The World Food Programme (WFP) distributed more than 74,000 hot meals to over 15,000 displaced people in the besieged capital, Port-au-Prince, Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, told journalists at UN Headquarters on Thursday, providing an update on the gang-ravaged Caribbean nation. In addition, about 2,400 children received mental health and psychosocial support from…
“This is not an isolated incident. Aid convoys have come under fire and are systematically denied access to people in need,” said the UN Humanitarian Country Team in Palestine, after the mission to evacuate 24 patients from Al Amal Hospital in Khan Younis. The development came amid continued intense fighting across the enclave, sparked by Hamas-led…
The latest update from the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, confirmed rising casualties and devastation amid “heavy Israeli bombardment from air, land and sea”. “From the afternoon of (Saturday) 2 December to the afternoon of (Sunday) 3 December, at least 316 people were killed and at least another 664 injured in Gaza,” OCHA’s situation update…
Imphal: After the situation in the Indian state of Manipur became tense, the supply of food has also stopped. After the violent incidents in the Indian state of Manipur on May 3, people have reached the brink of starvation due to the cessation of food supply, while the highway has also been blocked and the…
Social networking website Twitter has blocked the account of the Pakistani government in India. According to the news agency, Twitter has said in a notice that the official account of the Pakistani government has been blocked in India. According to the notice, the company’s guidelines oblige it to freeze an account in response to a…
