The UN is tasked with tackling many urgent issues of global importance, from humanitarian crises to peacekeeping operations and the climate crisis. This all comes at a cost, but not as much as you might think. With the 2024 budget recently approved, we crunch the numbers.
Passengers queue at Kuwait International Airport. Foreign nationals will be required to pay water, electricity and traffic fines before leaving Kuwait. In a meeting between the Ministry of Interior, Communications, Justice and Transport officials of Kuwait, discussions were held to oblige foreigners to pay utility bills and traffic fines. Kuwait’s Interior Ministry confirmed last week…
Dubai’s Labor Court ordered workers to pay Dh5,000 each; Photo: File Dubai: The owner of a construction company in the United Arab Emirates has been fined 200,000 dirhams (Pakistan 83.8 million and 54 thousand) for not paying salaries to employees for two months. According to Arab media, the Dubai construction company was fined by the…
El-Ghassim Wane, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Mission in Mali, MINUSMA, briefed the Security Council on major developments in the West African country over the past three months. MINUSMA was established a decade ago following insecurity in the north and a failed military coup, which led to the signing of…
File photo: Another Muslim was killed in the guise of a cow rickshaw in India. According to media reports, cattle trader Idris Pasha was killed in the southern state of Karnataka, India. According to media reports, the relatives of businessman Idris protested by keeping the body outside the local police station. According to media reports,…
Iconic photo Due to power outages in India, people living in villages are facing severe problems and they are forced to pay money to charge their mobile phones and water pumping. According to Indian media reports, the series of power cuts in the city of Gorakhpur in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh has been…
“Children continue to pay the highest price of violence,” the statement declared. “As the situation remains very volatile, UNICEF fears that an increasing number of children will suffer.” Just a few weeks into the new year, seven Palestinian children and one Israeli child had been killed and many more injured. Since 26 January alone, the terrorist attack outside…
