New York, Aug 8 (JEN): The United Nations Security Council on Thursday gave the greenlight for the establishment of a Joint Investigative Mechanism to identify those responsible for the use ...

New York, Aug 7 (JEN): The United Nations on Thursday reported further population displacement in the Lake Chad region owing to fear of attacks by Boko Haram and appeals by the Government of ...

News York, Aug 6 (JEN): The top United Nations human rights official on Wednesday expressed alarm at the imposition of the death penalty on Mohammad Ali Taheri, the founder of a spiritual mo ...

New York, Aug 5 (JEN): The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen met with officials in Cairo as part of the ongoing efforts to reach a political solution to a conflict that has led to just ...

New York, Aug 4 (JEN): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced concern over the situation in Burundi, where the security situation continues to worsen following the recent elections, and ...

New Delhi, Aug 3 (JEN): While Salman Khan's latest film is creating waves of success across India and Pakistan, a real life Bajrangi Bhaijaan story has now arrested the attention of the Indi ...

New York, Aug 1 (JEN): Oscar-winning actress and United Nations refugee agency Special Envoy, Angelina Jolie, travelled on Thursday to Myanmar’s Kachin state, where internally displaced pe ...

London, July 30 (JEN) The release of at least 11 prisoners of conscience in a mass prisoner amnesty in Myanmar Thursday is a step in the right direction, but authorities must immediately cle ...

New Delhi, July 30 (JEN) The execution of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon marks another disheartening use of the death penalty in India, said Amnesty International India on Thu ...