Photo courtesy of Kirkinfo In the eleventh match of the Cricket World Cup, New Zealand has won the toss and decided to bowl first against Bangladesh. This match between the two teams is being played in Chennai. As soon as the match started, New Zealand bowler Trent Boult caught out Bangladeshi opener Liton Das on…
“Women and girls continue to be killed on the basis of their sex and gender, rendered more vulnerable to femicide when being women and girls intersect with other grounds or identities,” said Reem Alsalem, UN Special Rapporteur on the issue – whose brief includes examining the causes and consequences of attacks. She stated that “they…
UNRWA Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini was speaking at UN Headquarters alongside the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Jordan, Ayman Safadi, following a meeting to support its lifesaving work, which is almost entirely funded by donor contributions. “It has become absolutely unbearable to deal with a situation where the needs of the Palestine refugees…
The latest report from the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia documents atrocities perpetrated “by all parties to the conflict” since 3 November 2020 – the start date of the armed conflict in Tigray – including mass killings, rape, starvation, destruction of schools and medical facilities, forced displacement and arbitrary detention. Commission Chair Mohamed…
Twenty-two-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini was arrested and forced into a van by Iran’s so called “morality police” in the capital Tehran on 13 September last year. Authorities alleged she was not in conformity with the country’s strict laws on mandatory veiling. She died on 16 September reportedly after suffering a heart attack. Her family, however,…
Occupied West Bank: Hamas has said that Palestinians will continue to struggle against Israeli occupation throughout the West Bank, confronting the Zionist regime’s crimes against humanity, particularly in the city of Beit al-Maqdis and the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. According to international media reports, the statement issued by Hamas said that the long-term war against the…
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday announced an expanded partnership to improve access to COVID-19 technology, knowledge and clinical data, stressing the fight against the virus must continue. PNP Deskpnp.com.pk
Settlers have attacked Palestinians and their property in many areas of occupied Palestine, with the Israeli army targeting villagers with tear gas bombs. According to a report by a foreign news agency, eyewitnesses say that Jewish settlers in the West Bank have attacked Palestinians and their property. Settlers in the village of al-Muzrah, northwest of…
Agencies continue to reach people despite the challenges, including the ongoing rainy season, UN Spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, told journalists in New York on Monday. Roughly 4.3 million people in the West African country rely on humanitarian aid. Last week, 22,000 people in the Maradi region, located in the centre, received cash assistance and food items….
Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for Secretary-General António Guterres, was speaking at the regular press briefing at UN Headquarters in New York. The Danube port of Izmail, in the Odesa Region, was hit on 2 August. The attack damaged facilities storing thousands of tons of food grains. “The Secretary-General also condemned Russia’s intensification of attacks on…
