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- May- 2022 -11 MayDH NEWS
UN Security Council to discuss on Taliban’s new order on Hijab rules
The United Nations Security Council will meet on Thursday to discuss an order by Afghanistan’s Taliban for women to…
Read More » - 9 MayDH Latest News
Chief of UN agency ‘resigns’ following an investigation of its investments; Report
Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, has accepted the resignation of the director of a United Nations agency under…
Read More » - 5 MayDH Latest News
‘If the rains do not come, none of us will survive’; 40-year drought could starve 20 million people!
An almost four-year drought in eastern Africa is threatening to starve up to 20 million people and entirely ruin an old…
Read More » - 4 MayDH Latest News
UN reveals that 101 individuals were evacuated from Mariupol steel plant
On Tuesday, a United Nations humanitarian official announced that 101 people had been successfully evacuated from the Azovstal steel mill,…
Read More » - 2 MayDH Latest News
World Tuna Day-2022: The history, significance and everything you need to know!
Every year on May 2nd, World Tuna Day is commemorated to raise public awareness of tuna fish. The United Nations…
Read More » - Apr- 2022 -28 AprilUK
The UN nuclear chief wants Ukraine’s nuclear plants to be open; Read on…
The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) director-general says the condition of safety at Europe’s largest nuclear reactor, which is now…
Read More » - 27 AprilDH Latest News
Drug-Trafficking: Mentally disabled Indian-origin man executed in Singapore!
Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, a mentally disabled Indian-origin Malaysian man found guilty of drug trafficking, was executed in Singapore on Wednesday, according…
Read More » - 12 AprilDH Latest News
Human rights agency informs UN that rape being used as war weapon
A top United Nations official told the Security Council on Monday that the UN is increasingly hearing accounts of rape…
Read More » - 12 AprilDH Latest News
‘Sadists and rapists’: UN women’s body expresses concerns over ‘rape’ punitive policy by Russian forces
On Monday, top UN officials asked for an investigation of Russia’s aggression against women during its invasion of Ukraine, as…
Read More » - 8 AprilDH Latest News
Maldives shelters yachts of sanctioned Russian oligarchs
On March 9, a day after coal and fertiliser millionaire Andrey Melnichenko was sanctioned by the European Union, his luxury…
Read More » - 7 AprilDH Latest News
United Nations to vote on suspending Russia from Human Rights Council due to Ukraine war
On Thursday, the United Nations General Assembly will vote on whether to suspend Russia from the U.N. Human Rights Council…
Read More » - 4 AprilDH Latest News
UN Secretary-General calls for independent investigation into civilian deaths in Ukrainian village
On Sunday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed deep horror at photographs of dead civilians in the Ukrainian village of Bucha…
Read More » - 3 AprilNEWS
‘Just 1 Dirham to feed a hungry person’; Donate to UAE’s One Billion Meals campaign!
As part of a big Ramadan food drive, people in the UAE and around the world may now donate to…
Read More » - Mar- 2022 -31 MarchDH Latest News
UN seeks additional funds for aiding Afghanistan despite Taliban concerns
Even as concerns about Taliban rule grow, the United Nations is seeking $4.4 billion for Afghanistan at an international virtual…
Read More » - 25 MarchDH NEWS
Switzerland freezes sanctioned Russian assets worth more than $6 billion
A government official said on Thursday that Switzerland had frozen roughly 5.75 billion Swiss francs ($6.17 billion) in Russian assets…
Read More » - 9 MarchDH Latest News
Ukraine to withdraw troops and equipment from UN missions
Ukraine would repatriate troops and equipment from UN peacekeeping deployments in Africa and Europe, including helicopters, to reinforce defences at…
Read More » - 1 MarchDH Latest News
Junta accuses foreign media of ‘persistent bias’ in Myanmar
On Monday, the military government of Myanmar complained about biased foreign media coverage, which they said misrepresented events in the…
Read More » - Feb- 2022 -28 FebruaryDH Latest News
Ukraine sues Russia for ‘genocide’ at the UN’s top court
The highest court of the United Nations has received a case filed by Ukraine against Russia. Kyiv accused Moscow of…
Read More » - 28 FebruaryDH Latest News
Ukraine files plea against Russia in UN Top Court; Accuses ‘planned act of genocides’
The Hague: Ukraine filed an application with the International Court of Justice accusing Russia of ‘planning acts of genocide…
Read More » - 27 FebruaryDH Latest News
UN Security Council plans to vote on Houthi arms embargo
The UN Security Council will vote on a proposal by the United Arab Emirates to impose a weapons embargo on…
Read More » - 25 FebruaryDH Latest News
Global wildfires worsening globally, governments unprepared, says UN
A UN assessment that was released on Wednesday revealed that a warming world and changes in land use patterns will…
Read More » - 25 FebruaryDH Latest News
13 million Yemenis mat face starvation: UN food agency
Due to a protracted civil war and a shortage of money for humanitarian supplies, the chief of the United Nations…
Read More » - 22 FebruaryDH Latest News
Harsh Shringla flags off India’s first consignment of humanitarian aid to Afghan; sends 50,000 tonnes of wheat
New Delhi: Foreign Secretary of India, Harsh V Shringla flagged off the first consignment of humanitarian aid of 50,000…
Read More » - 18 FebruaryDH Latest News
Israel refuses to cooperate with the UN rights team, citing ‘bias’
Israel publicly stated on Thursday that it would not participate with a special commission established by the UN’s highest human…
Read More » - 6 FebruaryDH Latest News
UN Chief meets President Xi Jinping; UN Human Rights commission to visit China
Beijing: The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres met Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the 2022 Winter…
Read More » - Jan- 2022 -29 JanuaryDH Latest News
People in Ethiopia’s Tigray suffering ‘extreme scarcity of food,’ : United Nations
In a fresh assessment of a region under a months-long government blockade, the United Nations World Food Program stated that…
Read More » - 28 JanuaryDH Latest News
China plans to enhance space control over the next five years
China has stated that it will enhance its space governance during the next five years in order to better defend…
Read More » - 27 JanuaryDH Latest News
Afghanistan ‘hanging by a thread’, says United Nations Secretary General
On Wednesday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reminded the Security Council that Afghanistan is “hanging by a thread,” and that countries…
Read More » - 15 JanuaryDH Latest News
Millions of Afghans on ‘Verge of death’, UN chief warns
Concerned with a possible and dangerous economic and social collapse, the United Nations head warned the nations all over the…
Read More » - 14 JanuaryDH Latest News
United Nations project India’s GDP growth at 6.5%
Mumbai: The United Nations (UN) predicted that India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will grow at 6.5% in the in fiscal…
Read More » - 14 JanuaryUK
WHO recommends Eli Lilly and GSK-Vir medicines, increasing the number of COVID-19 treatments available
On Friday, the World Health Organization panel gave approval for the emergency usage of two more treatments for the COVID-19…
Read More » - Dec- 2021 -30 DecemberDH Latest News
‘Don’t punish’ former regime members: Taliban chief orders fighters
Activists from the Taliban have been instructed not to punish members of the former Afghan regime for past ‘crimes’, after…
Read More » - 17 DecemberDH Latest News
The Lebanese situation exposes children to exploitation and abuse, UN warns
The United Nations Children’s Fund said on Friday that the number of incidents of child abuse and exploitation it has…
Read More » - 1 DecemberDH Latest News
UN ambassador warns of possibility of new Israeli-Palestinian bloodshed
The United Nations Mideast envoy cautioned Tuesday that unless the key drivers of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are addressed quickly and…
Read More » - Nov- 2021 -24 NovemberDH Latest News
Kids cry for food as Afghans struggle after a ‘100-day Taliban rule’
As 35-year-old Zarghuna, mother of two narrates her struggle ever since the Taliban took over Afghanistan on August 15, she…
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