Dubai International Airport says that 4.16 million passengers arrived here in the first half of this year. The record of passenger arrivals in 2019 has been broken for the first time before the corona epidemic. The number of passengers at Dubai Airport increased by 100% during the first 6 months of 2023 compared to the…
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has developed a modern drone named ‘Mahajr-10’ which is capable of flying to Israel. The Muhajar-10 drone is similar to the US ‘MQ-9 Reaper’ drone. President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi also participated in the unveiling ceremony of the new drone. The Mahajir-10 drone is capable of flying for 24…
The fire could not be controlled even on the fourth day in the forests of Greece, Photo: File Athens: 18 migrants were badly burned to death in a fire while trying to enter Turkey illegally from a forest in Greece. According to the international news agency, 18 badly burned bodies were found near the Turkish…
Caretaker Chief Minister Sindh Justice (R) Maqbool Baqir took notice of the violations of the ban on transfers and appointments in the province. According to the caretaker chief minister’s spokesperson, Justice (Rtd) Maqbool Baqir has ordered the cancellation of exchanges across the province. According to the sources, the caretaker chief minister of Sindh has expressed…
A third child who got stuck in a chairlift at UC Batangi Pashto in Tehsil Alai of District Butgram of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa also fainted. Eyewitness Noor Al-Hadi told Geo News that 3 people, including a child trapped in the chairlift, have become unconscious. He further said that the incident of 8 people getting stuck in…
The so-called Revolving Facility is an initiative of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, a UN partner that invests $4 billion annually to stamp out these deadly diseases and strengthen health systems in more than 100 countries. The Revolving Facility will negotiate improved supply terms for health products using advanced market commitments,…
The situation is particularly alarming in the east, where malnutrition has taken hold among 4.4 million people, exacerbated by compromised health services, lack of clean water, and an uptick in gender-based violence, highlighted Peter Musoko, WFP Country Director, during a press briefing in Geneva. “In my conversations with those displaced in eastern DRC, I was…
Speaking in Geneva, WMO spokesperson Clare Nullis said that a new altitude record for the freezing point had been set a day earlier, climbing to 5,298 metres (17,381 feet) – well above Europe’s very highest peaks including Mont Blanc, at 4,811 metres (15,784 feet). WMO figures show that this is 115 metres above the previous record…
This week marks six years since over 700,000 mostly-Muslim Rohingya men, women, and children joined the hundreds of thousands of others already sheltering in Bangladesh, following a brutal crackdown by security forces in Myanmar. As humanitarian conditions in the world’s largest refugee settlement worsen, however, the challenges surrounding this protracted crisis continue to increase. Funds…
A new publication from the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) presents “credible” reports that between 15 August 2021 and 30 June 2023, the country’s de facto authorities were responsible for 218 extrajudicial killings, 14 enforced disappearances, over 144 instances of torture and ill treatment, and 424 arbitrary arrests and detentions. ‘Betrayal of trust’ UN human…
