Rio’s Valongo slave wharf becomes Unesco heritage site
Source: BBC News Image copyrightAFPImage captionThe old stone wharf is now inland, after successive land reclamation projects in Rio A wharf in Rio de Janeiro where nearly a million African […]
Inside Israel’s Secret Program to Get Rid of African Refugees
They were promised asylum somewhere closer to home. Then they were discarded — often in a war zone. BY ANDREW GREEN JUNE 27, 2017 KIGALI, Rwanda — The man picked Afie Semene and the 11 other Eritreans on the flight from Tel Aviv out of the stream of disembarking passengers as […]
122 Countries Approve First-Ever Treaty to Ban Nuclear Weapons
Source: Time BY Edith M. Lederer / AP Jul 07, 2017 (UNITED NATIONS) — More than 120 countries approved the first-ever treaty to ban nuclear weapons Friday at a U.N. […]
UNHCR chief urges Myanmar to grant Rohingya citizenship
Reuters International JULY 7, 2017 UNHCR High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi gestures during a news conference at a hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha (reuters_tickers) By Donna Airoldi BANGKOK (Reuters) – The head of the U.N. refugee agency urged Myanmar on Friday to grant citizenship […]
UNHCR chief urges Myanmar to grant Rohingya citizenship
Source: Reuters By Donna Airoldi | BANGKOK The head of the U.N. refugee agency urged Myanmar on Friday to grant citizenship to the Rohingya, a stateless Muslim minority in the Asian country where […]
Unesco puts Hebron on its heritage in danger list
UN’s cultural arm votes 12 to three — with six abstentions — in a secret ballot to give heritage status to Hebron An Israeli border policeman stands guard as […]
KOSOVO’S DISAPPEARED: Families of 1,658 missing Kosovans still search for loved ones
By Frédéric Burnand Geneva THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON JUNE 29, 2017 A family member of missing persons waits for body bags in Merdare, 40 km (25 miles) north of the Kosovo’s capital Pristina , on June 30, 2006 (Keystone) A two-day conference this week in Geneva aims to […]
A G-20 refugee agenda
Jul 05,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Syed Munir Khasru Every day, an average of 34,000 people are forced to flee natural or man-made disasters. In the last six months alone, more than 2,000 lives were lost in the Mediterranean; over the last weekend in June, 12,600 migrants arrived in Italy by […]
Another uncertain round of talks on Syria
Jul 05,2017 – JORDAN TIMES The fifth round of Astana talks on Syria, under the sponsorship of Russia, Iran and Turkey, started on Tuesday, with focus, this time, on the ceasefire, and the precise boundaries of the so-called de-escalation zones and who would police them. It is generally agreed that […]
Jordan sees UNESCO Jerusalem decision as ‘big gain’
Momani says resolution crowns Amman’s efforts to preserve holy city By JT – Jul 05,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Tuesday’s UNESCO decision on the old town of Jerusalem has been […]
Bosnia to bid farewell to 70 more identified victims of Srebrenica genocide
ANADOLU AGENCY BELGRADE AP Photo As many as 70 more identified victims of the Srebrenica genocide will be buried on July 11 to mark the 22nd anniversary of Europe’s worst […]
Eid Gift: A Beautiful Ghazal – Poem for Urdu readers of TMT
Poem by Ibn Insha Ibn-e-Insha (Punjabi, Urdu: ابن انشا) born Sher Muhammad Khan (Punjabi, Urdu: شیر محمد خان) on 15 June 1927, died on 11 January 1978,[1][2][3] was a Pakistani Urdu poet, humorist, travelogue writer and newspaper columnist. Along with his poetry, he was regarded as one of the best […]
UN chief: US will be replaced if it disengages from world
Source: Yahoo News BY EDITH M. LEDRER UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the Trump administration on Tuesday that if the United States disengages from many issues confronting […]
Fresh Syria talks in Geneva slated for July 10th
AFP news@thelocal.ch 17 June 2017 The talks are aimed at ending a war that has killed more than 320,000 people since 2011. Photo: Delil Suleiman/AFP A fresh round of UN-sponsored Syria peace talks will begin on July 10th in Geneva, the UN envoy said Saturday, amid slim hopes for progress […]
ICC calls for ‘immediate arrest’ of Qadhafi son
By AFP – Jun 15,2017 – JORDAN TIMES This file photo taken on August 23, 2011 shows Saif Al Islam Qadhafi, son of Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi, appearing in […]
This is why Iran should play a major role in the negotiations to ban nuclear weapons
Iran is the only country that has banned the use of WMDs with religious edicts at the highest levels Seyed Hossein Mousavian 10 comments Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has upheld a fatwa against weapons of mass destruction AP Since the advent of nuclear weapons, nations and grassroots movements across the […]
Irish Atheists, Evangelicals & Ahmadiyya Muslims jointly challenge Pakistan human rights abuses at United Nations
Source: https://atheist.ie/2017/06/pakistan-united-nations/ For the first time ever, Irish Atheists, Evangelicals and Ahmadiyya Muslims are jointly challenging human rights abuses in Pakistan at the United Nations. Yesterday we made a written submission to the UN, which is now on the UN website, and in July we will be addressing the UN Human […]
U.S. tells U.N. rights forum to remove ‘chronic anti-Israel bias’
Reuters International JUN 6, 2017 – 14:28 U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley attends the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland June 6, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse […]
UN Chief Guterres to meet Cyprus leaders in New York amid faltering reunification talks
ASSOCIATED PRESS NICOSIA, Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Mustafa Akıncı (right), United Nations’ Secretary General Antonio Guterres (center) and Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades (left) pose before a trilateral meeting (AFP Photo) Officials say U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will meet the rival leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus at U.N. headquarters in New […]
Israeli rule ‘key cause’ of Palestinian hardship — UN
By AFP – May 31,2017 -JORDAN TIMES A photo taken from East Jerusalem on Wednesday shows a view of Israel’s separation barrier dividing occupied Jerusalem from the West Bank city of Abu Dis, and in the distance the Jordanian capital, Amman (AFP photo) OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Fifty years […]