Israeli attack in Al-Aqsa Mosque, Arab League calls for an emergency meeting

Israeli attack in Al-Aqsa Mosque, Arab League calls for an emergency meeting

Trump calls for cuts to Justice Department, FBI funding Former US President Trump has asked Republicans in Congress to cut funding for the Department of Justice and the FBI after he was indicted for 34 serious crimes. 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’, ‘836181349842357’); fbq(‘track’, ‘PageView’); }, 6000); /*setTimeout(function(){ (function (d,…

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El Salvador urged to uphold human rights amid state of emergency

El Salvador urged to uphold human rights amid state of emergency

An initial month-long crackdown on gangs was introduced on 27 March 2022 and has been regularly renewed, with the latest extension announced last week. At least 65,000 people, including children, have been detained since then.  OHCHR underlined that the right to life, the absolute prohibition against torture, the principles of fair trial, and the procedural…

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Horn of Africa hunger emergency: ‘129,000 looking death in the eyes’

Horn of Africa hunger emergency: ‘129,000 looking death in the eyes’

In an appeal for $178 million to support humanitarian assistance across the seven affected countries in the Greater Horn region, veteran WHO worker Liesbeth Aelbrecht warned that the situation was worse than anything she’d seen in more than two decades in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda. “These 48 million people do include as…

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Vanuatu emergency: UN supports aid effort after cyclones, earthquake

Vanuatu emergency: UN supports aid effort after cyclones, earthquake

According to the Vanuatu National Disaster Management Office, more than 250,000 people have been affected, which is almost 80 per cent of the country’s population. First Judy, then Kevin Less than a week after Cyclone Judy forced residents to evacuate from the capital Port Vila, they were then hit by Cyclone Kevin, a category four storm that…

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Ukraine: General Assembly resumes emergency special session, taking up new text to end war

Ukraine: General Assembly resumes emergency special session, taking up new text to end war

Assembly President Csaba KÅ‘rösi said that, for almost a full year, the world body, UN Secretary-General, and international community have been consistent and vocal in calls to end this war, and to adhere to the UN Charter and international law. “Let this anniversary and the anguish of millions before our eyes over the last year…

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