls for probe following deadly strikes on Nasser Hospital
At least 20 people were killed, including four health workers and five journalists, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus…
Syria: UNICEF calls for safe access to children in Sweida as needs mount
Deadly sectarian clashes erupted in the southern governorate, also known as As-Sweida, in July and early August and…
SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Israel calls for focus on Gaza hostages’ plight
The Security Council is meeting to discuss rising concern in Israel and elsewhere over the dire conditions facing…
In hard-hitting human rights address, Guterres calls for urgent action on Gaza, authoritarianism and climate justice
Recalling his own experience living under dictatorship in Portugal, Mr. Guterres told participants at the Global Assembly of…
UN calls for reversal of US sanctions on Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese
They’re calling for the decision to be reversed, warning it could undermine the wider international human rights system.…
UN calls on Taliban to end repressive policies
Adopted with 116 votes in favour, 12 abstentions and 2 against (Israel and United States), the resolution highlighted…
Guterres calls for immediate Gaza ceasefire as humanitarian crisis reaches ‘horrific proportions’
Speaking to reporters at UN Headquarters ahead of his departure to Spain for the International Conference on Financing…
UN calls for restraint after deadly Kenya protests
At least 400 people were injured, including police officers, according to media reports. The official death toll has…
From Syria, UN refugee chief calls for greater solidarity with displaced people
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, sounded the alarm on Friday, World Refugee Day, in a…
UN relief chief calls for solidarity, with humanitarians ‘literally under attack’
Tom Fletcher was speaking at the annual stock-take of his sector known as the ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment,…
Guterres calls for an end to ocean ‘plunder’ as UN summit opens in France
“The ocean is the ultimate shared resource,” he told delegates gathered at the port of Nice. “But we…
UN calls for ‘immediate and unconditional’ release of aid workers arbitrarily detained in Yemen
In a statement on Monday, António Guterres strongly condemned the death in detention of a World Food Programme…