UNITED NATIONS: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called his organization's Palestinian refugee agency the "backbone" of Gaza aid after several countries suspended funding over Israeli claims 12 UNRWA staffers participated in Hamas' October 7 attacks. "Yesterday, I met with donors to listen to their concerns and
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations chief warned Israel that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rejection of a two-state solution will indefinitely prolong a conflict that is threatening global peace and emboldening extremists everywhere. In his toughest language yet on the Israeli-Hamas war, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told a
DAVOS: Geopolitical divides are hampering efforts to tackle issues like the climate crisis and unregulated developments in artificial intelligence, the UN secretary-general said on Wednesday. In his address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Antonio Guterres said that while the worsening climate crisis and AI-related
RAWALPINDI: In a meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir reiterated the significance of a peaceful solution to the longstanding Kashmir dispute, saying the peace in South Asia will remain elusive till then, the Inter-Services Public Relations
ABU DHABI: The UN climate conference opened Thursday with nations urged to make faster cuts to planet-warming emissions and phase out fossil fuels as scepticism swirls over the oil-rich United Arab Emirates hosting the talks. The two-week-long negotiations in a vast exhibition venue in Dubai come
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres decried events in bombed-out Gaza since Oct. 7, calling them a “killing of civilians that is unparalleled and unprecedented” since he took office. “What is clear is that we have had in a few weeks thousands of children killed,
NEW DELHI: Raziyah Sultan, the daughter of illegally detained Hurriyat leader Muhammad Yasin Malik, has appealed the United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, to avert her father possible murder in cold blood, as Delhi court would hear his capital punishment case today (Tuesday). Raziyah Sultana along
UNITED NATIONS: United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres highlighted the need to address global hunger, promote cooperation between businesses and governments, and mitigate the damaging impact of continuing climate change on food production. Addressing the ‘UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment’, in Rome, the UN
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that the world has the power to “seek and unite for solutions” — even when beset by growing divisions and rising geopolitical tensions — to deal with three major challenges, including climate change, facing the humanity. The secretary-general
UNITED NATIONS: With a large group of people protesting outside, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the International Yoga Day celebrations with UN diplomats, officials and members of the Indian diaspora at the world body’s headquarters lawns in New York. This year’s observance organized by the