Hailing from Afghanistan, Algeria, Iraq, Sudan and Gaza, women entrepreneurs were in the spotlight at the closing of the 2024 World Entrepreneurship Investment Forum (WEIF), which has been running since Tuesday in Bahrain’s capital, Manama. During a panel discussion on ‘Women, Peace and Security’ and later in exclusive interviews with our UN News team that…
UNICEF warned that as urban warfare increases, the use of weapons designed for open battlefields are now a common reality in cities, towns and villages, with devastating effects on their young residents. Between 2018 and 2022, explosive weapons were responsible for 49.8 per cent of the more than 47,500 instances of children killed and maimed…
Based on over 2,300 testimonies from victims and witnesses, the report details measures taken by Russia to impose Russian language, citizenship, laws, court system and education curricula in the occupied areas, while at the same time suppressing expressions of Ukrainian culture and identity, and dismantling its governance and administrative systems. “The actions of the Russian…
Sigrid Kaag was appointed to monitor and verify aid shipments into Gaza, in line with a UN Security Council resolution adopted last month. She will also work to establish a mechanism for accelerating aid flows into Gaza through States that are not party to the conflict. Acute needs Ms. Kaag said she was in Egypt…
Locations in the north and south of the enclave were hit as Israeli ground forces also reportedly pushed into central areas, along with the firing of rockets by Palestinian armed groups into Israel, prompting concerns from the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, about the safety of civilians uprooted time and again. Rafah governorate in…
The report, published on Tuesday by the UN human rights office (OHCHR) and the UN political mission in Haiti (BINUH), calls for the urgent deployment of the multinational security support mission authorized by the UN Security Council in October. But alongside that, greater efforts will need to be made to strengthen the institutions of the…
Beijing: People who feel safe from crime in their neighborhoods are less likely to die from a heart attack, a new study has found. In the study, the researchers tried to find out how specific features of the regions might affect deaths from heart attack and stroke. Experts analyzed the data of about 36,000 people…
File photo Heat is predicted to reach dangerous levels in many areas of the United States. From Florida to California to Washington, nearly a third of the US population has been issued a severe heat warning. Temperatures are expected to reach 54 degrees Celsius in California’s Death Valley, one of the hottest regions in the…
Courtesy: Mint, AP. A tsunami warning has been withdrawn for coastal areas of Alaska. According to the news agency, the magnitude and depth of the earthquake in Alaska were also corrected. According to the news agency, the earthquake in Alaska had a magnitude of 7.2 and a depth of 32.6 km. According to the US…
Prolonged stay in hot regions can affect eye diseases and vision. Photo: File Washington: American experts have said after a survey that regardless of gender, ethnicity, income and education, the rate of eye diseases may be high among people living in hot areas, especially the elderly. If the average temperature increases by 15 degrees Celsius,…
