The Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) Antonio Guterres in a statement has urged calm and restraint by all sides and emphasized the importance of a 'peaceful, orderly and democratic transition' in Bangladesh.
The call made while deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary General Farhan Haq released the statement on behalf of the UN Secretary General received.
The Secretary General deplores the further loss of life during protests in Bangladesh over the weekend.
He continues to closely follow developments in the country including the Chief of Army Staff's announcement regarding the resignation of Hasina and plans for the formation of an interim government.
Guterres stands in full solidarity with the people of Bangladesh and calls for the full respect of their human right...
US journalist Evan Gershkovich and a Russian intelligence colonel jailed for a Berlin murder were among two dozen prisoners freed Thursday in the biggest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War.
The intricate multinational deal that freed the Wall Street Journal reporter and others including former US marine Paul Whelan involved months of secret negotiations, and finally ended with a dramatic exchange on the airport tarmac in Turkey's capital Ankara.
Overjoyed family members appeared at the White House alongside US President Joe Biden, who said they'...
On May 12, Alexander’s apartment shook and his window shattered as his city of Belgorod, in the Russian region bordering Ukraine, came under attack.
“The neighbouring building was badly damaged, and two or three buildings along the roof had collapsed,” said the 31-year-old IT worker to talk about the damage to the apartment, but she did not pick up. The roof of her building had caved in during the assault.
“A lot of lads ran over from neighbouring buildings to sift through the rubble,” he said. “She died. The roof had collapsed, too, and the volunteers thought surely everyone had died, but they managed to save a few people even after that.”
In total, 15 people were killed and 16 were rescued from the rubble.
Belgorod, the capital of the eponymous region, occ...
The 100-day sprint to the US election began Sunday, the final act of a campaign transformed by an assassination attempt and the stunning exit of President Joe Biden.
After weeks of infighting and despondency over Biden's candidacy, Democrats have consolidated behind Vice President Kamala Harris, radically reshaping the race to November 5 that was fast becoming Republican nominee Donald Trump's to lose.
Harris's candidacy has clearly reinvigorated her party's campaign, which said Sunday it had raised $200 million -- mostly from first-time donors -- since Biden dro...
NATO countries are set to announce new "heavier weapons" for Ukraine, the alliance's chief said on Wednesday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on his backers to speed up their decision-making.
US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin will convene a meeting of around 50 countries on Friday at the US-run Ramstein military base in Germany, including all 30 members of the NATO alliance.
"The main message there (in Ramstein) will be more support and more advanced support, heavier weapons, and more modern weapons, because this is a fight for our values," NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg told the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Many of Ukraine's allies have announced plans to step up their military support to Kyiv this month despite the risk of antagonising Russia, notably Brita...
The UN Population Division estimates that the number of humans on Earth will grow to eight billion on November 15, more than three times higher than the 2.5 billion global headcounts in 1950.
However, after a peak in the early 1960s, the world's population growth rate has decelerated dramatically, Rachel Snow of the UN Population Fund told AFP.
Annual growth has fallen from a high of 2.1% between 1962 and 1965 to below 1% in 2020.
That figure could potentially fall to around 0.5% by 2050 due to a continued decline in fertili...
