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UNITED NATIONS, Mar 29 (APP): The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered Israel to allow unimpeded access of food aid into Gaza, where sections of the Palestinian population are facing imminent starvation, in a significant legal rebuke to Tel Aviv’s claim it is not […]

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 16 (APP): Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, Masood Khan, presented his credential to the Governor General of Jamaica, Sir Patrick Linton Allen, as a non-resident Ambassador to the Caribbean country during his visit to Kingston on March 11 to 13, according […]

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 16 (APP): Speakers at a panel discussion on the impacts of climate change Friday urged the international community to demonstrate a stronger political will to deal with the threats posed by this phenomenon. They said that urgent steps needed to be taken […]

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 16 (APP): The UN General Assembly Friday adopted a Pakistani resolution, by a big majority, that calls for, among other elements, concerted action to fight ongoing violence against Muslims and requests the UN Secretary-General to appoint a special envoy to combat Islamophobia. […]

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 13 (APP): The head of the UN agency, UNRWA, mandated to help Palestinian refugees has said that more children have been killed in Israel’s war against the Palestinians in Gaza than in four years of conflict around the world. “Staggering. The number […]

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 12 (APP): A Ramadan ceasefire for Gaza must be implemented immediately, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said at the start of first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. “Even though Ramadan has begun, the killing, bombing and bloodshed continue in Gaza…My […]

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 01 (APP): At least one in eight people on Earth are living with obesity, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, citing a newly released global medical study. That’s one billion people who lived with the disease in 2022, a […]

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 29 (APP): The United States supports Pakistan’s efforts to “break free” from the vicious cycle of debt and financing, a State Department Spokesperson has said, urging the new government to continue working with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other global financial […]