Children were killed and maimed in unprecedented numbers in places such as Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, notably Gaza; Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan and Ukraine, his annual report on Children and Armed Conflict revealed. The alarming increase was due to the evolving nature, complexity, and intensification of armed conflict,…
Painting a grim landscape of the world’s war zones, Virginia Gamba, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, briefed ambassadors, citing grave concerns, from war-torn Gaza to gang-ravaged Haiti, where famine looms amid rampant violence and displacement. Denying aid access has long-lasting effects on children’s wellbeing and development, she said. Virginia Gamba, Special…
The UN’s top aid official in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Jamie McGoldrick, reached Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahia on Thursday, where children with the most severe and life-threatening hunger are being treated at a new World Health Organization (WHO)-supported specialised feeding facility. “Without swift treatment, these children are at imminent risk of death,” UN…
Tor Wennesland, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, told ambassadors that “there is still no end in sight” as the war approaches its 140-day mark. “No end to the trauma of those impacted by the horrors unleashed on 7 October. No end to the suffering and desperation the people in Gaza. No…
The High Commissioner told the Human Rights Council in Geneva that his office (OHCHR) had documented the arbitrary detention of more than 900 civilians between 24 February 2022 and 23 May this year. He added that that Russia gave no access to places of detention, “which leads inevitably to undercounting”. The summary executions of 77…
File photo Meghan Markle’s half-sister Samantha Markle has made some shocking revelations about her marriage to Prince Harry. Meghan Markle’s father, brother and half-sister are scheduled to give an interview to a TV channel ahead of King Charles’ coronation. A trailer of the said interview has been shared by the broadcaster on micro-blogging website Twitter….
Suspects who murdered former Muslim politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed in India have made a shocking revelation. Atiq Ahmed and his brothers were in police custody in several cases. Both were brought to the hospital today due to deteriorating health, where three accused shot and killed them while talking to the media….
New Delhi: The drama of Pulwama has become a bone of neck of the Modi government. In Modi’s India, Modi alone is facing defeat. After the dangerous interview of the former governor of Occupied Kashmir, now Indian YouTuber Ravish Kumar’s comments on the Pulwama attack. The revelations have come out. According to the details, Indian…
File photo Two teenage girls in West Germany are suspected of murdering a 12-year-old girl. Louise last went to her friend’s house at 5.30 pm on Saturday but when she did not reach home, the parents informed the police. According to a foreign news agency, prosecutors said that the police found the body of a…
