A UN inter-agency convoy reached the front-line community of Huliaipole, located in the Zaporizhzhia region, bringing medicine, shelter kits, hygiene items and other assistance to support some 2,000 people. The town has suffered large-scale destruction and remains without power, water and gas, said UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, speaking from New York. “Today’s humanitarian convoy was…
What’s an emergency special session? When the UN Security Council is unable to shoulder its primary responsibility to maintain international peace and security, as has thus far been the case following the 7 October outbreak of the latest Israel-Palestine crisis, the General Assembly can consider the matter immediately in an emergency special session. UN Member…
Harmful disinformation about the ongoing conflict in the wake of the 7 October attacks by Hamas against Israel continues to circulate online, with potentially dangerous consequences on the ground. While misinformation refers to the accidental spread of falsehoods, disinformation can be circulated intentionally by State or non-State actors, including during an armed conflict, to influence…
OHCHR is urging the authorities to halt deportations, which are set to begin on 1 November, Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani told journalists in Geneva. Currently, more than two million undocumented Afghans are living in Pakistan, at least 600,000 of whom arrived after the Taliban returned to power in August 2021. ‘Grave risk’ of violations “We believe…
Paulo Pinheiro spoke to UN News this week after presenting his latest report to the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee, which examines a range of social, humanitarian affairs and human rights issues. The Syrian war, which began in March 2011, is at its “worst point” in four years, he said, while stressing that the escalating…
Volker Türk’s appeal came as UN humanitarians continued to issue dire warnings about the full scale of the humanitarian crisis in the enclave. ‘Crumbs’ of aid The head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), said that the “few (aid) trucks” which have come in from Egypt since 21 October are “nothing more than…
Patients had to be shifted to another place due to the fear of flood relay entering the hospital, Photo: AFP Mexico City: Hurricane Otis hit the coast of the North American country of Mexico, killing 27 people. According to the World News Agency, Hurricane Otis, with a speed of 270 kilometers per hour, caused widespread…
Photo: Screen grab Lahore: Police arrested the accused who raped a pregnant woman on the pretense of a job. According to SP Model Town Amara Shirazi, SHO Liaquatabad Sheikh Imran conducted a successful operation along with the police team and arrested the accused from the Liaquatabad restaurant using modern technology. The SP said that the…
—File photo Good news for daily wages employees of Utility Stores Corporation, now their minimum monthly wage has been fixed at Rs 32 thousand. Sources say that the board of Utility Stores Corporation has approved the proposals to increase the minimum monthly wages of daily wages employees to Rs 32 thousand. According to the sources,…
Both our petitions were rejected, the Chief Justice will not allow the Islamabad High Court to hear any further petitions, the lawyer (Photo: File) Rawalpindi: Chairman PTI’s lawyer Salman Safdar has said that Imran Khan has distrusted the Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court. Speaking to the media after hearing the cipher case in Adiala…
