UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday appointed Maj. Gen. Patrick Gauchat of Switzerland as head of mission and chief of staff of the UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), which was founded in 1948 for peacekeeping in the Middle East.
Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri appeared in a video marking the 20th anniversary of the Sept 11, attacks, months after rumors spread that he was dead.
Chief of Gandaki Province Sita Kumari Poudel has said that humanitarian principles and behavioural changes were needed to end untouchability and discrimination in society.