Death toll rises to 57 in Greece train crash

PNP DeskMarch 3, 2023September 10, 202402 mins

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Food rationing for Rohingya refugees a ‘matter of life and death’: rights expert

PNP DeskMarch 2, 2023September 10, 202404 mins

The development follows the UN World Food Programme (WFP)’s announcement that it would be cutting back on assistance to those sheltering in the vast Cox’s Bazar camp complex from 1 March because of a lack of funding. “These rations cuts are a stain on the conscience of the international community,” said Tom Andrews, UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar. “I have…

Italy boat accident, death toll rises to 62

PNP DeskMarch 2, 2023September 10, 202402 mins

Three more people lost their lives in a boat sinking near Italy, taking the death toll to 62. There were also 20 Pakistanis on board the boat that went illegally from Turkey to Italy, out of which 16 were rescued while 4 are still missing. According to foreign media, 12 children are also among those…

UN human rights chief calls on all nations to abolish death penalty

PNP DeskFebruary 28, 2023September 10, 202408 mins

The biennial panel’s theme is human rights violations relating to the use of the death penalty, in particular with respect to limiting the practice to only the most serious crimes. Promise of the Charter Volker Türk said this is ultimately about the United Nations Charter’s promise of the highest standards of protection of all human…

Indian Air Force officer’s son arrested in case of 3-year-old girl’s death

PNP DeskFebruary 28, 2023September 10, 202402 mins

File photo The son of an Air Force officer was arrested after a 3-year-old girl was killed by a car in India. According to Indian media, the Delhi Police has arrested a 20-year-old youth, Samrak, on the charge of hitting a three-year-old girl with a car, who died of her injuries. In this regard, the…

Death toll from floods in Brazil rises to 65

PNP DeskFebruary 28, 2023September 10, 202402 mins

Buenos Aires: At least 65 people have died and 760 people have been left homeless due to heavy rains, floods and landslides in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. According to the latest report by Brazilian media, the death toll was 54 yesterday. The municipality of São Sebastião recorded 53 deaths. Brazilian media reported on…

Human Rights Council: Russia responsible for ‘widespread death and destruction’ in Ukraine

PNP DeskFebruary 27, 2023September 10, 202409 mins

Speaking only days since a large majority of the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution calling for the immediate withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine, the UN chief stressed that Russia’s decision to go to war against its neighbour on 24 February 2022 had unleashed “widespread death, destruction and displacement”. Also present at the opening…

Migrant boat accident, death toll rises to 59

PNP DeskFebruary 27, 2023September 10, 202402 mins

Photo: Courtesy of International Media The death toll has risen to 59 after a migrant boat crashed into a reef off Italy’s southern coast. According to the foreign news agency, 12 children are also among the dead, 28 Pakistani citizens on board the boat have also drowned. According to Italian authorities, 81 people survived the…

Germany expelled Iranian diplomats over the death sentence of its citizen

PNP DeskFebruary 22, 2023September 10, 202404 mins

Iran has sentenced a German citizen to death for the mosque blast, Photo: Reuters Berlin: Germany has expelled two Iranian diplomats in protest over the death sentence of a German citizen by a Tehran court. According to the World News Agency, a 67-year-old man named Jamshed Shermahd is an American-born German citizen who has been…

UN rights chief deplores Ukraine death toll one year after Russian invasion

PNP DeskFebruary 21, 2023September 10, 2024010 mins

Matilda Bogner, Head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU), told journalists in Geneva that the civilian death toll in the southern city of Mariupol – besieged and bombarded by Russian missiles – had been particularly high. “My colleagues interviewed a former prisoner of war, and he was from Mariupol and he…