Women must be protected during virus lockdown: Urges UN Secretary General
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged governments to include the protection of women in their response to the deadly novel coronavirus pandemic as every...
UN’s COP-26 climate summit postponed due to coronavirus
The UN's COP 26 climate change summit due to take place in the Scottish city of Glasgow in November has been postponed due to...
Great Famine is Coming, thanks to corona: UN, WTO chiefs
The heads of three global agencies warned on Wednesday of a potential worldwide food shortage if authorities fail to manage the ongoing coronavirus crisis...
How will developing countries deal with Coronavirus outbreak? UN answers
Developing countries, including Pakistan, will be hit hardest by the economic shock waves caused by the novel Coronavirus crisis that has shaken the world...
UN requests $2.5 tn pandemic aid for developing states
The UN called for a $2.5-trillion aid package to help developing countries weather the COVID-19 pandemic, including debt cancellation and a health recovery "Marshal...
China to help Pakistan in setting up of hospital, UNHCR also pledges support
China's Kunming University of Science and Technology has announced to set up a hospital in Lahore for prevention from corona and conducting research on...
Coronavirus: UN hails ceasefires and resolutions by insurgents
The United Nations on Thursday hailed armed groups heeding its call for a ceasefire during the coronavirus crisis, as Security Council and General Assembly members...
US puts NEW sanctions on Iran, despite calls for relief
The US Treasury Department has slapped fresh sanctions on Iran, accusing several Iranian firms of aiding terrorism. Meanwhile, Tehran and the UN have called...
A new Great Depression in the offing: World leaders will hold crisis talks
World leaders are to hold online crisis talks Thursday on the coronavirus pandemic that has forced three billion people into lockdown and claimed more...
Prisoners must be released to avoid Coronavirus contagion: UN
Countries must protect people held in overcrowded prisons and other enclosed facilities from the new coronavirus pandemic by releasing vulnerable detainees, the UN rights...
Greta Thunberg possibly got coronavirus?
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg said Tuesday that it was "extremely likely" that she had contracted the new coronavirus, after experiencing several symptoms following a trip to...
COVID-19 Spread In Gaza Tied to Mass Religious Gathering In Pakistan
First two confirmed coronavirus patients in Gaza attended a conference with 250,000 Muslims in Pakistan last month that went ahead contrary to government advice,...