Search For "un"
UFC 271: Israel Adesanya retains middleweight title after unanimous decisi
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Houston [US], February 13 (ANI): Israel Adesanya reigned supreme in the UFC middleweight title fight rematch against Robert Whittaker here in Houston on Saturday.
Read More
Number of internally displaced in Myanmar doubles, to 800,000: UN
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], February 13 (ANI): The number of internally displaced people (IDPs) in Myanmar has doubled since February last year, now crossing the 800,000 mark, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) announced on Friday.
Read More
Five UN employees kidnapped in Yemen's Abyan
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Aden (Yemen) January 13 (ANI/Xinhua): A United Nations official confirmed on Saturday that five UN staff members were kidnapped in Yemen's turbulent southern province of Abyan.
Read More
Days after quite detention, Taliban free foreigners working for UN
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 12 (ANI): Days after their quiet detention, the Taliban freed two western citizens and their two Afghan colleagues on Friday who had been working for the UN after the world body had announced that they had been held by the Taliban for several days in Afghanistan, re
Read More
Pakistan's Sindh province passes bill for restoration of students union in
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], February 12 (ANI): Pakistan's Sindh Assembly on Friday unanimously passed the Sindh Students Union Bill 2019 paving the way for the restoration of students' unions in the educational institutions after over 38 years, according to a media report.
Read More
'Time to end arbitrary detentions', says UN after release of two reporters
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 12 (ANI): The UN Mission in Afghanistan has welcomed the release of the two reporters by Afghanistan's de facto authorities after more than four days in custody.
Read More
India signs MoU with UN World Food Program to distribute food grains insid
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], February 12 (ANI): India signed a Memorandum of Understanding with United Nations World Food Program to distribute food grains to Afghanistan, according to the Indian Embassy in Rome.
Read More
UN 'encouraged' by US decision to use Afghan assets funds for humanitarian
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], February 12 (ANI): The United Nations is encouraged by the US decision to split USD 7 billion of the frozen Afghan assets fund between humanitarian relief in Afghanistan and compensate victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks, media reported quoting spokesman Stephane Dujarri
Read More
Twitter services briefly down globally; users unable to access posts
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 12 (ANI): Several users of Twitter reported issues while accessing the microblogging site briefly on Friday night.
Read More
Quad countries emphasise adherence to UNCLOS to meet challenges to rules-b
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], February 11 (ANI): In a veiled dig at China, the Quad countries on Friday emphasised adherence to international law, including that reflected in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), to meet challenges to the maritime rules-based order, including in the So
Read More
Russia's Ambassador says Germany's lethal weapons supplies to Ukraine unac
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], February 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Germany's lethal weapons supplies to Kiev are unacceptable and would not contribute to the constructive development of bilateral relations between Russia and Germany, Russian Ambassador to Berlin Sergey Nechaev told Sputnik.
Read More
Russia strongly condemns US troop transfer to Europe, says could cause cri
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], February 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia strongly condemns the deployment of US' and its allies' troops as the steps into the wrong direction that have the potential to lead to crises, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dmitry Polyanskiy told Sputnik.
Read More