In a new report on the situation in Gaza for May 2024, the authors cited testimonies “from medics and whistleblowers” that injured detainees have been held at a field hospital with “shackled hands and feet and blindfolded 24/7 to their beds”. Hostage fears In addition, as of 19 May, 128 of the 253 people captured during…
—File photo Anti-polio campaign in 3 tehsils of Bajaur has been postponed due to security concerns. Anti-polio campaign in Navgai, Loi Mamond and Wada Mamond has been postponed. On Tuesday, a police officer posted on security duty of the anti-polio team was killed by gunmen. setTimeout(function(){ !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,’script’, ‘https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js’); fbq(‘init’,…
The warning came as WHO reported more than five million dengue infections and 5,000 deaths from the disease worldwide this year. Briefing journalists at the UN in Geneva, Dr. Diana Rojas Alvarez, WHO Team Lead on Arboviruses, said that the threat required “the maximal attention and response from all levels” of the UN health agency…
Women and children are bearing the brunt in terms of deaths and injuries as Israeli troops battle Palestinian militants across the enclave, with nowhere safe to go, and aid distribution stymied by war, insufficient access and insufficient supplies crossing into the Strip. Adele Khodr, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, said…
“It is important that we understand the issues of concern to Member States not only at the global level, but also regionally, noting the differences in priority and emphasis,” said Joachim Harris, Chief of the Digital and Promotion team in the UN’s Department of Global Communications. His team data crunched all speeches made at the…
Caretaker Health Minister Sindh Dr. Saad Khalid Niaz has expressed reservations about robotic surgery at Jinnah Hospital. Dr. Saad Khalid Niaz says that robotic gallbladder surgery is a waste of money, one surgery costs around 1500 to 2000 dollars while normal surgery costs very less. The Caretaker Health Minister said that this is a very…
Volker Türk said the 19-year sentence was based on vague and overly broad charges of “extremism” and followed a closed trial on the premises of the prison where Mr. Navalny is already serving two other sentences amounting to 11 and a half years. He recalled that under international human rights law, States have an obligation…
Since her last briefing in May, said Izumi Nakamitsu, the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, reports from open sources indicate an influx in the transfer of heavy conventional weapons, including battle tanks, combat aircraft, artillery and missile systems. “There are reports that the supply of arms and ammunition has accelerated and expanded ahead of the…
Former Nepali Prime Minister Babu Ram Battaroy is among the objectors. The ambitions of the Modi government were made clear by the map of ‘Akhand Bharat’ on the wall of the Indian Parliament, the former prime minister of the neighboring country expressed a strong reaction. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs shared the artwork…
India has blocked 14 mobile phone applications due to security concerns. According to Indian authorities, the blocked mobile apps were mostly being used in Jammu and Kashmir. According to Indian authorities, the militants in Jammu and Kashmir were using these mobile apps for communication. India has banned hundreds of social media apps including Chinese apps…
