Faster and safe aid access critical to keep famine and disease at bay in Gaza

Faster and safe aid access critical to keep famine and disease at bay in Gaza

Getting enough supplies into and across Gaza now depends on the opening of new entry routes, more trucks being allowed through border checks each day, fewer restrictions on the movement of humanitarian workers, and safety guarantees for people accessing and distributing aid, they said. They warned that humanitarian action is seriously limited by the closure…

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UN agencies brace for disaster as Cyclone Mocha intensifies in Bay of Bengal

UN agencies brace for disaster as Cyclone Mocha intensifies in Bay of Bengal

The very severe cyclonic storm is quickly strengthening in the Bay of Bengal, threatening the region with violent winds, flooding, and landslides that could potentially affect hundreds of thousands of the world’s most vulnerable people, said Clare Nullis, of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The agency’s regional specialized meteorological centre in New Delhi forecast that…

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2 prisoners from the notorious US prison Guantanamo Bay transferred to Pakistan

2 prisoners from the notorious US prison Guantanamo Bay transferred to Pakistan

Abdul Rahim Rabbani and Mohammad Ghulam Rabbani were arrested in 2002. Photo: Pentagon Washington: America transferred 2 brothers imprisoned in the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba to Pakistan. The foreign news agency Reuters has said with reference to the Pentagon that 2 Pakistanis have been sent to their country from the Guantanamo Bay prison….

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