Singapore – 13 October 2017 – DHL Express, the world’s leading international express services provider, won the Global Express Provider of the Year (Industry Choice) and Green Award (Industry Choice) at this year’s Payload Asia Awards. The awards were presented…
U.S. officials have told The Associated Press that the United States is pulling out of UNESCO, after repeated criticism of resolutions by the U.N. cultural agency that Washington sees as anti-Israel. While the U.S. stopped funding UNESCO after it voted…
Palestinian rivals Fatah and Hamas signed a reconciliation deal on Thursday in the presence of Egyptian intelligence officials after talks in Cairo, according to a video broadcast on Palestinian media. The two sides agreed to complete the handover of administrative…
The United Nations has announced that its top official in Myanmar is being recalled to headquarters in New York. Renata Lok-Dessallien was the focus of a BBC investigation last month in which she was accused of suppressing internal discussion on…
Geneva (Kanaga Raja) – While the Swiss Federal Government has undertaken several efforts and achieved progress in curbing illicit financial flows in recent years, there are several areas in which there is room for improvement in the fields of accountability,…
Quito, Oct 11 (AP/UNB) – Lionel Messi’s three goals lifted Argentina into the World Cup on the last day of South American qualifying, keeping the Albiceleste from missing out for the first time since 1970.
Dhaka, Oct 11 (BSS) – Bangladesh has accused Myanmar of spearheading a violent depopulation campaign to oust its ethnic minority Rohingya Muslims using the military, forcing by now a majority of them to flee to Bangladesh. “For the first time…
Myanmar on Tuesday launched its first bid to improve relations between Buddhists and Muslims since an eruption of deadly violence in August inflamed communal tension and triggered an exodus of some 520,000 Muslims to Bangladesh, Reuters news agency has reported.
By Joe Rothstein Donald Trump spent much of the 2016 campaign warning us that the result of the presidential election would be rigged. Events of the last few weeks suggest he may have been right and that his presidency is…
Washington, Oct 10 (AP/UNB) — People make poor economic choices. They don’t save enough for retirement. They refuse to cut their losses on plummeting investments because they won’t own up to mistakes. They buy houses and stocks when prices are…
Reuters Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: Adjida kicked and screamed when the rough and dirty hands of the masked soldier moved up her legs and ripped off her clothes. The 13-year-old pleaded with him to stop when he climbed on top of…
Malta: More than six billion euros committed by public and private actors to better manage our oceans at European Union-hosted conference in Malta. The European Commission has announced over €550 million of EU-funded initiatives to tackle global oceans challenges, at…
Two security guards at Al-Salam Palace killed as gunman opens fire at them before being shot dead, Saudi officials say.
Mexico City, Oct 7 (AP/UNB) – Tropical Storm Nate gained force as it sped toward Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula Friday after drenching Central America in the rain that was blamed for at least 21 deaths. Forecasters said it was likely to…
Beirut, Oct 6 (AP/UNB) – Al-Qaida-linked fighters on Friday attacked a key central Syrian village at the crossroads between areas under government control and those controlled by insurgent groups, opposition activists said. In eastern Syria, meanwhile, 15 civilians, including children,…
The hundreds of thousands of Syrian asylum seekers and refugees who fled to Europe brought something incredibly valuable with them – their memories. They know the names of people who were “disappeared,” the faces of soldiers who rampaged villages, and…
Nuclear disarmament group ICAN won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its decade-long campaign to rid the world of the atomic bomb as nuclear-fuelled crises swirl over North Korea and Iran. More than 70 years since atomic bombs were…
Tehran, Oct 4 (AP/UNB) – With Turkey’s president by his side, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani pledged Wednesday that they would ensure borders in the region remain unchanged after the recent Kurdish independence referendum in Iraq.
Neena Bhandari Melbourne – While combination antiretroviral therapy has meant that people with HIV can live longer lives, research shows that the virus makes fundamental changes to the immune system by increasing the risk of developing age-related conditions.
Neena Bhandari Sydney: Scientists warn that unless significant political and financial investments are made, many countries will not meet the health-related UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 4 (AP/UNB) — Prosecutors are asking Malaysia’s High Court to restore expunged details in the post-mortem report in the poisoning death of the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s leader.
Dhaka, Oct 4 – An honour granting Aung San Suu Kyi the Freedom of Oxford has been withdrawn by the city’s council because of her response to the Rohingya crisis.
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UN, Oct 2 (IPS) – Having faced a year of record temperatures and devastating hurricanes, the United States stands more to lose if it doesn’t take steps to reduce the risk and impact of climate change, according…
Las Vegas, Oct 2 (AP/UNB) — A gunman perched on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas hotel-casino unleashed a hail of bullets on an outdoor country music festival below, killing at least 58 people as tens of thousands of…
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s emissary has flown in Dhaka amid pressure over the situation in Rakhine State that has pushed over half a million Rohingyas into Bangladesh.
Egyptian militant group Hasm claimed responsibility on Sunday for a small explosion at Myanmar’s embassy in Cairo, saying it was in retaliation for that country’s military crackdown on Rohingya Muslims.
By Mikael Holter The main facilitators of the 2015 accord on Iran’s nuclear program, slammed as the worst deal ever by U.S. President Donald Trump, could be among the top contenders for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, according to researchers…
Beijing, Oct 01 (AP/UNB) — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson acknowledged on Saturday that the United States is maintaining direct channels of communications with North Korea even as tensions rise over the North’s nuclear and missile programs and the…
Stop Crimes Against Humanity The United Nations General Assembly and Security Council should take immediate steps to address the human rights abuses and humanitarian catastrophe engulfing Myanmar’s ethnic Rohingya population, Human Rights Watch and 87 other nongovernmental organizations said today.
Fate of other 68 Rohingyas on boat remains unknown, says IOM Dhaka, Sept 29 – The UN will launch an updated inter-agency appeal in the coming week as lack of funding to address the needs of Rohingyas in Bangladesh remains…