The UN is tasked with tackling many urgent issues of global importance, from humanitarian crises to peacekeeping operations and the climate crisis. This all comes at a cost, but not as much as you might think. With the 2024 budget recently approved, we crunch the numbers.
3:41 PM Red Sea is more than just a shipping route: Algeria In his inaugural address as a Security Council member, Algeria’s ambassador, Amar Bendjama, said Algeria was committed to international peace and security. He recognized the crucial role of the Red Sea passage as of “paramount importance for the whole world.” The Permanent Representative…
“Over the last six days, children and families, and the infrastructure they rely on have come under attack in Dnipro, Lviv, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Odesa, and other populated areas”, said Munir Mammadzade. With schools and health facilities destroyed and damaged, “Ukraine’s youngest citizens continue to bear the brunt of these attacks. Our heartfelt thoughts are with…
More than 170 people have also been wounded according to Iranian officials at the scene. News reports citing local officials said that there were two explosions as thousands were walking along the route to a cemetery in Kerman which is the final resting place of Qassim Suleimani, who was killed in a US drone strike…
Airstrikes and missiles struck dwellings and public buildings on Tuesday including Al-Amal hospital in Khan Younis killing five, among them a five-day-old baby, reports indicate. “No child in the world should be killed, let alone one sheltering under the emblem of a humanitarian organisation; this has to end,” said Gemma Connell, a team leader from…
Photo: Social media Peshawar: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Iman Tahir was released at night after being arrested outside the Peshawar High Court. Iman Tahir had come to Peshawar High Court for bail, where the court also approved the bail this morning, the court had ordered to deposit a bond of one lakh. After not getting a…
Usman Khawaja— File photo Cricket Australia has allowed Usman Khawaja to put a picture of the peace flag on the bat during Big Bash matches this season. According to reports, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese recently praised Usman Khawaja at an event in Sydney and said, “I would like to congratulate Usman Khawaja for his…
Islamabad: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Qazi Faiz Isa has remarked during the hearing of the missing persons case that the state has to change its mindset. The missing persons case was heard in the Supreme Court by a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Qazi Faiz Isa, in which Shoaib Shaheen, Amina Masood Janjua…
Islamabad: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Qazi Faiz Isa has remarked during the hearing of Khalid Longo election case that NAB is a facilitator of corruption. On the matter of Advisor for Finance Balochistan Khalid Longo participating in the general elections, the Supreme Court has ordered that the candidate cannot contest the election until the…
Photo courtesy of Kirkinfo Pakistan cricket team’s fast bowler Aamir Jamal has said that it was expected that the Australian bowlers will do bouncers, they always bounce the tail-and-batter out. While giving a press conference in Sydney, Aamir Jamal said that it was decided that I would face the bouncers of the bowlers as much…
