Four people, including two girls under the age of 10, were killed in the incident, which occured in the Croix de Bouquet district. Four other family members were kidnapped. ‘Unprecedented’ escalation in crime Similar attacks occurred in the same neighbourhood a week ago, said Bruno Maes, UNICEF Representative in Haiti, in a statement issued on…
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,…
When the parents of an injured five-year-old boy told Dr. Fai’zah A. Salim that he fell off a ladder, she was not convinced and suspected otherwise. Trained by UNFPA in the Central Sulawesi capital city of Palu to identify both physical and psychological signs of domestic violence, she referred the boy to a social counsellor….
She is currently deployed with the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, to the north of her country, supporting refugees who are fleeing conflict in Sudan. She has been speaking to UN News ahead of World Humanitarian Day which is commemorated annually on 19 August. “Saving lives became a passion of mine when I was 15. One of…
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman — file photo Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has expressed grief over the death of Mohammed bin Hamad bin Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani, a member of the royal family of Qatar. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has expressed his condolences to the Emir of Qatar Tamim…
Photo courtesy of Instagram All members of the Indian family were surprised to see the Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum in an elevator in Dubai. According to Indian media, Anas Rehman Junaid was on vacation in Dubai with his family, and at the same time, the Prime…
Photo courtesy of Arab Media A famous Egyptian journalist has revealed that he and his family ate donkey meat for 20 years due to a butcher’s deception. Egyptian journalist Mahmoud Saad has said in a video on social media that he and his family have been eating donkey meat for 20 years due to the…
Oksana and 11-year-old Sasha are among more than 100,000 Ukrainians who have been welcomed into homes across the United Kingdom after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Jane Howard and Laurens Jolles, who met them upon their arrival in the UK, said it “seemed the natural thing to do”. A UN-run bus takes…
Mother and son burned alive in ambulance in Manipur: Racial riots continue in the Indian state of Manipur. According to the news agency from Imphal, capital of Manipur, a family was burnt alive in an ambulance during ethnic violence. According to the news agency, a 7-year-old child, his mother and a relative were present in…
Photo: Jang Two years have passed since the tragedy of the Pakistani family who were victims of terrorism in London, Ontario, Canada, hundreds of people have expressed their solidarity with the victim’s family. The 20-year-old suspect Nathaniel Veltman ran over four members of a Pakistani family, Salman Afzal, his wife Madeeha Salman, daughter Yamuna and…
