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UN human rights chief to visit China
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], May 20 (ANI): United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet will visit China from May 23 to 28, amid reports of human rights abuses in the northwest region.
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Baloch activists protest in London, asks UN to intervene in Balochistan
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], May 20 (ANI): The Baloch National Movement (BNM) has staged a demonstration outside the British Prime Minister's residence in London.
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UN mission urges Lebanon, Israel to resolve rifts through tripartite meeti
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], May 20 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Thursday called on Lebanon and Israel to use the tripartite meetings to find win-win solutions to the contentious issues along their border.
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IPL 2022: We were 10 runs short in the end, says Hardik Pandya
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 20 (ANI): Gujarat Titans faced their fourth defeat in the season losing to Royal Challengers Bangalore by eight wickets here at the Wankhede Stadium. The Hardik Pandya led side failed to defend a 169-run target and the skipper feels that they were 10 runs sh
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UN rights chief Bachelet decries Taliban's decision to dissolve Human Righ
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 20 (ANI): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet condemned Taliban's decision to dissolve the Human Rights Commission and expressed concerns over the grave human rights situation in Afghanistan.
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36 countries including US urge UN members to keep food markets open, avoid
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], May 20 (ANI): The US and several other countries on Thursday urged members of the UN to keep their "food and agricultural markets" open and "to avoid unjustified restrictive measures, such as export bans on food or fertilizer".
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US visit of Pak Foreign Minister attracts protests amongst Afghan diaspora
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], May 19 (ANI): In the wake of Pakistan's recently appointed Foreign Minister, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari's visit to the UN and the USA, Afghan Americans staged a demonstration in front of the UN and the Times Square on Wednesday opposing Bilawal's visit.
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Central Asian countries raise concerns on terror threat from Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 19 (ANI): Central Asian countries of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) on Monday expressed a unanimous view that Afghanistan remains "a serious destabilising factor" in the region during the alliance's meeting in Moscow.
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Reappearance of bodies in Ganga contradicts last year's unaccounted Covid
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 19 (ANI): The Phaphamau Ghat in the northern part of Prayagraj has become a graveyard of sorts and with yellow and saffron-coloured clothes on temporarily-erected poles indicating that bodies have been buried. This is not part of the traditional Hind
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Rupee dips to new record low of 77.76 against US dollar
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 19 (ANI): The Indian rupee dipped to a new record low of 77.76 against the US dollar on Thursday amid a meltdown in the equities markets as foreign funds outflows continue unabated.
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Sindh human rights group to protest outside UN office over water crisis
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], May 19 (ANI): Amid the ongoing water shortage in Pakistan leading to a tense standoff between the provinces of Punjab and Sindh, a human rights group, Jeay Sindh Freedom Movement (JSFM) has called for protests against the crisis in front of the UN office in New York.
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US Senate confirms Bridget Brink as ambassador to Ukraine
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], May 19 (ANI): The US Senate by unanimous consent approved Bridget Brink to be America's ambassador to Ukraine.
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