UN agencies appeal to Pakistan to continue protecting vulnerable Afghans UNHCR and International Organisation for Migration say they are ready to support Pakistan in managing Afghan refugees Updated 07 Oct, 2023 05:39pm
Pakistan Kabul says evictions of Afghan migrants ‘unacceptable’ KABUL: Pakistan’s plan to evict hundreds of thousands of Afghan migrants is “unacceptable”, Taliban ... Published 05 Oct, 2023 06:23am
Opinion The fossil fuel folly: damned if you have it; damned if you don’t The world stands at a crossroads, facing a dilemma of unparalleled proportions: the consumption of fossil fuels. In... Updated 05 Oct, 2023 06:57am
Markets Big Oil, heavy industry discuss emission curbs ahead of COP28 ABU DHABI: Major oil and gas company chiefs held discussions with heavy industry bosses on Sunday in the United Arab... Published 02 Oct, 2023 10:22am
World UN adopts new global rules to reduce chemicals harm A new global framework to reduce environmental risks from chemicals and waste was adopted at a United Nations... Updated 01 Oct, 2023 10:35pm
World UN mission arrives in Karabakh, first visit in 30 years BAKU: A United Nations mission arrived in Nagorno-Karabakh on Sunday, Azerbaijan said, after almost the entire... Published 01 Oct, 2023 03:06pm
World EU urges Azerbaijan to let UN visit Nagorno-Karabakh BRUSSELS: The European Union on Friday called on Azerbaijan to let a United Nations mission visit the... Published 29 Sep, 2023 06:09pm
World UK interior minister to question role of UN refugee convention LONDON: UK interior minister Suella Braverman was on Tuesday to question whether the United Nations Refugee... Published 26 Sep, 2023 05:17pm
World Recycling plastic not enough, warns UN environment chief UNITED NATIONS: With the production of plastic on the rise worldwide and creating ever more pollution, the UN... Published 25 Sep, 2023 06:34am
Pakistan PM attends UNGA opening session NEW YORK: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Tuesday attended the 78th opening session of the United... Published 20 Sep, 2023 06:28am
Print World leaders warn goals to fight hunger, poverty, climate change in peril UNITED NATIONS: World leaders meeting at the United Nations on Monday warned of the peril the world faces unless it... Updated 19 Sep, 2023 09:45am
World UN meet looks to salvage promises on helping world’s poorest UNITED NATIONS: World leaders meet Monday at the United Nations in a bid to salvage ambitious promises to lift the... Published 18 Sep, 2023 12:07pm
World Erdogan asks Musk to build Tesla factory in Turkiye Turkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked Tesla CEO Elon Musk to build a Tesla factory in Turkiye, Anadolu Agency... Published 18 Sep, 2023 09:48am
Pakistan Caretaker PM Kakar leaves for US on 5-day visit Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar will address 78th session of United Nations General Assembly Updated 17 Sep, 2023 10:43pm
Print PM reaffirms Pakistan’s commitment to Kashmir cause ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Saturday reaffirmed that Pakistan would continue raising... Updated 17 Sep, 2023 09:23am
World Libya’s flood-ravaged Derna in grisly hunt for thousands still missing DERNA: Emergency teams on Friday kept up their search for the thousands still posted as missing from the... Published 15 Sep, 2023 12:06pm
Opinion Nobody should go to sleep empty stomach This is apropos a Business Recorder news item “WFP warns cuts could push 24m people to brink of famine” carried... Published 14 Sep, 2023 06:07am
World WFP warns cuts could push 24m people to brink of famine GENEVA: The World Food Programme said Tuesday that shrinking funding was forcing it to drastically slash rations in... Published 13 Sep, 2023 06:17am
World World food price index back at two-year low despite rice surge: FAO PARIS: The United Nations food agency’s world price index fell in August to a new two-year low, reversing a rebound... Published 08 Sep, 2023 01:45pm
World India PM urges UN to rethink priorities for the 21st century NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on the United Nations to reform in line with 21st century... Published 03 Sep, 2023 06:48pm
Pakistan Preparatory meeting of UN peacekeeping ministerial tomorrow ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will host a preparatory meeting of the forthcoming United Nations (UN) peacekeeping ministerial... Published 29 Aug, 2023 06:01am
World UN experts challenge Saudi Aramco over climate change GENEVA: UN experts have written to oil firm Saudi Aramco and its financial backers challenging them on allegations... Published 27 Aug, 2023 01:44pm
World Ukrainian, Turkish foreign minister says Black Sea deal must be renewed KYIV: The Turkish and Ukrainian foreign ministers said on Friday that other solutions to the export of Ukrainian... Published 25 Aug, 2023 11:01pm
Pakistan One year on from floods, millions of Pakistani children still need urgent support, warns UNICEF Agency says its appeal of $173.5mn to provide life-saving support remains only 57% funded Updated 25 Aug, 2023 07:50pm
World UN reopens European office after security issue GENEVA: The United Nations has reopened its European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland after earlier on Friday... Published 25 Aug, 2023 02:01pm
World UN says over 200 former Afghan military, officials killed since Taliban takeover More than 200 members of Afghanistan’s former military, law enforcement and government have been killed since the... Published 22 Aug, 2023 12:53pm
World Why are space agencies racing to the moon’s south pole? BENGALURU/WASHINGTON: India’s space agency is attempting to land a spacecraft on the moon’s south pole, a mission... Published 22 Aug, 2023 10:57am
World India must end inhumane detention of activist: UN rights expert GENEVA: A United Nations rights expert on Monday slammed India’s years-long detention of a rights activist with... Published 22 Aug, 2023 06:35am
World North Korea slams UN human rights meeting as a US ‘scheme’ SEOUL: North Korea slammed a recent United Nations meeting about its human rights record, asserting the United... Published 19 Aug, 2023 10:09am
World ‘Very notion of freedom’ at stake in Niger: UN rights chief GENEVA: The United Nations on Friday slammed the generals who have seized power in Niger on “a whim” and plunged the... Published 18 Aug, 2023 03:02pm