UNITED NATIONS, July 28 (APP): UNICEF, the U.N. agency devoted to child welfare, has expressed serious concern over the changes made in India's child labour law which allows children to …
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UNITED NATIONS, July 28 (APP): Warning of a possible rise in heatwave deaths due to climate change, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) Thursday called for measures …
UNITED NATIONS, July 28 (APP): The United Nations human rights chief has expressed alarm at reports that up to 14 people, including Zulifiqar Ali, a Pakistani national, face imminent execution …
JAKARTA (Indonesia), July 28 (APP): The speakers at a seminar asked the Indonesian government, freedom loving people and the International Community to support the right of self-determination of Kashmiri Muslims suffering …
ANKARA, July 28 (APP/AFP): Turkey on Wednesday said it was discharging 149 generals and ordering the closure of dozens of media outlets in the next phase of its crackdown in …
NEW YORK, July 27 (APP): Human Rights Watch (HRW), a leading international watchdog group, Wednesday called on Indonesian President Joko Widodo to “urgently commute” the death sentences of Pakistani national Zulfiqar Ali …
CHICAGO, July 27 (APP): Under blazing sun, scores of people staged a demonstration in front of Indian Consulate in Chicago Tuesday to protest the killings of Kashmiris in Indian occupied …
UNITED NATIONS, July 27 (APP): The United Nations envoy mediating a resolution to the five-year crisis in Syria has he aims to convene a new round of intra-Syrian peace talks …
By Rafia Haider BEIJING, July 26 (APP): Around 250 senior journalists and media experts from across the world here on Tuesday sought a pragmatic approach from the world political leadership …
UNITED NATIONS, July 26 (APP):The U.N. Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) has approved the accreditation of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), overturning an earlier decision to deny the New York-based …