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Tunisian man arrested for killing Indian-origin teen in London
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
NEW YORK, 17th Jan. According to news media reports on Tuesday reported that a Tunisian national Maher Maaroufe, 24, stabbed his girlfriend Sabita Thawani, an aspiring psychologist, in the neck at Arbour House…
Trump won Iowa caucuses, potential GOP nominee
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 17th Jan. Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday won the most contestant Iowa Caucuses in a bid to be the Republican Party’s presidential nominee a stunning victory in the first of the…
OHCHR voices concerns at media clampdown in Kyrgyzstan
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 17th Jan. UN human rights office on Tuesday expressed concern over a series of raids carried out by security forces in Kyrgyzstan on independent media outlets, in a press statement issued in New…
OHCHR urges ceasefire in Sudan
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 17th Jan. UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Tuesday called on the rival militaries in Sudan to lay down their weapons immediately and called for a ceasefire.
The office noted the conflict has…
UNSG condemns death of blue helmet in Central African Republic
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 17th Jan. UN chief António Guterres on Tuesday has condemned the killing of a Cameroonian peacekeeper who was serving with the Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic, in a…
WHO says 1.4M lives saved in Europe due to COVID-19 vaccines
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 17th Jan. Head of the WHO in Europe Dr. Hans Kluge said on Tuesday that COVID-19 vaccines saved at least 1.4 million lives in Europe “irrefutable” proof of the power of these inoculations.”
Dr.…
WHO reports cholera cases soar globally, Malawi, Haiti deadly outbreaks
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 17th Jan. WHO and the UNICEF on Tuesday reported that the 2024 begins with soaring cases of cholera globally, with over 667,000 cases and more than 4,000 deaths last year.
According to UNICEF,…
Rights mission reports civilian casualty rises in Ukraine by Russia airstrike
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 17th Jan. Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine on Tuesday said in a new report issued that the hundreds of people across the country were killed or wounded in drone and missile strikes in…
OCHA says 1 in 4 aid missions given green light into Gaza
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 17th Jan. UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on Tuesday insisted that only 1 in 4 aid missions allow into Gaza as UN chief António Guterres warned that “the long shadow of…
OHCHR calls US to halt first execution by nitrogen asphyxiation
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 17th Jan. UN human rights office OHCHR Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani on Tuesday warned that the imminent execution of an American prisoner by a new and untested method - suffocation by nitrogen…