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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…
UNICEF warns child deaths in recent attacks on Ukraine
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 4th Jan. UNICEF representative in UkraineMunir Mammadzade said on Wednesday that 2 children have reportedly been killed and at least 15 injured in a deadly new year attacks across Ukraine by…
UNSC discusses Red Sea attacks, rising threat of spillover from Gaza war
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 4th Jan. UN Security Council on Wednesday held its first open meeting on the attacks by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea which are growing threat to global trade and the stability of the entire…
OCHA reports ‘Intense ground battles’ hospital hit killed 5
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 4th Jan. Gemma Connell, a team leader from UN aid coordination office on Wednesday reported continuing airstrikes across Gaza and “intense ground battles” between Israeli forces and Palestinian…