Humanitarian Coordinator Denise Brown said in a statement that Wednesday’s attack came on the heels of a series of assaults that killed and inured civilians, destroyed grain supplies and damaged the historic Fine Arts Museum in the Ukrainian port city. “I share my condolences with the family of the killed port pilot and hope for…
“The images arriving from the locality, home to just above 300 people, are absolutely horrifying,” UN Humanitarian Coordinator Denise Brown said in a statement issued shortly after the attack. Speaking on behalf of the UN and the humanitarian community, she expressed condolences to the bereaved families. “Our thoughts are also with the people of Ukraine,…
More than 80 people were killed, according to media reports. The victims were both military personnel and civilians, including children. Hundreds more were wounded. UN chief concerned UN Secretary-General António Guterres was deeply concerned about the attack and “retaliatory shelling” across multiple locations in Syria, and underlined the need for a nationwide ceasefire. “He also…
—File photo Cardiologists say that the rate of heart attack in Pakistan has increased by 10% in the last 7 years. Prof. Nawaz Lashari, Prof. Muhammad Ishaq, Prof. Javed Akbar Sial and others held a press conference regarding heart diseases. Experts said in the press conference that the death rate due to heart diseases in…
OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke told reporters in Geneva that out of 71 aid worker deaths recorded so far this year, 22 had been working in South Sudan and 19 in Sudan. The victims are overwhelmingly local humanitarians working on the front lines of the response, Mr. Laerke said. He stressed that attacks on aid workers…
Addressing the forum in Geneva, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Nada-Al Nashif also urged the Sri Lankan authorities to accelerate investigations and prosecutions probing cases of human rights violations, in particular, the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings. Ms. Al-Nashif noted that investigations should comply with international human rights standards. Her comments follow repeated calls to the…
Other Russian strikes damaged schools and homes in the Zaporizhzhya region, and port and grain infrastructure in the Odesa region. “I am shattered by the news of a series of attacks that today, once again, have left a path of death and destruction in different parts of Ukraine,” Denise Brown, UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine…
Al-Mukalla: 23 soldiers were killed and 12 wounded in the attack by Houthi rebels in Yemen. According to the report of the foreign news agency, Houthi rebels attacked in the border area of Lahj and Al-Bayda provinces, 23 soldiers were killed in the attack and 12 Yemeni soldiers were injured. However, Yemeni government officials say…
Settlers have attacked Palestinians and their property in many areas of occupied Palestine, with the Israeli army targeting villagers with tear gas bombs. According to a report by a foreign news agency, eyewitnesses say that Jewish settlers in the West Bank have attacked Palestinians and their property. Settlers in the village of al-Muzrah, northwest of…
10 Yemeni soldiers were killed in an attack by Houthi rebels in Yemen. According to the report of the foreign news agency, 12 Yemeni soldiers have also been injured in the attack by the Houthi rebels. The report stated that the Houthi rebels attacked in the border area of Lahj and Al-Bayda provinces. setTimeout(function(){ !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)…
