“In Gaza, we are deeply committed to humanitarian aid to the population in Gaza, where UNRWA is the backbone of that support,” Mr. Guterres told journalists in Geneva. “We have faced a number of difficulties and obstacles that are well known, but nothing diminishes our commitment,” he added, amid a long-running misinformation campaign to discredit…
According to the UN agency, between 2019 and 2021 – the early years of the global health emergency – life expectancy around the world dropped by 1.8 years to 71.4 years, which is the 2012 level. Responding to the findings, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus highlighted the fragility of global health advances when confronted with…
Washington: An organization under the US government has revealed in its new report that the birth rate has decreased to a record level in 2023. According to media reports, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released data on the birth rate, which indicates that in 2023, fewer than 3.6 million children…
Washington: The suicide rate among teenagers in the United States has increased alarmingly over the past 20 years. According to media reports, a new study shows that 47,000 Americans between the ages of 10 and 19 committed suicide over the past two decades, and the number is increasing rapidly each year. A study published in…
In an interview with UN News, UN Human Rights Council-appointed expert Francesca Albanese, said it was “impossible to describe the pain and suffering that Israelis are going through because of what happened to them…because there are not only those who were killed, those who were taken hostage, but there is an entire population that was…
Over the past several weeks, 200 ships have been stranded in the Panama Strait due to low water levels. The Panama Strait connects the Pacific and Atlantic oceans and is one of the world’s major waterways. According to foreign media reports, Panama is experiencing an extraordinary drought, the Strait of Panama depends on rainwater, but…
Image Courtesy: India Today Heavy rains in India have broken a 45-year-old record of water levels in the Yamuna River. With reference to the Indian Water Commission from New Delhi, the Indian media said that the water level in the Yamuna River has reached a height of 207.72 meters. In this regard, the Indian Water…
File photo US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller has said that the staff level agreement between the IMF and Pakistan is welcome. During the press briefing in Washington, he said that Pakistan is with the people in difficult times, technical engagement with Pakistan will continue. The spokesperson of the US Department of State said that…
“The practice of incommunicado detention of members of the political opposition and prominent figures sentenced to lengthy prison terms for voicing dissent increased in 2023,” the 18 Special Rapporteurs and Human Rights Council-appointed Working Group rights’ experts said. In their statement released by UN rights office OHCHR, they reported that according to the Viasna Human Rights Centre, 1,511…
File photo The second phase of the Pakistan-US High Level Health Dialogue will be held in Pakistan next month. According to sources in the Ministry of Health, the US informed Pakistan about holding a health dialogue at the diplomatic level. US health experts and State Department officials will be part of the delegation. According to…
