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WHO says hospitals, healthcare facilities attacked 600 times in Gaza so far
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 6th Jan. UN health agency said on Friday that hospitals in Gaza and other vital medical infrastructure have been attacked 600 times since war erupted in response to the Hamas-led terror attack in…
OHCHR chief voices concern over bombings in Iran
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 5th Jan. UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday has expressed shock at a deadly terror attack claimed by ISIL that killed scores of people taking part in a public commemoration event in…
Guterres hails major Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 5th Jan. UN Secretary General on Thursday welcomed the biggest prisoner of war exchange between Russia and Ukraine since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia about two years ago.
Mr. Guterres in a…
OCHA head calls to end ‘ruinous’ Sudan conflict
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 5th Jan. UN relief chief Martin Griffiths said on Thursday that the international community must take “decisive and immediate action” to bring nearly nine months of brutal civil war in Sudan to…
Afghanistan hits by 4.3 magnitude of earthquake
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 5th Jan. According to the National Centre for Seismology on Thursday reported that an earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter Scale jolted Afghanistan.
The quake occurred at 01:12:11 IST.…
UN World Economic report calls for global cooperation ‘key’ projects slowdown
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 5th Jan. UN World Economic Situation and Prospects report for 2024 launched on Thursday projected a slowdown in global growth from an estimated 2.7 per cent in 2023 to 2.4 per cent in 2024, in a…
OCHA says aid convoys face delays, obstacles as Gaza crisis deepens
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 5th Jan. UN aid coordination office OCHA and teams on Thursday said that they have been unable to deliver urgently needed aid to civilians beyond central areas and north for the past three days.…
WFP boost ‘Super Cereal’ for mothers in Timor-Leste
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 4th Jan. World Food Programme and the Timor-Leste health ministry on Wednesday signed a new agreement to purchase stocks of so-called Super Cereal, a specialized nutritious food which can help…
UN rights experts voices alarm at death row ‘experiment’ in US
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 4th Jan. UN independent human rights experts Morris Tidball Binz on Wednesday that the imminent execution of a man on death row in the United States using the untested method of inhaling pure…
IAEA reports back up power for Zaporizhzhya nuke plant
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 4th Jan. Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of UN nuclear watch dog agency IAEA on Wednesday said that after discussions the Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant has taken action to…