“As we approach the one-year anniversary of the conflict, we cannot make clearer the desperation that civilians are facing in Sudan,” said Edem Wosornu of the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA – one of three senior officials who briefed ambassadors. The meeting was convened following OCHA’s submission of a white paper on food insecurity in…
This year’s UN climate conference, underway in the United Arab Emirates’ largest city, Dubai, opened its second full week hearing a diverse cross-section of women leaders and activists raise their voices to call for ending existing gender gaps and mitigating the worsening impacts of climate change on women and girls. Prevailing gender norms, existing inequalities…
Photo courtesy of Social Media In America, a young girl died in a sudden accident while driving a car. According to foreign media, an 18-year-old student was driving a car on the highway in the US state of Kentucky, when the tire of a truck came out and hit her car from the front, causing…
Photo file The United Arab Emirates (UAE) administration has given a ‘golden opportunity’ to license in Dubai. According to the Arab media report, the Dubai Road and Transport Authority says that drivers who have not had the opportunity to obtain a local license by showing their country’s driving license, are now being given this opportunity….
The report by the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan details how perpetrators of the most serious crimes – including widespread attacks against civilians and extrajudicial killings – go unpunished, with senior Government officials and military implicated in serious violations. “Over several years, our findings have consistently shown that impunity for serious crimes…
Citizens of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel can drive in each other’s countries on their respective driving licenses. This decision came after the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the two countries. The memorandum of understanding stipulated that Israel and the UAE would recognize each other’s driving licenses as valid. It should…
