This is equivalent to over one million dump trucks every day – placing immense pressure on marine biodiversity and the well-being of coastal communities. Marine Sand Watch, a platform developed by UN Environment Programme (UNEP)’s analytical centre, GRID-Geneva, uses artificial intelligence and automatic signals from ships to track and monitor sand, clay, silt, gravel, and…
File photo The United Nations has warned that Daesh and other terrorist organizations associated with it remain a serious threat to neighboring countries. A United Nations counter-terrorism official told the Security Council that Daesh and its affiliates, including the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, are armed with NATO-like weapons, posing a serious threat to conflict zones and neighboring…
Ambassadors were briefed by two senior UN counter-terrorism officials who presented the Secretary-General’s latest report on the group, also known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which showed that the threat in non-conflict areas remains low. “This analytical distinction can obscure what is the complex, context- specific and dynamic nature of how these groups operate and evolve and their impact on international…
Regina De Dominicis, UNICEF Regional Director Europe and Central Asia, said countries in these parts of the world are feeling the heat of the climate crisis, and children’s health and well-being are suffering the most. “This is expected to rise to all children in 2050,” she added. “The multitude of negative implications on the current…
Russia has imposed war on Ukraine since February last year (Photo: File). Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened that we also have enough cluster bombs that we will use if necessary. According to the World News Agency, Russian President Vladimir Putin has given this threat after the United States provided Ukraine with cluster weapons….
The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern that avian influenza (bird flu) could potentially be a threat to humans as well. Bird flu cases are on the rise, causing bird deaths worldwide. The World Health Organization said that the avian influenza virus usually spreads among birds, but with increasing cases of H5N1 influenza, there…
File photo The Interior Minister of Afghanistan has written a letter to the Taliban police command across the country informing them of the threat of terrorism. According to a letter from the Afghan Interior Minister, Daesh terrorists are planning to target Taliban leaders in Afghanistan. He has said in his letter that Daesh wants to…
File photo Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid has said that Afghans are bound not to allow anyone to pose a threat to Pakistan from the ground. Zabihullah Mujahid said in his statement that the refugees of Waziristan who have entered Afghanistan due to conflicts will be transferred. The Taliban spokesman says that the transfer of these…
Photo courtesy: Associated Press Clashes between the army and paramilitary forces in Sudan have been going on for three months, in this regard, the United Nations declared the civil war in Sudan as a threat to the stability of the region. The Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, has expressed serious concern about…
NEOs are asteroids or comets that come relatively close to the Sun, to about 50 million kilometres from Earth’s orbit. Some of them, ‘potentially hazardous objects’ (PHOs), come even closer – in interstellar terms – with a minimum distance of less than 7.5 million kilometres. Measuring more than 140 meters across, the PHOs have the…
