First Person: Trauma, stress and sadness take root in Gaza

First Person: Trauma, stress and sadness take root in Gaza

Mr. Elder met with children and their families in Gaza, during the humanitarian pause in fighting, which was called after weeks of intense shelling and bombardment that killed and injured thousands and displaced 1.7 million Palestinians. The conflict erupted on 7 October, when Hamas attacked Israel, killed over 1,200 people and captured more than 200 hostages….

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DPR Korea: Military satellites, ‘serious risk’ to civil aviation and shipping

DPR Korea: Military satellites, ‘serious risk’ to civil aviation and shipping

The UN’s Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, Mohamed Khaled Khiari, told ambassadors the satellite had been loaded onto a rocket launched on 21 November. The National Aerospace Technology Administration of DPRK – more commonly known as North Korea – announced that day that it was the first of several intelligence-gathering satellites to…

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As record warming puts climate targets at risk, young people’s ‘green skills’ may help save the planet

World News in Brief: Delivering on health at COP28, aid for north Darfur, food standards watchdog turns 60

That’s the message from UN health agency WHO, which said on Monday that negotiators at the upcoming meeting must recognize their responsibility “for the health of populations worldwide”. “Leaders must deliver in Dubai, providing the strong health outcomes their peoples expect and their economies urgently need,” said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.  According to the…

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Gaza: Vital aid reaches shattered north as halt to fighting enters fourth day

Gaza: Vital aid reaches shattered north as halt to fighting enters fourth day

And as the UN emergency relief coordination office, OCHA, reported that people in the south were queuing for kilometres to obtain cooking gas and resorting to burning window frames and doors for cooking, it added that the four-day humanitarian pause agreed upon by Israel and Hamas has been “largely maintained”. Under the agreement, Hamas released 17…

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Killing of a girl on the order of Jirga in Kohistan, Chief Minister's order to arrest the accused

Killing of a girl on the order of Jirga in Kohistan, Chief Minister’s order to arrest the accused

Peshawar: In Kohistan, caretaker Chief Minister Syed Arshad Hussain Shah directed the IG to arrest the accused immediately and submit a report on the alleged murder of a girl on the emma of a Jirga in Kohistan. According to Express News, the Chief Minister contacted the Additional Home Secretary in this regard and directed him…

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Afghan citizen suicide attack on forces in Bannu, 2 civilians martyred, 10 injured including 3 soldiers

Afghan citizen suicide attack on forces in Bannu, 2 civilians martyred, 10 injured including 3 soldiers

Sanitization operation is going on in the area to eliminate the terrorists, ISPR: Photo: Express News Rawalpindi: 10 people including 2 civilians were martyred and 10 people were injured in a suicide attack on a convoy of security forces in Bannu. According to a statement issued by ISPR, on November 26, a suicide bomber on…

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The main suspect of Sara Inam's murder was acquitted in the Kalashnikov recovery case

The main suspect of Sara Inam’s murder was acquitted in the Kalashnikov recovery case

Final arguments in the Sara Inam murder case are underway: Photo: File Islamabad: Accused Shahnawaz Amir, who was arrested on the charge of Sara Inam’s murder, was acquitted in the Kalashnikov recovery case. The District and Sessions Court of Islamabad acquitted Shahnawaz Amir, the main accused in the Sara Inam murder case, giving benefit of…

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