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Too much salt: Water desalination plants harm environment
Almost 16,000 desalination plants worldwide produce bigger-than-expected flows of highly salty waste water and toxic chemicals that are damaging the environment, a UN-backed study said on Monday.
Cyclone unleashes huge floods leaving 350 dead in southern Africa
Aid workers rush to rescue victims clinging to trees and crammed on rooftops Tuesday after a cyclone unleashed devastating floods in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi. More than 350 people were...
Too much salt: Water desalination plants harm environment
Almost 16,000 desalination plants worldwide produce bigger-than-expected flows of highly salty waste water and toxic chemicals that are damaging the environment, a UN-backed study said on Monday.
Bangladesh, UN agree to address sexual violence against Rohingyas
The government of Bangladesh and the United Nations will jointly address conflict-related sexual violence committed against members of the Rohingya population forcibly displaced from Myanmar to...
Fakhrul in NY at UN invitation, not to make complaint: Moudud
BNP standing committee member Moudud Ahmed says the party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam and others went to the UN Headquarters following an invitation of its Secretary General Antonio...
UN schools for Palestinians defy funding cuts, open on time
United Nations schools for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon are starting the new school year on time, despite the US decision to cancel funding to the international body's Palestinian relief...
UN urgently calls upon all to keep everyone safe on roads
The United Nations (UN) urgently calls upon all parties to keep everyone - including children and young people - safe on the roads and safe from any kind of violence.
UN experts: NKorea hasn't stopped nuke and missile programs
North Korea has not stopped its nuclear and missile programs and is violating UN sanctions including by “a massive increase in illicit ship-to-ship transfers of petroleum products,” UN experts say...
UN to put more pressure on Myanmar: Guterres
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says they will put more pressure on Myanmar to make them understand what they should do on the Rohingya issue.
Act now to protect migrants vulnerable to trafficking, exploitation: UN
States around the world must act now to protect migrants from traffickers by putting in place innovative measures to identify as early as possible those who are at risk, says a UN rights expert.
Myanmar not ready for return of Rohingyas: UNHCR
The UN refugee agency calls a Myanmar minister's visit to Bangladesh to meet Muslim Rohingya refugees a confidence-building measure, but says conditions in Myanmar are not ready for their return.