Myanmar: UN condemns deadly military airstrike on crowd of civilians

Myanmar: UN condemns deadly military airstrike on crowd of civilians

Military aircraft dropped bombs and fired on a crowd of people in Kanbulu Township, located in Sagaing Region, who had gathered that morning for the opening of a new town hall, according to media reports.  Guterres condemns attack  UN Secretary-General António Guterres strongly condemned the attack and called for those responsible to be held accountable,…

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IMF lowers global economic growth outlook as ‘fog thickens’

IMF lowers global economic growth outlook as ‘fog thickens’

Global inflation is also heading down, signalling that the tightening of monetary policy through major interest rate rises is bearing fruit, though more slowly than initially anticipated, said the IMF’s Director of Research, from 8.7 percent last year to seven percent this year, and 4.9 percent in 2024. Gradual recovery ‘remains on track’ Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas said…

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Afghanistan: UN forced to make ‘appalling choice’ following ban on women nationals

Afghanistan: UN forced to make ‘appalling choice’ following ban on women nationals

“UN national personnel – women and men – have been instructed not to report to UN offices, with only limited and calibrated exceptions made for critical tasks,” according to a statement  issued on Tuesday by its office in Afghanistan. The ban is the latest in a series of discriminatory measures that restrict Afghan women and girls…

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In Mogadishu, UN chief urges ‘massive international support’ for Somalia

In Mogadishu, UN chief urges ‘massive international support’ for Somalia

“I am also here to ring the alarm on the need of massive international support,  because of the humanitarian difficulties the country is facing, massive humanitarian support in relation to the build-up of a security capacity of Somalia, and massive humanitarian support in stabilisation and development of the country,” Secretary-General António Guterres said in the…

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Apologies for giving advance salary to employees of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Finance Department on Eid

Apologies for giving advance salary to employees of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Finance Department on Eid

Peshawar: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Finance Department apologized for giving advance salary to government employees on Eid. According to Express News, the finance department has sent a detailed note to the chief secretary regarding the financial difficulties, in which the details of all expenses and revenues have been extinguished. According to the finance department, the provincial government…

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Law is equal for all, Prime Minister should learn a lesson, Fawad Chaudhry

Law is equal for all, Prime Minister should learn a lesson, Fawad Chaudhry

Shahbaz Sharif’s incompetence is now the writing on the wall: Parvez Elahi Tehreek-e-Insaf President Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi says that Shahbaz Sharif’s constitutional and legal disqualification is now written on the wall. setTimeout(function(){ !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,’script’, ‘https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js’); fbq(‘init’, ‘836181349842357’); fbq(‘track’, ‘PageView’); }, 6000); /*setTimeout(function(){ (function (d, s, id) { var js, fjs…

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