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US operation in Venezuela undermined international law: UN"States must not threaten or use force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state," Ravina Shamdasani, spokes...07 Jan, 2026, 12.16 AM IST- UN says verdict against Hasina 'important' step for victims but regrets death penaltyIn a watershed moment, a Bangladeshi court has pronounced a death sentence against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in absentia, for he...18 Nov, 2025, 09.36 AM IST
- 20 nations press on EU to send back 'illegal' Afghan nationalsIn a letter addressed to Magnus Brunner, the Commissioner of Internal Affairs and Migration, twenty European countries have come together t...19 Oct, 2025, 11.30 AM IST
- Nepal protests Gen Z: What’s happening in Nepal as 19 are killed in widespread Gen Z protests – and why are they protesting?Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp of Meta, Alphabet's YouTube, X and other social media platforms have been banned in Nepal drawing massive ...08 Sep, 2025, 09.59 PM IST
- US arrests, deports hundreds of 'illegal immigrants', says Trump White House Press SecretaryUS authorities arrested 538 illegal migrants and deported hundreds in a mass operation at the start of President Trump's second term. The i...24 Jan, 2025, 11.22 PM IST
- UN 'appalled' by Israel-Hezbollah war rhetoricThe United Nations has expressed deep concern over inflammatory rhetoric surrounding the Israel-Hezbollah conflict, urging leaders to halt ...11 Oct, 2024, 05.32 PM IST
- Israel's Gaza evacuation order could breach international law: UNSpeaking to reporters in Geneva, Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson for the U.N. human rights office, said Israel seemed to have made no effor...17 Oct, 2023, 03.20 PM IST
- Airstrikes, artillery continue as Sudan fighting enters third weekFighting and air strikes in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, continued after the announcement of a 72-hour ceasefire extension on 3 May, despite ...29 Apr, 2023, 12.56 PM IST
- Singapore hangs prisoner over 1 kg of cannabisThe execution took place despite a plea by the United Nations Human Rights Office for Singapore to "urgently reconsider" the hanging and ca...26 Apr, 2023, 12.19 PM IST
- Taliban's treatment of women may be crime against humanity: UN expertsThe Taliban's treatment of Afghan women and girls, including their exclusion from parks and gyms as well as schools and universities, may a...26 Nov, 2022, 12.07 PM IST
- Iran's nationwide Hijab protests pile pressure on stateAmini, 22, from the northwestern Kurdish city of Saqez, was arrested on Sept. 13 in Tehran for "unsuitable attire" by the morality police w...28 Sep, 2022, 04.14 PM IST
- Palestinians hand bullet that killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to USThe Palestinian Authority was assured that no modifications would be made to the bullet that killed Abu Akleh during an Israeli raid in the...03 Jul, 2022, 07.36 AM IST
- 'Al Jazeera Journalist Killed by Israeli Fire'"All information we have gathered... is consistent with the finding that the shots that killed Abu Akleh and injured her colleague Ali Samm...25 Jun, 2022, 12.44 AM IST
- UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet will not stand for second termRights office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani confirmed that meant that Bachelet, a former president of Chile, would not be seeking a second ...13 Jun, 2022, 02.47 PM IST
- Fighters’ response to Afghan protests increasingly violent: UNRavina Shamdasani, UN rights spokesperson, told a UN briefing in Geneva that it had received reports of house-to-house searches for those w...11 Sep, 2021, 08.10 AM IST
- UN Human Rights Office says 18 dead in Myanmar crackdown"Deaths reportedly occurred as a result of live ammunition fired into crowds in Yangon, Dawei, Mandalay, Myeik, Bago and Pokokku," it said ...28 Feb, 2021, 08.20 PM IST
- Islamic State is targeting educated women in new wave of horror: UNUN warned educated women, particularly those who have run for elections, that they risk executions, cruel and inhuman punishments from the ...20 Jan, 2015, 11.06 PM IST
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