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Allegations of internal rifts surface within Awami Action Committee following attack on core member

RAWALAKOT: (PNP) Questions are being raised about alleged internal differences within the Action Committee following a reported attack on core member Umar Nazir, with various claims and counterclaims circulating on social media regarding the circumstances surrounding the incident. According to discussions circulating among political activists and supporters, tensions within the committee had reportedly been growing…

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Gaza: Rafah camp attack heightens focus on dwindling health resources

Gaza: Rafah camp attack heightens focus on dwindling health resources

Many of those injured suffered terrible burns, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which will require intensive treatment, electricity and high-level medical services, all of which are scarce after nearly eight months of war.  Massive medical challenge  It is just another massive challenge for all the medical teams in the enclave, WHO spokesperson Margaret…

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World News in Brief: Food aid reaches Haitians, UN chief condemns attack on Slovakian leader, Russian strikes drive influx of evacuees in Ukraine

World News in Brief: Food aid reaches Haitians, UN chief condemns attack on Slovakian leader, Russian strikes drive influx of evacuees in Ukraine

Providing an update of the situation, he said the World Food Programme (WFP) distributed close to 10,000 hot meals on Monday and Tuesday to about 5,000 people displaced in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area. The UN agency started to transition from hot meals distributions to cash-based transfers for the displaced. “So far, more than 37,000 people…

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Palestinian refugees face hitting ‘rock bottom’, warns UNRWA in $1.6 billion appeal

‘Outrageous’ arson attack forces UNRWA to temporarily shutter East Jerusalem compound

Posting on social media, Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said “Israeli residents set fire twice to the perimeter” on Thursday evening.  UNRWA personnel and staff from other UN agencies were inside the compound at the time.  “Our director with the help of other staff had to put out the fire themselves as it took the Israeli fire extinguishers and police a while…

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