Tag: Urge

GENEVA - Participants at a special session on the human rights situation in Afghanistan have urged the U.N. Human Rights Council to investigate abuses committed by the Taliban and to hold them accountable for their crimes. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michele Bachelet kicked off the proceedings.  She ...

The Latest developments on Afghanistan, where a weeklong Taliban blitz has taken large swaths of territory just weeks ahead of the final pullout of all American and NATO troops from the war-torn country: ___ UNITED NATIONS — Security Council members are considering a proposed statement that would urge an ...

President Joe Biden is extremely unlikely to reverse his plan to wind down America’s 20-year mission in Afghanistan even as Taliban militants sweep through the country, massacring their opponents and forcing thousands of people to flee their homes. But Afghans argue that the U.S. still has considerable power to ...

Austria, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, Greece and Germany say returns must still be permitted despite ongoing fighting amid Taliban advance.Six European Union member states have warned against halting deportations of Afghan asylum seekers despite major advances by Taliban fighters in the war-torn country. The Taliban, fighting to reimpose their ...

Shiv Sena and NCP MPs on Monday met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at the parliament house and urged her to direct insurance companies and Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) for quick settlement of insurance claims of farmers and affected people from the flood hit districts in Maharashtra. ...

Special: Battle Against Novel Coronavirus At least 32 political parties worldwide have signed a petition calling for the closure of those U.S. military biological laboratories all over the world due to biosafety concerns, Ukrainian independent media outlet Politnavigator reported. The petition against the proliferation of biological weapons was initiated ...

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#Pakistan News Over a dozen diplomatic missions in Afghanistan called for an urgent halt to the Taliban's ruthless military offensive, saying that the group contradicts its statements on wanting a negotiated settlement to end the conflict. The statement – signed by the U.S., EU, and more than a dozen ...

World Health Organization officials, concerned about the Delta variant, have urged even fully vaccinated people to continue wearing masks and taking other precautions.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on the other hand, told fully vaccinated Americans in May that they no longer needed to wear masks indoors or ...

Kashmiri politicians will urge Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to restore Jammu and Kashmir’s autonomy when they meet him on Thursday for the first talks since he took away the region’s special status two years ago, party officials said.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or ...