Tehran, July 9 (IANS) Explosions were heard in coastal areas of Iran’s port city of Bandar Abbas on Thursday afternoon, Iranian media reported.The sounds, which mainly occurred at around 1400 hrs local time (1030 GMT) along the city’s southern coast, were likely the result of an exchange of fire in parts of the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s Mehr news agency reported.Meanwhile, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said three IRGC soldiers from Khuzestan province were killed as …
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Geneva, July 8 (IANS) The United Nations experts on Wednesday strongly condemned the life sentence handed down to Baloch woman human rights defender and Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leader Mahrang Baloch by an Anti-Terrorism Court in Pakistan’s Quetta, describing the verdict as “unjustified” and a “travesty of justice”. The criticism came after the anti-terrorism court on June 22 sentenced four activists, including Mahrang, to life imprisonment in connection with a case relating to the …
United Nations, July 8 (IANS) Astutely navigating the shoals of global economic uncertainties, India is holding on to its crown as the world’s fastest-growing major economy with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) projecting it to grow at 7 per cent during the current calendar year.The World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update released on Wednesday projected India’s gross domestic product to moderate in the next calendar year to 6.4 per cent.The Indian economy’s projected performance is “suppo…
United Nations, July 8 (IANS) With four years to go, only 36 per cent of the assessable targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are on track, with nearly half stalling, and 15 per cent have regressed, according to a UN report. Since the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was adopted in 2015, sustained investment, sound policies and international cooperation have improved the lives of billions of people worldwide with measurable gains across the SDGs, says The Sustainable Develop…
United Nations, July 8 (IANS) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez accused the US government of carrying out “multidimensional, non-conventional warfare” against Cuba, which he said has lasted for almost seven decades and “become ever crueler and more ruthless during the last seven months.”Speaking during a UN General Assembly (UNGA) debate on the “necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba,” Rodriguez said threats of…
Geneva, July 7 (IANS) Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh on Tuesday said India remains committed to shaping an AI future that is safe, secure, trustworthy, and inclusive during his address at the United Nations Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva. Singh said India firmly believes that responsible AI governance must rest on strong foundational principles, preserving human oversight, upholding human rights, and preventing its misuse. He added that these principles, a…
Tokyo, July 7 (IANS) Tibetans living in Japan held a protest outside the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo, slamming Beijing’s latest Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law while calling for unity to protect the Tibetan language and culture. Speaking at the rally, Tibetan community in Japan’s former representative, Kalden Obara voiced concern over the new law, stressing that the new legislation could result in restrictions on “the Tibetan language, culture, religion, and our identity as Tibetans,” a rep…
United Nations, July 7 (IANS) UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher has called the head of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to raise concerns about a military escalation. The coordinator called RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo to discuss the escalating hostilities in Sudan, including in El Obeid, the state capital of North Kordofan, said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), which Fletcher leads.”Fletch…
United Nations, July 7 (IANS) Israeli authorities’ restrictions and closures reduced the overall volume of critical aid the United Nations and its partners brought into Gaza in June, UN humanitarians have said. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Monday (local time) said the amount of aid that relief organisations and the private sector can bring into Gaza to meet people’s immense needs is limited because all crossings except Kerem Shalom/Karem Abu Salem remain c…
United Nations, July 7 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that rising global conflicts, impunity and emerging technologies are increasing the risk of mass atrocities, urging the international community to act “before warning signs become mass graves.””We see widespread violations of international law and a growing sense of impunity,” Guterres said in remarks to the UN General Assembly on the Responsibility to Protect, delivered by his chef de cabinet, Earle Courtenay Rattray.”Th…