On the second and final day of preliminary hearings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel’s legal team insisted that the twin military objectives were to eradicate the existential threat posed by Hamas militants and to free some 136 hostages still held in the war-shattered enclave. “Israel is in a war of defence against…
The COVID-19 pandemic affected hundreds of millions of lives, caused millions of deaths and inflicted devastating impacts on humanity. After three years of unprecedented global efforts, on 5 May the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an end to COVID-19 as a public health emergency, stressing however, that it does not mean the disease is no longer…
In a letter to the Council, Mr. Guterres invoked Article 99, contained in Chapter XV of the Charter. This says that the UN chief “may bring to attention of the Security Council any matter which in his opinion, may threaten the maintenance of international peace and security.” In a statement to journalists along with the…
The Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry reiterated his call for an international force in his speech to the UN General Assembly on Friday 22 September. “In the name of the women and girls raped every day, the thousands of families driven from their homes, the children and young people of Haiti, who have been denied the…
Airborne contaminants are one of the most significant environmental health risks. According to the UN World Health Organization (WHO), 99 per cent of the world’s population breathes polluted air, with the exposure significantly worse in low and middle-income countries. The pervasive nature of air pollution requires global collaboration. This year’s theme, Together for Clean Air, addresses the urgent…
When the parents of an injured five-year-old boy told Dr. Fai’zah A. Salim that he fell off a ladder, she was not convinced and suspected otherwise. Trained by UNFPA in the Central Sulawesi capital city of Palu to identify both physical and psychological signs of domestic violence, she referred the boy to a social counsellor….
A stunt by lying on the roof of a moving car in Noida cost a young man dear, the car owner was slapped with a hefty fine after the dangerous stunt was spotted by the Noida Traffic Police. Today is the world of social media and many people are doing strange and dangerous things to…
In Sweden, a half-hearted person burned the pages of the Holy Quran; Photo: File New York: Saudi Arabia condemned in strong words the impure courage of burning the Holy Quran in Sweden and said that there is no justification for such a heinous act. According to the World News Agency, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claims are on one side and his country is on the other side. The incident of a man urinating on another man opened the door to Modi’s claims of religious tolerance. Parvesh Shukla, a local leader of Madhya Pradesh’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), urinated on a man belonging to…
File photo Former US President Trump is facing 37 counts of violating the Espionage Act, sensational details of the 49-page indictment have emerged. According to sensational details of the indictment, Donald Trump was in possession of highly sensitive documents. The allegedly illegally seized document also contained information on the nuclear programme, planning of attacks. In…
