24 students from Pakistan, participants in US space camp

24 students from Pakistan, participants in US space camp

With the support of the Dawood Foundation and the American government, talented students have been sent to American science and space camps. Photo: Courtesy of the US Consulate and Daoud Foundation Karachi: 24 students from different schools of Pakistan are currently participating in the Science, Technology, Mathematics and Engineering (STEM) camp in America. 24 male…

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Fire at Rohingya refugee camp, Cox's Bazar, was sabotage, Bangladeshi officials

Fire at Rohingya refugee camp, Cox’s Bazar, was sabotage, Bangladeshi officials

Bangladeshi investigators say last week’s fire at Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camp, Cox’s Bazar, was a deliberate act of sabotage. A fire in Bangladesh on March 5 displaced 15,000 Rohingya refugees, fortunately there were no casualties. A seven-member panel set up to investigate the fire incident in Bangladesh says militant groups set the fires to take…

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Iraq: Repatriations from notorious Syria camp ‘an example for the world’

Iraq: Repatriations from notorious Syria camp ‘an example for the world’

The UN chief was speaking to journalists following a visit to the Jeddah Rehabilitation Centre in northern Iraq, where he met returnees from the notorious Al-Hol camp, whose residents are mainly women and children under 12.  “Iraq is demonstrating with enormous commitment that responsible repatriations are possible, by finding dignified solutions anchored in the principles…

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