Some 260 people were abroad the vessel that had departed from Bossaso, in northeast Somalia, in the early hours of Sunday, bound for Yemen, about 330 kilometres (about 205 miles) away. “This recent tragedy is another reminder of the urgent need to work together to address urgent migration challenges and ensure the safety and security…
The lead author of the World Economic Situations and Prospects mid-year update, the flagship report from DESA released on 16 May, outlines the main findings in an interview with UN News. Hamid Rashid Inflation has come down significantly from the 2022 peak, but not to the extent that central banks can say that they have won the…
At the epicentre of the earthquake in Zindajan district, the UN aid coordination office (OCHA) recorded nearly 1,300 deaths and 1,700 injuries. In some places, entire villages have been destroyed, according to teams on the ground. Over 12,000 affected An estimated 12,110 people, or 1,730 families, have been affected in five districts of Herat. That number is expected…
Sources say that action will be taken if drugs for life-threatening diseases disappear from the market. Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has developed a strategy related to drugs missing from the market. Sources say that action will be taken if drugs for life-threatening diseases disappear from the market. According to Drap sources, alternative brands…
—File photo Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has developed a strategy related to drugs missing from the market. According to the sources, action will be taken on the disappearance of drugs for life-threatening diseases under the prepared strategy. The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan has asked that alternative brands of rare drugs should be…
A multi-millionaire who disappeared decades ago on an island off Indonesia has been tipped to be alive, possibly living with a cannibalistic tribe. The mystery of the missing millionaire youth in 1961 has been partially solved after some photos surfaced, apparently showing a naked white man hunting with members of a cannibalistic tribe. The disappearance…
Medicines for many diseases including heart, diabetes, blood pressure and epilepsy disappeared from the markets in Peshawar. With the disappearance of medicines from the market, the problems of the patients increased. Patients have complained that drugs for various diseases are being sold in black market at high prices in Peshawar. On the other hand, the…
Only a quarter of low-income countries cover childhood cancer medicines in through public benefits, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said at his weekly press briefing in Geneva. Survival rate slashed “This subjects children and families to significant suffering and financial hardship, or puts them at risk of receiving substandard…
Two days of rains have wreaked havoc in Afghanistan; 35 casualties (Photo: File) bill to: Floods following incessant rains in Afghanistan’s central provinces left 26 people dead and 40 missing. According to the international news organization, Shafiullah Rahimi, the spokesman of the Ministry of Disaster Management of the Taliban government, said that the continuous rains…
Photo Courtesy: NDTV. A flood situation has arisen in the central regions of Afghanistan after heavy rains. According to the Afghan media from Kabul, 31 people have been killed, 74 injured and 41 missing due to the flood during 3 days. Afghan government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Sunday that floods have wreaked havoc in…
