The Daily Star8d
UN chief visits new UN Common Premises, attends flag-raising ceremony
Following the event, Guterres met with the UN country team in Bangladesh to discuss ongoing projects and future collaborations. Later in the day, he is scheduled to participate in a roundtable ...
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UN chief Guterres reiterates support for Bangladesh in resolving Rohingya issue
United Nations Secretary-General António ... Bangladesh’s UN membership and hoist the official UN flag. After a meeting with the UN Country Team, or UNCT, in Bangladesh, the secretary-general ...
Mental Floss20d
Why Are Some Flags Painted Backwards on Airplanes?
For a country as patriotic as the United States ... Among its mandates are that no other flag shall be flown above it, save for a United Nations flag (and only at UN headquarters in New York ...
The Print on MSN6d
Modi flags anti-India elements, terrorists to New Zealand PM amid Sikh separatist referendums
PM Christopher Luxon, on a 5-day trip to India, set to attend Raisina Dialogue as chief guest. The two countries have also ...
Dhaka Tribune8d
UN chief Guterres opens new ‘UN House in Bangladesh’
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday officially opened a new "UN House in Bangladesh" in the city. Industries, Housing and Public Works Adviser Adilur Rahman Khan; Environment, Forests ...
Women’s rights are under attack 30 years after leaders adopted a blueprint for equality, UN says
Thirty years after world leaders adopted a historic blueprint to achieve gender equality, a new United Nations report says women’s and girls’ rights are under attack and gender discrimination is ...
Families of Syrians who disappeared during its civil war say the search must go on
Family members of Syrians who disappeared in the 14-year civil war have called on the newly installed interim government to ...
The Jamaica Observer24d
New UNAIDS report flags severity of US funding cuts to global AIDS response
UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — A new report ... status report on the impact of cuts has been received from 55 different countries up to the start of this week and that includes 42 projects that are ...
Trinidad Express Newspapers27d
‘False flag’ ships a threat to Caribbean
THE presence of questionable vessels with false flags and registration in ... “I mean, if it was UN sanctions against these countries, one could probably do something about it at that ...
AFP on MSN1d
Sudan army recaptures presidential palace from paramilitaries
The victory, one of the military's most significant in its two-year war with the RSF, lends the army an advantage but not ...
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Could Sudan be split into two countries?
The United Nations Security Council has warned that "such a move would risk exacerbating the ongoing conflict in Sudan, fragmenting the country, and worsening an already dire humanitarian situation." ...
Al-Monitor on MSN3d
German foreign minister on Syria visit reopens Damascus embassy
Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock officially reopened her country's embassy in war-ravaged Syria during a one-day ...