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‘Tidal wave of emotion’ secures win for young Turkish writer in UN competition
- UN News
Fifteen-year-old Reyyan Demiriz from Türkiye has been awarded first prize in a UN young writers’ competition which garnered a staggering 1.6 million entries from 65 different countries.
UN backs Abbas video address after US visa refusal
- UN News
The UN General Assembly on Friday adopted a resolution allowing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to address next week’s high-level debate by pre-recorded video after the United States refused to issue visas for Palestine’s delegation.
Israeli air strikes in south Lebanon violate UN resolution
- UN News
The UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Friday called on the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) to refrain from further strikes and fully withdraw from Lebanese territory after Israeli strikes endangered peacekeepers and civilians overnight.
UN Security Council rejects bid to continue Iran sanctions relief
- UN News
A proposal to continue sanctions relief for Iran under the 2015 nuclear deal was rejected in the UN Security Council on Friday in a vote that revealed deep divisions over the so-called “snapback” process.
Sudan crisis: Surge in summary executions by all warring parties
- UN News
At least 75 people have been killed, according to news reports, in a drone strike on a mosque during morning prayers in El Fasher city, in the west of the war-torn country.
UNICEF aid trucks robbed at gunpoint in Gaza City
- UN News
Humanitarian aid in Gaza must be protected, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday, following the theft of therapeutic food critical for saving thousands of young lives from malnutrition as famine spreads.
Afghanistan quake: Rescuers dodge dangers, women and girls face disaster, warns UN
- UN News
Women and girls still reeling from Afghanistan's deadly earthquake face even greater suffering rebuilding their lives and livelihoods – with little help to hand, gender equality agency UN Women said on Friday.
Gender Equality: The Key to Peace, Prosperity, and Sustainability
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, September 18 (IPS) - On Monday, three decades on from the historic Fourth World Conference on Women, the General Assembly meets to discuss recommitting to, resourcing, and accelerating the implementation of the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action – an historic agreement which mapped the path to achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls.
A Meeting of Over 150 World Leaders Under One Roof—& the Day UN Came Under a Terror Attack
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, September 18 (IPS) - When the high-level meeting of the General Assembly takes place, September 22-30—with over 150 world political leaders in town–the UN will be in a locked down mode with extra tight security. With a rash of threats and political killings in the US—including an attempted assassination of Donald Trump when he was campaigning for the US presidency in July 2024– the list continues.
Nepal’s Gen Z protest: How Fake News Tried to Rewrite a Revolution
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU & NEW DELHI, September 18 (IPS) - Claims that Ravi Laxmi Chitrakar, wife of former Nepali Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal, was burned alive in her home—fake. The reports of an angry mob destroying and vandalizing the Pashupatinath Temple—fake. Allegations that protesters were demanding a Hindu nation in Nepal—fake. As Kathmandu and other Nepali cities erupted in unrest last week, the fire of fake news spread just as fiercely across Nepal and into neighboring India and the rest of the world.
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