“I am appalled to know that families were just getting together to have dinner and spend a quiet evening at home, only to see their homes damaged and their loved ones injured,” said Ms. Brown, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine, in a tweet. Trapped under rubble According to the UN Office in Ukraine, the strike…
The children killed were boys between 12 and 14 years of age. “UNICEF strongly condemns any strikes against schools and places of learning, which must always be safe spaces for children,” Debora Comini, UNICEF Regional Director for East Asia and the Pacific, said in a statement. “Attacks against schools are a grave violation of children’s…
Drought is ravaging communities in Afar, Amhara, Tigray and Oromia, as well as the Southern and South West Ethiopia Peoples’ Region. Severe water shortages, dried pastures and reduced harvests are impacting millions of people and livestock, with reports of food insecurity and rising malnutrition. Among those who are particularly vulnerable are people affected by the…
—File photo The strike by the Young Doctors Association in favor of their demands continues for the second day. OPDs are being boycotted by Young Doctors in Allied Hospital, Ghulam Mohammadabad and General Hospitals in Sumanabad. Young doctors say that the strike will continue until the arrest of the killers of Dr. Zeeshan Anwar. The…
“I am horrified by the reported attack in Gaza on an ambulance convoy outside Al Shifa hospital. The images of bodies strewn on the street outside the hospital are harrowing,” the UN chief said in a statement, issued late on Friday New York time. He stated that he did not forget the terror attacks committed…
An Israeli airstrike struck al-Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza City, international media reported, citing the Health Ministry in the Hamas-controlled enclave. The details have yet to be verified, but the Israeli Defense Forces tweeted that according to its intelligence information, rockets fired by Islamic Jihad militants towards Israel were to blame, having deviated off course….
Railway workers in the UK went on strike again today, cutting off connections to Northern Britain and other areas. According to foreign media, traffic was jammed on major highways and motorways in major cities. Two more strikes have been announced next month over a dispute over salary hikes. setTimeout(function(){ !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];…
Jr. in England Doctors have stopped work for 5 days starting the fourth strike. Thousands of operations and appointments were canceled due to the strike, while doctors have demanded a 35 percent pay hike. According to foreign media, the doctors have also rejected the Prime Minister’s appeal to end the strike. It should be noted…
Mr. Guterres offered his condolences to the families of the victims and expressed hopes for a speedy recovery to the dozens who were injured, UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq said in a statement issued that day. The Sudanese army and rival military group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), have been battling since mid-April. Hundreds of…
File photo On the completion of 7 years of the martyrdom of the well-known young Kashmiri leader Burhan Wani, a shutter-down strike was held in Occupied Kashmir. According to Kashmir Media Service, the All-Party Hurriyat Conference has called a strike to pay tribute to Burhan Wani and other martyrs of the Kashmir Liberation Movement. It…
