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Inequality threatening human development, warns new global UN report
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [USA], Dec 9 (ANI): Despite global progress in tackling poverty, hunger and disease, a new generation of inequalities indicates that many societies are not working as they should, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) argued in its latest report released on Monday.
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Tropical storm makes landfall in northern Somalia
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], Dec 8 (ANI): The UN food agency has said that the northeastern parts of Somalia are experiencing extreme weather conditions since the past two days as a tropical storm made landfall in the eastern coast of Africa in the weekend.
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58 migrants killed after boat capsizes off Mauritania coast: UN
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Nouadhibou [Mauritania], Dec 5 (ANI): At least 58 migrants are confirmed dead after a vessel carrying them sank as it approached the coast of Mauritania on Thursday, according to the UN's migration agency.
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Libya's Tripoli airport to resume flights on December 12
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Dec 2 (Xinhua/ANI): The transport ministry of the UN-backed Libyan government on Sunday announced that the Mitiga International Airport in the capital Tripoli will resume flight operations on December 12.
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Libyan government accuses Haftar's army of attacking airstrip in Kabaw
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Nov 30 (ANI): The UN-backed government of Libya on Friday (local time) accused Haftar's eastern-based, self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) of attacking a civilian airstrip in the town of Kabaw, about 230 kilometers southwest of the capital city of Tripoli.
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Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas member Vedanti opposes move of challenging SC's Ayodh
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 26 (ANI): Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas member Ram Vilas Vedanti on Tuesday opposed the move of challenging the unanimous verdict of the Supreme Court in the decades-long Ayodhya land dispute, saying that the Sunni Waqf Board should follow the orders of the Supreme Court.
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100 renowned Muslims oppose review of Ayodhya verdict, say keeping matter
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 26 (ANI): Around 100 eminent Muslim personalities including Shabana Azmi and Naseeruddin Shah have opposed the move of challenging the unanimous verdict of the Supreme Court in the decades-long Ayodhya dispute asserting that keeping the matter alive will not help the c
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US officials, Khalifa Haftar discuss ways to resolve Libyan conflict
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 26 (ANI): A delegation of American officials met eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar and discussed ways to resolve the conflict with the UN-backed Government of National Accord in Libya.
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Germany urges China to allow UN officials to Xinjiang
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], Nov 25 (ANI): Germany on Monday called on China to provide access to the UN human rights commissioner and international experts to Xinjiang province amid surfacing of evidence proving Chinese authorities inflicting atrocities on minorities Muslims community in the region.
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Haftar-led army announces 'no-fly zone' over western Libya
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Nov 24 (Xinhua/ANI): Libya's east-based rebel army, led by Khalifa Haftar, on Saturday announced a "no-fly zone" over western Libya, as an armed conflict between the army and the UN-backed government continues.
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Haftar's forces target munitions in Libya's Misrata with airstrikes
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Nov 19 (ANI): Thirteen civilians were injured in airstrikes conducted by eastern Libyan forces in the western city of Misrata, the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) said on Tuesday.
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Nicolas Cage in talks to star as himself in 'The Unbearable Weight of Mass
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Nov 16 (ANI): American actor Nicolas Cage is in talks to star as himself in his next film, the script of which has been penned by Tom Gormican and Kevin Etten.
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