UNITED NATIONS, June 20 (APP): The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Raad Al Hussein, has urged the new Myanmar Government to take concrete steps to end the systemic …
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UNITED NATIONS, June 20 (APP): The number of people displaced from their homes due to conflict and persecution last year exceeded 60 million for the first time in the United …
NEW YORK, June 20 (APP): In a surprise move, Donald Trump has dropped embattled campaign manager Corey Lewandowski after months of internal tensions in his presidential campaign, as the presumptive Republican nominee …
NEW YORK, June 20 (APP): Republican presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump, who has proposed a ban on Muslim immigration into the United States and surveillance of mosques, is now calling for …
UNITED NATIONS, June 19 (APP): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, marking International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, said Sunday that the era of impunity for sexual …
Rafia Haider BEIJING, June 19, (APP): Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, Chairman, Parliamentary Committee for the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has paid glowing tributes to the Communist Party of China …
UNITED NATIONS, June 9 (APP): Pakistani peacekeepers serving the United Nations' African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) have constructed a water station in Ardamata area of West Darfur, a water-scarce …
UNITED NATIONS, June 19 (APP): A United Nations expert group has said that State-owned enterprises (SOEs) must lead by example in respecting human rights, noting that governments often ask private …
UNITED NATIONS, June 18 (APP): Top UN officials on Friday called for stepped up efforts to combat desertification and restore land resources as nearly 800 million people are chronically undernourished as a …
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 18 (APP): A senior United Nations human rights advisor has condemned Sunday’s attack at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, in which 49 people were killed and 53 injured, and …