22 April 2014 – Recent fighting between Government forces and Kachin rebels in Myanmar, and the resulting displacement of thousands…
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22 April 2014 – The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom has denounced the killing…
21 April 2014 – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) confirmed today that two of its national staff who were…
21 April 2014 – With the results still being counted from Afghanistan’s recent presidential election, the top United Nations official…
16 April 2014 – Disaster risk reduction and climate change are closely linked, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed, reiterating to…
14 April 2014 – The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights today voiced grave concern at a bill presented…
13 April 2014 – Welcoming today’s announcement of the first batch of results in Afghanistan’s Presidential elections as a further…
11 April 2014 – The United Nations human rights office today voiced deep concern about the revised penal code in…
10 April 2014 – The top United Nations official in Myanmar welcomed the Government’s condemnation of the recent attacks against…
9 April 2014 – United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned today the two recent deadly bomb blasts in Pakistan,…
8 April 2014 – A United Nations human rights panel has voiced concerns about issues related to the deprivation of…
8 April 2014 – The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has strongly condemned an attack in the southern…
7 April 2014 – The United Nations independent expert on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, expressed concern today…
7 April 2014 – Voicing concern that the Philippines’ post-typhoon reconstruction and recovery efforts could be undermined by its heavy…
7 April 2014 – United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has congratulated the Afghan people for Saturday’s historic presidential and provincial…
7 April 2014 – An independent United Nations expert today sounded the alarm on the deteriorating human rights situation in…
5 April 2014 – As voters across Afghanistan braved inclement weather and security threats to cast their ballots in Saturday’s…
4 April 2014 – The United Nations expert on religious freedom called today on the Kazakhstan Government to halt the…
With the world’s biggest military, China far outnumbers rival Japan in manpower, ships, aircraft and defence spending, but analysts say underlying weaknesses leave it still wary of a fight. The two Asian powers are embroiled in simmering territorial…
New rumors reported by newspapers in Asia offer the goods on two of tech’s bitterest rivals: Apple and Samsung. With one, we hear that the iWatch may be headed to market by the end of the year. With the other, we’ve got some more possible details…