Europe

Abu Dhabi Crown Prince discusses relations with Serbia, Hungary

Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan expressed his pleasure over the tripartite meeting, and thanked the Serbian President for his invitation to discuss ways to further strengthen relations between the UAE, Serbia and Hungary.

2023-09-29T17:13:17.910166+00:00 IST

Abu Dhabi Crown Prince, Serbia President discuss bilateral ties

The meeting took place during a welcome reception held today at the Palace of Serbia in Belgrade for Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his accompanying delegation, as part of His Highness’ working visit to Serbia.

2023-09-29T15:35:58.817765+00:00 IST

Abu Dhabi Crown Prince arrives in Serbia

The visit aims to further strengthen bilateral ties and cooperation between the UAE and the Republic of Serbia.

2023-09-29T15:34:37.454294+00:00 IST

Pak creating hostile environment for minorities: Analyst at UN

A research analyst lambasted Pakistan on Friday, accusing the country of creating a hostile environment for religious minorities by promoting Sunni Islamist extremism.

2023-09-29T13:19:54.258665+00:00 IST

Human rights activists at UN discuss China’s policies

Human rights activists from South Asia, Japan and Africa discussed about the implications of China’s expansionist policies and their consequences on the people in the region.

2023-09-29T10:36:55.667620+00:00 IST

Collective efforts needed to stop wasting food: UN

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) are sounding the alarm over losses amounting to 13 per cent of the world’s food in the supply chain before products even hit the shelves, and a further 17 per cent lost in households and retail.

2023-09-29T08:43:45.091324+00:00 IST

Storm Elias causes several months-worth of rain in Greece

Storm Elias caused several months of rain in less than a day in Greece on Wednesday. This comes just weeks after Storm Daniel killed 17 people in the southern European nation, CNN reported.

2023-09-29T05:29:36.411565+00:00 IST

Switzerland’s glaciers lose 10 pc of their ice volume in 2 years

Glaciers in Switzerland are shrinking, have lost a total of ten per cent of their ice volume over a period of two years as a combination of low snowfall and soaring temperatures which caused unprecedented melting, according to figures released on Thursday, CNN reported.

2023-09-29T04:14:53.074705+00:00 IST

Netherlands: Three dead after shooting incident in Rotterdam

A 32-year-old student was arrested after a “targeted” shooting rampage in the Dutch city of Rotterdam left three people dead on Thursday, CNN reported citing local authorities.

2023-09-28T23:44:05.338379+00:00 IST

'Ukrainian forces gradually gaining ground in counteroffensive'

The Ukrainian troops are “gradually gaining ground,” in their counteroffensive against tight Russian defence lines in southeastern Ukraine, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said, CNN reported on Thursday.

2023-09-28T22:47:30.255935+00:00 IST

Sindhi Foundation holds poster campaign against Pakistan

The Sindhi Foundation organized a day-long poster campaign in front of the United Nations office in Geneva to make people aware of the plight of Sindhis in Pakistan’s Sindh province.

2023-09-28T21:31:44.604091+00:00 IST

Netherlands: People killed in two shooting incidents in Rotterdam

In a statement shared on X, formerly known as Twitter, the Rotterdam police said that they had arrested a 32-year-old suspect and were carrying out investigation whether he was linked to the shootings.

2023-09-28T17:11:04.798330+00:00 IST

Uttarakhand CM Dhami signs Rs 3000 crore worth MoUs

In a series of meetings with global investors in Birmingham during his visit to Birmingham, Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on the third day of his visit signed two Memoranda of Understandings (MoUs) worth Rs 3,000 crores on Thursday.

2023-09-28T15:42:51.046946+00:00 IST

Uttarakhand CM Dhami takes part in roadshow in Birmingham

Uttarakhand CM Dhami is on a 4-day formal visit to the UK from 25-28 September. The CM with his entourage arrived in London on Monday evening for the visit to invite NRIs and Industrialists to the Global Investors Conference to be held in the state in December.

2023-09-28T15:24:12.483687+00:00 IST

Ukraine Defence Minister, UK counterpart meet in Kyiv

The two leaders spoke about Ukraine's demand for increased air defences, artillery and anti-drone systems. 

2023-09-28T15:06:46.051931+00:00 IST

Baloch Human Rights Council questions Trudeau over activist's dea

It said that Trudeau and his Liberal Party government must provide a "transparent and just response" regarding the quest for justice in the case of Karima Baloch.

2023-09-28T13:29:14.133405+00:00 IST

UN rebukes Suella Braverman remarks over asylum system

The UN Refugee Agency rebuked UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman remarks that the asylum framework is creating “huge incentives for illegal migration."

2023-09-28T01:17:23.430728+00:00 IST

Uttarakhand govt signs MoU with industrial group Kayan Jet

Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said that along with developing new sources of livelihood for the local people, we are working at a fast pace towards making Uttarakhand a global tourism destination by realizing the immense potential of tourism.

2023-09-27T18:01:07.469371+00:00 IST

Nagorno-Karabakh: At least 68 killed in fuel depot blast

The death toll from the blast rose to 68, while at least 105 people were missing and 290 others wounded, Al Jazeera reported citing the office of Karabakh’s ombudsman.

2023-09-27T00:48:21.563904+00:00 IST

NGO at UNHRC praises Indian Govt for recognising development

Rajasthan Samgrah Kalyan Sansthan (RSKS), an Indian NGO, informed the United Nations about the Government of India’s recognition of development, human rights and commitment towards gender equality.

2023-09-27T00:23:05.260129+00:00 IST

Youth in PoK forced to join terror groups, activists tells UN

Political activists from Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir raised the issue of terrorism in the region and informed the United Nations that youth in PoK are forced to join banned extremist groups who take up arms training to carry out terror attacks.

2023-09-26T22:55:03.430429+00:00 IST