Jeddah: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has said that collective action is needed to prevent incidents of desecration of the Holy Quran and that international law should be used to prevent religious hatred. In a statement issued after an extraordinary meeting called by the OIC in Jeddah after the desecration of the Holy Quran…
The report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and Children’s Fund UNICEF find that the first years of a child’s life provide “irreplicable opportunities to improve lifelong health, nutrition and well-being” according to a press release. It tracks progress against the global Nurturing care framework, which provides guidance on supporting the healthy physical, intellectual, and emotional…
“The tendency of family courts to dismiss the history of domestic violence and abuse in custody cases, especially where mothers and/or children have brought forward credible allegations of domestic abuse, including coercive control, physical or sexual abuse is unacceptable,” said Reem Alsalem, UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, in a report to the Human Rights Council…
Duty to rescue people in distress In a joint statement, refugee agency UNHCR and migration agency IOM, said that the duty to rescue people in distress at sea without delay was a “fundamental” rule of the international maritime law. They underscored that the current approach to Mediterranean Sea crossings – one of the world’s most…
The number fleeing violence in Sudan since fighting between rival militaries began in mid-April in Khartoum, quickly destabilizing the entire country, has now topped 100,000. The majority of arrivals in eastern Chad – particularly Ouaddaï, Sila, and Wadi Fira provinces – are from the Darfur region, which has been deeply impacted by violence for decades,…
Username feature has been introduced in the new version of WhatsApp. Photo: File San Francisco: After its extraordinary changes, WhatsApp has introduced a new feature in its beta version which is called ‘WhatsApp Username’. Experts are commenting on it in their own way. This option is seen in version 2.23.11.15. The ‘Username’ feature can be…
In Myanmar, the UN appealed on Tuesday for $333 million to assist 1.6 million of the most vulnerable people, many of whom have lost their homes as the cyclone hit the west of the country over a week ago. The UN’s top aid official in the country, Ramanathan Balakrishnan, told reporters in Geneva that the…
The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent economic recession gripped the world so much that people forgot to smile, and one country needed experts to teach its citizens how to smile. People in Japan are hiring smile specialists to learn how to smile again. According to local media reports, some people have admitted that they have forgotten…
In the month of April alone, more than 600 people were killed in violence in the country’s capital, according to information gathered by the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH). This follows the killing of at least 846 people in the first three months of 2023. BINUH said that overall, the number of victims of…
The Syria Earthquake Recovery Needs Assessment (SERNA) puts the total damages and losses at almost $9 billion, said El-Mostafa Benlamlih, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria, who led the effort alongside the UN Country Team. “The UN has been working tirelessly to respond to the series of powerful earthquakes that hit Türkiye and Syria…
