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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called on Pakistani authorities to respect due process and the rule of law in the proceedings against former Prime Minister Imran Khan. “The Secretary-General has taken note of the ongoing protests following the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad and called on all parties to refrain […]
Guterres said, “Unfortunately, I believe that peace talks are not possible at this stage. Both sides are convinced that they can win.” “At the moment, I do not see any possibility of achieving immediately – we are not talking about the future – a comprehensive ceasefire, a peace talks,” he said. Officials said the Russian […]
Offensive against al-Shabaab In 2011 there was a famine in Somalia that killed 260,000 people, more than half of whom were children under the age of six, partly because the international community did not act fast enough, according to the United Nations. A UN and Somali government report released in March said the drought could […]
Earlier in the week, Guterres described water as humanity’s “lifeblood” and said its “vampiric over-consumption” had “broken the water cycle” and caused more natural disasters. NGOs, governments and the private sector offered nearly 700 commitments before and during the three-day UN gathering, which attracted nearly 10,000 participants. The pledges ranged from building toilets to restoring […]
The problem must be addressed “in a legal and human rights framework”, Guterres warned. He added that rising sea levels mean land shrinking, which could lead to potential disputes over land and sea space. “The current legal regime must look to the future and address any gaps in the current framework,” including international refugee law, […]
International donors on Monday committed more than $9 billion to help Pakistan recover from last year’s devastating floods, surpassing its external financing targets and setting a new tone on raising money to fight climate disasters in poor countries. Model paved the way. Officials from some 40 countries as well as private donors and international financial […]
The International Monetary Fund, whose delegation was meeting Pakistan’s finance minister on the sidelines of the conference, is yet to approve the release of the $1.1 billion originally disbursed in November last year. This has left Pakistan with enough foreign exchange reserves to cover only one month’s imports. Expressing dismay at the inaction of global […]
Ukraine urged Nato members on Tuesday to speed up arms supplies and help restore its shattered power grid, as Western allies stepped up support to winter aid Kyiv after Russia’s attacks. Sworn on Moscow has unleashed waves of attacks against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure as its troops have been pushed back into the land, plunging millions […]
World Putin warns of ‘serious consequences’ of oil price controls Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Thursday during a telephone conversation with Iraq’s prime minister that Western plans to introduce an oil price cap could have “serious consequences” for energy markets. “Vladimir Putin stressed that such actions contradict the principles of market relations and have […]
Ukraine struggled on Friday to keep water and electricity back to millions of people after Russia launched dozens of cruise missiles that damaged the country’s already crammed power grid. Ukraine’s energy system is on the verge of collapse and millions of people have suffered emergency blackouts in recent weeks. The World Health Organization has warned […]
