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Virus could mean $5 billion in airline losses: UN agency

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 14 01:44 PM

The UN agency reported that 70 airlines have canceled all international flights in and out of China and 50 others have reduced their operations. Read more »

Syria displacement is worst since conflict began: UN

Emma Farge, Reuters
Posted at Feb 11 10:22 PM

Turkey, which backs the rebels and is fearful of additional refugees, has retaliated militarily, with displaced civilians caught in between. Read more »

N.Korea enhanced nuclear, missile programs in 2019 in breach of sanctions: UN report

Michelle Nichols, Reuters
Posted at Feb 11 05:24 PM

North Korea continued to enhance its nuclear and ballistic missile programs last year in breach of United Nations sanctions, according to a confidential UN report seen by Reuters on Monday. Read more »

UN’s Guterres praises China’s ‘remarkable’ coronavirus response

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 08 11:57 PM

Guterres' comments came as the death toll from the outbreak soared to 722, closing in on the 774 killed worldwide during the 2002-2003 SARS epidemic. Read more »

WHO warns of global shortage of 2019-nCoV protective equipment

Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters
Posted at Feb 07 09:20 PM

The world is facing a chronic shortage of gowns, masks, gloves and other protective equipment in the fight against a spreading coronavirus epidemic. Read more »

Travel ban sa kasagsagan ng coronavirus outbreak may batayan ba sa batas?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 01 06:29 PM

Alinsunod umano ito sa Article 13 ng Universal Declaration of Human Rights, ayon sa isang abogado. Read more »

PH rights groups to UN: Human rights situation in PH ‘worsening’

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 31 11:22 PM

Philippine human rights defenders on Friday submitted their reports to the United Nations (UN) Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) on what they call the “worsening” human rights situation in the country. Read more »

UN says officials barred from using WhatsApp since June 2019 over security

Reuters
Posted at Jan 24 11:04 AM

The independent UN experts said on Wednesday they had information pointing to the "possible involvement" of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the alleged 2018 cyberattack on the billionaire Amazon.com Inc chief. Read more »

World Court orders Myanmar to protect Rohingya from acts of genocide

Stephanie van den Berg and Ruma Paul, Reuters
Posted at Jan 24 10:46 AM

A lawsuit launched by Gambia in November at the United Nations' highest body for disputes between states accuses Myanmar of genocide against Rohingya in violation of a 1948 convention. Read more »

Saudi involved in hacking of Amazon boss Bezos' phone, UN report will say

Joseph Menn and Hesham Abdul Khalek, Reuters
Updated as of Jan 22 04:43 PM

Two UN officials will report on Wednesday that there is enough evidence suggesting that Saudi Arabia had hacked Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos' phone and both the kingdom and the United States should investigate, a person familiar with the matter said. Read more »

45 million need urgent food aid in southern Africa: UN

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 17 12:26 AM

Low growth, rising population, drought and floods have combined to worsen food insecurity in the region. Read more »

Russia, West face off at UN over aid lifeline to 4M Syrians

Philippe Rater, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 11 05:19 AM

Western nations and Russia locked horns Friday at the UN Security Council over renewing a mandate to deliver cross-border aid to four million Syrians, just hours before the provision was set to expire. Read more »

UN chief calls for restraint amid rise in global tensions

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 07 03:59 AM

UN Secretary General expressed deep concern Monday over rising global discord and called for "maximum restraint" amid escalating tensions between Washington and Tehran after the United States killed an Iranian military commander. Read more »

US killing of Soleimani 'tantamount' to war, Iran's UN ambassador says

Michelle Nichols, Reuters
Posted at Jan 04 01:49 PM

The United States' killing of Iran's most prominent military commander, Qassem Soleimani, is virtual to starting a war and "the response for a military action is a military action," Iran's UN ambassador said on Friday. Read more »

US says 'terminated' top Iran general to thwart attack on Americans

Ahmed Rasheed, Ahmed Aboulenein and Idrees Ali, Reuters
Posted at Jan 04 10:37 AM

Iran promised vengeance after a US air strike in Baghdad on Friday killed Qassem Soleimani, Tehran's most prominent military commander and the architect of its growing influence in the Middle East. Read more »

Iran tells UN it reserves right to self-defense over Soleimani killing

Reuters
Updated as of Jan 04 11:36 AM

WASHINGTON - Iran told the United Nations Security Council and Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday that it reserves its right to self-defense under international law after the United States killed Qassem Soleimani, the top commander of the elite Quds Force of Iran's Revolutionary Guards. Read more »

UN welcoming reports detailing status of human rights in PH

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 05 02:27 AM

A lawyers group and an organization made up of non-Roman Catholic churches have responded to the invitation by the UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights. Read more »

Washington urged to look at UN report to identify De Lima jailers

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 03 04:26 PM

A provision in Washington’s new spending law tasks Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to apply penalties against these officials under the Global Magnitsky Act, which includes preventing them from entering and freezing their assets in the country. Read more »

Rising homelessness to ageing population: Five challenges facing cities in 2020

Zoe Tabary, Reuters
Posted at Dec 31 10:23 AM

The world is seeing the biggest wave of urban growth in history with the United Nations expecting almost 70 percent of people globally to be living in urban areas by 2050, up from 56 percent today. Read more »

17 Pinoy lumikas sa Libya matapos salakayin ng armadong grupo

Jeffrey Hernaez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 31 05:32 AM

Napilitang lumikas ang 17 pinoy matapos puwersahang kubkubin ng mga armadong lalaki ang gusaling tinitirhan sa Tripoli, Libya, ayon sa embahada ng Pilipinas. Read more »

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