UNHCR assists thousands fleeing armed group violence in northern Mozambique
More than 70,000 people have fled their homes for southern districts since the start of the latest outbreak at the beginning of February, the agency said on Friday. In one…
Independent review group on UNRWA may request Gaza visit
Appointed by the Secretary-General in early February following Israeli allegations that 12 UNRWA employees were involved in the Hamas-led terror attacks in Israel in October, the group also aims to…
Genetic sequence of extremely rare blood group discovered in China
Beijing: Medical experts in China have discovered the genetic sequence of the extremely rare ‘P’ blood group. According to local media, the Rhesus-negative blood group (known as ‘panda blood’ in…
World News in Brief: West Bank violence, UN humanitarian visits Hroza, Advisory Group on local governments
“I condemn today’s attack by Israeli settlers against Palestinians and their property in the town of Huwwara in occupied West Bank,” UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process,…
WhatsApp starts testing ‘Group Chats Filter’
WhatsApp has rolled out the beta version of group filter features. Photo: WABTA Info San Francisco: Metta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, is rapidly developing WhatsApp, with…
Black boxes from crashed plane of Russia, head of Wagner Group found
Photo courtesy of American Media The bodies and black boxes of the crashed plane of Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner Group, a Russian private militia, have been found. According…
Elon Musk’s reaction to the death of Wagner Chief, a military group rebelling against Putin
—File photos Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, has reacted to the death of the head of the Wagner military group that rebelled against Russian President Putin. Recall that Yevgeny…
The head of the military group that rebelled against Putin was killed in a plane crash
Prigozhin, head of Russia’s private military group Wagner, was killed in a plane crash. According to British media, a private plane crashed near Moscow, 10 passengers were on board. British…
Colombia: UN Mission to monitor ceasefire with ELN rebel group
The truce with the ELN, the Spanish acronym for National Liberation Army, comes into effect on Thursday and will last for 180 days, according to media reports. The development follows…
Application of Muslim country Algeria to join BRICS group
The Muslim country of Algeria has applied to join the BRICS group. Algeria has also applied to become a shareholder member by depositing $1.5 billion in BRICS Bank. According to…