File photo The Ministry of Health of Saudi Arabia has launched a new awareness campaign for preventive measures related to the corona virus. The Saudi Ministry of Health has lifted the ban on travel precautions and asked all people to take care of the cleanliness ban. The Saudi Ministry of Health says that preventive measures…
Hijab banned in Srinagar school; Photo: File Srinagar: After Karnataka and other states, the Modi government also banned the wearing of hijab in Occupied Kashmir. According to Kashmir Media Service, Narendra Modi’s fascist government is imposing Hindutva agenda of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in the schools of Occupied Jammu and Kashmir to achieve its nefarious…
Russia refused to grant coverage permits to journalists from Western countries at the International Economic Forum meeting. A statement issued by the Kremlin ahead of the annual meeting of the International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, said that Western journalists will not be allowed to cover the Economic Forum meeting. The Kremlin says journalists…
President Salumi Zorabkholi, file photo Georgian Airways, the national airline of Georgia, located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, banned the country’s president from boarding its planes. According to the foreign news agency, the president of Georgia, Salomi Zorabikhvili, said that she would boycott the airline after the national airline resumed flights to Russia….
London police banned protests outside Nawaz Sharif’s house; Photo: File London: A ban was imposed on protests or demonstrations in Avon Field House, the home of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, and its nearby streets. According to the global news agency, the Metropolitan Police has banned protests or demonstrations in and around Nawaz Sharif’s house…
In a call to the Malian authorities to prevent people from being born into slavery, the experts said that the country is the only one in the Sahel region without specific legislation criminalizing enslavement. “Nothing can justify slavery, whether it be culture, tradition, or religion”, said the experts, Tomoya Obokata, Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms…
Secretary-General António Guterres was speaking to reporters in Doha, Qatar, after convening an international meeting of Special Envoys on Afghanistan. He said they had agreed on the need for a “strategy of engagement” with the Taliban, to help the country’s most vulnerable people. No question of Taliban recognition Mr. Guterres made clear that the gathering had not focussed…
The resolution passed unanimously by the 15-member body in New York, calls for the “full, equal, meaningful and safe participation of women and girls in Afghanistan”, and urges all countries and organisations with influence on the fundamentalist rulers of the country, “to promote an urgent reversal” of policies which have in effect erased women from public…
Prosecutors in Saudi Arabia have imposed a ban on rental bicycles for children under 12, warning that violators could harm themselves and others. The kingdom’s public prosecution said children under the age of 12 were not allowed to ride bicycles on public roads and their guardians would be held responsible for any damage. To ensure…
“UN national personnel – women and men – have been instructed not to report to UN offices, with only limited and calibrated exceptions made for critical tasks,” according to a statement issued on Tuesday by its office in Afghanistan. The ban is the latest in a series of discriminatory measures that restrict Afghan women and girls…
