United Nations, May 12 (IANS) The world is not moving fast enough to meet the Global Forest Goals by 2030, according to a United Nations report released.The Global Forest Goals Report 2026 found that only seven of the 26 targets have been broadly achieved, while 17 are partially on track and two remain off target.Drawing on voluntary national reports from 48 countries that account for 51 per cent of global forest coverage, along with the latest international data, the report offers the most curr…
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Washington, May 12 (IANS) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said “opening our doors to mass migration was a grave mistake that threatens the cohesion of our societies and the future of our peoples,” as the Trump administration rejected a UN migration declaration.In a strongly worded statement issued on Monday, the US State Department said the United States “did not participate in the International Migration Review Forum and will not support the May 8 ‘progress’ declaration.”The admin…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) Prashant Pise, presently Additional Secretary in the Ministry, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Sultanate of Oman, the Ministry of External Affairs announced on Monday. A 1995 batch Indian Foreign Service officer, Prashant Pise, is expected to take up the assignment shortly, the Embassy noted.Pise will succeed Godavarthi Venkata Srinivas from the 1993 Indian Foreign Service batch in Muscat.Pise’s first overseas posting was in Cairo from 1997 to…
Naypyidaw, May 11 (IANS) New Delhi-based Centre for United Nations Peacekeeping (CUNPK) has commenced a two-week course on United Nations (UN) Peacekeeping Operations for 30 Myanmar officers in capital Naypyitaw, the Indian Embassy in Myanmar stated on Monday. This is the 9th United Nations peacekeeping operation course between India and Myanmar and a three-member training team from CUNPK is conducting the course. During the commencement, Ambassador Abhay Thakur covered India’s role in humanitar…
Kabul, May 11 (IANS) Around 2,000 families have been affected by the recent floods in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said, local media reported on Monday. The IOM said emergency relief items have been given to impacted families as humanitarian teams continued assessing urgent needs in flood-affected people, Afghanistan’s leading news agency Khaama Press reported.The agency said many people lost homes, agricultural land and household property …
Islamabad, May 11 (IANS) At least 388 adults and 10 minors faced domestic violence, harassment, abuse, and related crimes in Pakistan’s Karachi from January-April this year, according to the latest statistics revealed by the Police Women and Child Protection Cell. The report showcases how abuse unfolded behind closed doors in Karachi, with domestic violence being the most widely reported issue. Authorities have received 297 complaints about domestic abuse from January-April. Among these, 190 com…
Addis Ababa, May 11 (IANS) United Nations (UN) experts and officials have called for new policy approaches that place social inclusion, resilience and regional integration at the heart of Africa’s development strategies to overcome inequalities, youth unemployment and accelerating climate threats.They made the call at a high-level global policy dialogue, themed “Africa’s Development Pathways in a Fragmenting World,” which was convened by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, in collabora…
Washington, May 11 (IANS) US President Donald Trump sharply rejected Iran’s response to a new US proposal aimed at ending the conflict in the Gulf region, calling Tehran’s position “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE” as tensions continued around the Strait of Hormuz.“I have just read the response from Iran’s so-called ‘Representatives.’ I don’t like it — TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE! Thank you for your attention to this matter,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.The remarks came hours after …
United Nations, May 9 (IANS) A new wave of deadly attacks against civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has raised alarm, a UN spokesman has said. In the last three days, at least 34 civilians have reportedly been killed in a series of attacks in Ituri and North Kivu provinces, said Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for the UN secretary-general on Friday (local time), quoting the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.In Ituri’s Irumu and Mambasa, attacks rep…
Abu Dhabi, May 8 (IANS) The Ministry of Defence of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) stated on Friday that Iran has once again launched ballistic missiles and UAV’s on its territory. Condemning the attack, the ministry said that the UAE air defence systems engaged two ballistic missiles and three UAV’s that were launched from Iran. It also mentioned that the attack resulted in three moderate injuries.Earlier this week, the UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that three Indian nationals were …